Spot On Public Relations has just updated its Facebook country profile for Egypt, following controversy over allegations that the Arab state has blocked the social media platform. The Dubai-based agency has seen a sharp increase in interest in its Middle East and North Africa Facebook Demographics report from last year since Egypt reportedly moved to block access to Facebook following public protests on January 25th, 2011.
Egypt leads the Arab world in numbers of Facebook subscribers, with 5 million members and has the largest number of users of Facebook’s Arabic interface (2.2 million Facebook Arabic users in Egypt, versus 1.8 million in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia). 30% of Egypt’s 17 million Internet users are Facebook subscribers: up from 20% in May 2010.
Nearly 3 million of Egypt’s 5 million Facebook subscribers are under the age of 25 years old (58%), making it one of the youngest Facebook communities in the MENA region. 63% of Egyptian Facebook members are male.
Spot On PR's Facebook demographics fact sheet for Egypt is available for download from the agencies blog.
Egypt leads the Arab world in numbers of Facebook subscribers, with 5 million members and has the largest number of users of Facebook’s Arabic interface (2.2 million Facebook Arabic users in Egypt, versus 1.8 million in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia). 30% of Egypt’s 17 million Internet users are Facebook subscribers: up from 20% in May 2010.
Nearly 3 million of Egypt’s 5 million Facebook subscribers are under the age of 25 years old (58%), making it one of the youngest Facebook communities in the MENA region. 63% of Egyptian Facebook members are male.
Spot On PR's Facebook demographics fact sheet for Egypt is available for download from the agencies blog.