The document provides key digital statistics for Lebanon as of January 2018, including:
- Total population of 6.09 million with 5.54 million internet users and 4 million active social media users.
- Year-over-year growth of 22% for internet users and 14% for active social media users from January 2017.
- 4.56 million mobile connections representing a penetration rate of 75% of the total population.
2. 133
TOTAL
POPULATION
INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
URBANISATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION:
JAN
2018
MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
vs. POPULATION:
A SNAPSHOT OF THE COUNTRY¨S KEY DIGITAL STATISTICAL INDICATORS
SOURCES: POPULATION: UNITED NATIONS; U.S. CENSUS BUREAU; INTERNET: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; EUROSTAT; INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; MIDEASTMEDIA.ORG;
FACEBOOK; GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS; REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; REPUTABLE MEDIA; SOCIAL MEDIA AND MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; KAKAO; NAVER; DING;
TECHRASA; SIMILARWEB; KEPIOS ANALYSIS; MOBILE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE; GOOGLE; ERICSSON; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTE: PENETRATION FIGURES ARE FOR TOTAL POPULATION (ALL AGES).
DIGITAL IN LEBANON
6.09 5.54 4.00 4.56 3.60
MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION
88% 91% 66% 75% 59%
3. 134
INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
SINCE JAN 2017 SINCE JAN 2017 SINCE JAN 2017 SINCE JAN 2017
JAN
2018 YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN KEY STATISTICAL INDICATORS
ANNUAL DIGITAL GROWTH
SOURCES: POPULATION: UNITED NATIONS; U.S. CENSUS BUREAU; INTERNET: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; EUROSTAT; INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; MIDEASTMEDIA.ORG;
FACEBOOK; GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS; REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; REPUTABLE MEDIA; SOCIAL MEDIA AND MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; KAKAO; NAVER; DING;
TECHRASA; SIMILARWEB; KEPIOS ANALYSIS; MOBILE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE; GOOGLE; ERICSSON; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. GROWTH DATA: WE ARE SOCIAL & HOOTSUITE¨S DIGITAL IN 2017 REPORT.
+22% +14% +2% +16%
+995 THOUSAND +500 THOUSAND +79 THOUSAND +500 THOUSAND
4. 135
TOTAL
POPULATION
FEMALE
POPULATION
MALE
POPULATION
MEDIAN
AGE
JAN
2018
POPULATION & ECONOMIC INDICATORSESSENTIAL DEMOGRAPHICS AND KEY ECONOMIC INDICATORS
ANNUAL CHANGE IN
POPULATION SIZE
POPULATION LIVING
IN URBAN AREAS
GDP PER
CAPITA
LITERACY
(TOTAL)
MALE
LITERACY
FEMALE
LITERACY
SOURCES: UNITED NATIONS; US CENSUS BUREAU; UNESCO; WORLD BANK, IMF; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK.
6.09 49.8% 50.2% +0.2% 31.3
MILLION YEARS OLD
88% $14,337 94% 92% 96%
5. 136
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE
INTERNET USERS
INTERNET USERS AS A
PERCENTAGE OF THE
TOTAL POPULATION
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE MOBILE
INTERNET USERS
MOBILE INTERNET USERS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
THE TOTAL POPULATION
JAN
2018
INTERNET USEBASED ON REPORTED INTERNET USER DATA, AND ACTIVE USE OF INTERNET-POWERED MOBILE SERVICES
SOURCES: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; EUROSTAT; INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; MIDEASTMEDIA.ORG; FACEBOOK; GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS;
REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; REPUTABLE MEDIA; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: PENETRATION FIGURES ARE FOR FULL POPULATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE.
5.54 91% 4.99 82%
MILLION MILLION
6. 137
INTERNET
WORLD STATS
ITU (INTERNATIONAL
TELECOMMUNICATION UNION)
INTERNET
LIVE STATS
JAN
2018
INTERNET USERS: DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVESREPORTS OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INTERNET USERS FROM DIFFERENT DATA PROVIDERS
CIA WORLD
FACTBOOK
SOURCES: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION (ITU); INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; ALL LATEST REPORTED FIGURES AS OF JANUARY 2018.
4.60 4.63 4.55 4.63
MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION
8. 139
JAN
2018
ALEXA¨S RANKING OF TOP WEBSITESRANKINGS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF VISITORS TO EACH SITE, AND THE NUMBER OF PAGES VIEWED ON EACH SITE PER VISIT
# WEBSITE TIME PAGES
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
# WEBSITE TIME PAGES
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
SOURCE: ALEXA, JANUARY 2018. NOTES: `TIME¨ REPRESENTS TIME SPENT ON SITE PER DAY. `PAGES¨ REPRESENTS NUMBER OF PAGE VIEWS PER DAY. ALEXA USES A COMBINATION OF AVERAGE
DAILY VISITORS AND PAGE VIEWS OVER A ONE-MONTH PERIOD TO CALCULATE ITS RANKING. RANKINGS ON THIS SLIDE ARE BASED ON THE MONTH TO 16 JANUARY 2018. ADVISORY: SOME
WEBSITES REFERENCED ON THIS SLIDE MAY CONTAIN ADULT CONTENT, OR CONTENT THAT IS UNSUITABLE FOR THE WORKPLACE. PLEASE USE CAUTION WHEN VISITING UNKNOWN WEBSITES.
GOOGLE.COM.LB 7M 51S 10.21
YOUTUBE.COM 8M 18S 4.79
GOOGLE.COM 7M 32S 8.56
FACEBOOK.COM 10M 21S 4.00
LIVE.COM 4M 03S 3.41
YASOUR.ORG 4M 39S 3.50
WIKIPEDIA.ORG 4M 16S 3.31
BINTJBEIL.ORG 4M 20S 2.20
GREENAREA.ME 2M 55S 2.20
YAHOO.COM 4M 02S 3.61
SAIDAONLINE.COM 6M 35S 4.37
INSTAGRAM.COM 5M 23S 3.34
AL-AKHBAR.COM 4M 25S 2.83
LEBANON-LOTTO.COM 3M 20S 2.80
MSN.COM 3M 51S 2.53
ALIEXPRESS.COM 14M 15S 11.29
DELOTON.COM 1M 02S 1.52
BLOGSPOT.COM 2M 38S 2.12
TXXX.COM 5M 04S 2.84
LEBANONFILES.COM 17M 41S 4.34
9. 140
JAN
2018
TOP GOOGLE SEARCH QUERIES IN 2017RANKING OF THE TOP SEARCH TERMS ENTERED INTO GOOGLE¨S SEARCH ENGINE THROUGHOUT 2017
# QUERY INDEX
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
# QUERY INDEX
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
SOURCE: GOOGLE TRENDS, JANUARY 2018. NOTES: GOOGLE DOES NOT PUBLISH SEARCH VOLUMES, BUT THE `INDEX¨ COLUMN SHOWS RELATIVE VOLUME FOR EACH QUERY
COMPARED TO THE SEARCH VOLUME FOR THE TOP QUERY (AN INDEX OF 50 MEANS THAT THE QUERY RECEIVED 50% OF THE SEARCH VOLUME OF THE TOP QUERY).
LEBANON 100
??????? 61
TRANSLATE 53
GOOGLE 45
FACEBOOK 45
YOUTUBE 27
GOOGLE TRANSLATE 22
WEATHER 22
YOU 20
?????????? 18
???????? 15
QUOTES 14
???????? 13
??????? 11
????????? 11
LOGIN FACEBOOK 9
??????? ?????? 9
WHATSAPP 8
HOTMAIL 8
INSTAGRAM 7
10. 141
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL USERS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
THE TOTAL POPULATION
TOTAL NUMBER
OF SOCIAL USERS
ACCESSING VIA MOBILE
ACTIVE MOBILE SOCIAL
USERS AS A PERCENTAGE
OF THE TOTAL POPULATION
JAN
2018
SOCIAL MEDIA USEBASED ON THE MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS REPORTED BY THE MOST ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM IN EACH COUNTRY
SOURCES: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; KAKAO; NAVER; DING; TECHRASA; SIMILARWEB; KEPIOS ANALYSIS
NOTE: PENETRATION FIGURES ARE FOR TOTAL POPULATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE.
4.00 66% 3.60 59%
MILLION MILLION
11. 142
TOTAL NUMBER OF
MONTHLY ACTIVE
FACEBOOK USERS
ANNUAL CHANGE IN
FACEBOOK USERS
vs. JANUARY 2017
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK USERS
ACCESSING VIA MOBILE
JAN
2018
FACEBOOK USAGE ANALYSISA CLOSER LOOK AT FACEBOOK USE, BROKEN DOWN BY MOBILE USE AND SELF-DECLARED GENDER OF USERS
SOURCE: EXTRAPOLATION OF FACEBOOK DATA, JANUARY 2018.
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK PROFILES
DECLARED AS FEMALE
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK PROFILES
DECLARED AS MALE
4.00 +14% 90% 43% 58%
MILLION
12. 143
JAN
2018
AVERAGE FACEBOOK PAGE POST REACH
AVERAGE MONTHLY
CHANGE IN PAGE LIKES
AVERAGE POST REACH
vs. PAGE LIKES
AVERAGE ORGANIC
REACH vs. PAGE LIKES
PERCENTAGE OF PAGES
USING PAID MEDIA
AVERAGE MONTHLY GROWTH IN PAGE LIKES (`FANS¨), AVERAGE REACH OF PAGE POSTS vs. PAGE LIKES, AND PAID MEDIA
AVERAGE PAID REACH
vs. TOTAL REACH
SOURCE: LOCOWISE, JANUARY 2018. DATA REPRESENTS AVERAGE FIGURES FOR FULL-YEAR 2017. NOTE: REACH FIGURES COMPARE THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT A
POST WAS SERVED IN USERS¨ NEWSFEEDS TO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PAGE `FANS¨ (I.E. USERS THAT HAD LIKED THE PAGE) AT THE TIME THAT THE POST WAS PUBLISHED.
+0.79% 11.4% 12.8% 12.9% 29.7%
13. 144
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE POSTS (ALL TYPES)
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE VIDEO POSTS
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE PHOTO POSTS
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE LINK POSTS
JAN
2018
AVERAGE FACEBOOK ENGAGEMENT RATESTHE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ENGAGE WITH A FACEBOOK PAGE¨S POSTS vs. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT THOSE POSTS REACH
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE STATUS POSTS
SOURCE: LOCOWISE, JANUARY 2018. DATA REPRESENTS AVERAGE FIGURES FOR FULL-YEAR 2017. NOTE: ENGAGEMENT RATES COMPARE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO INTERACTED
WITH A POST TO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF UNIQUE USERS TO WHOM THAT POST WAS SERVED, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THOSE USERS WERE FANS OF THE PAGE AT THAT TIME.
7.87% 9.05% 5.31% 5.15% 6.30%
14. 145
TOTAL NUMBER OF
MONTHLY ACTIVE
INSTAGRAM USERS
ACTIVE INSTAGRAM
USERS AS A PERCENTAGE
OF TOTAL POPULATION
FEMALE USERS AS A
PERCENTAGE OF ALL
ACTIVE INSTAGRAM USERS
MALE USERS AS A
PERCENTAGE OF ALL
ACTIVE INSTAGRAM USERS
JAN
2018
INSTAGRAM USAGE ANALYSISAN OVERVIEW OF MONTHLY ACTIVE INSTAGRAM USERS, BROKEN DOWN BY GENDER
SOURCE: EXTRAPOLATION OF DATA FROM INSTAGRAM (VIA FACEBOOK), JANUARY 2018. PENETRATION RATES ARE FOR TOTAL POPULATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE.
1.40 23% 48% 52%
MILLION
15. 146
TOTAL NUMBER
OF MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
TOTAL POPULATION
PERCENTAGE OF
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
THAT ARE PRE-PAID
PERCENTAGE OF
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
THAT ARE POST-PAID
PERCENTAGE OF MOBILE
CONNECTIONS THAT ARE
BROADBAND (3G & 4G)
JAN
2018
MOBILE CONNECTIONS BY TYPEBASED ON THE NUMBER OF CELLULAR CONNECTIONS (NOTE: NOT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS)
SOURCE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE, Q4 2017. NOTE: PENETRATION FIGURES ARE FOR TOTAL POPULATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE.
4.56 75% 80% 20% 82%
MILLION
16. 147
OVERALL COUNTRY
INDEX SCORE
MOBILE NETWORK
INFRASTRUCTURE
AFFORDABILITY OF
DEVICES & SERVICES
CONSUMER
READINESS
JAN
2018
MOBILE CONNECTIVITY INDEXGSMA INTELLIGENCE¨S ASSESSMENT OF THE COUNTRY¨S KEY ENABLERS AND DRIVERS OF MOBILE CONNECTIVITY
AVAILABILITY OF RELEVANT
CONTENT & SERVICES
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
POSSIBLE SCORE OF 100
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
POSSIBLE SCORE OF 100
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
POSSIBLE SCORE OF 100
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
POSSIBLE SCORE OF 100
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
POSSIBLE SCORE OF 100
SOURCE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE, Q4 2017. TO ACCESS THE COMPLETE MOBILE CONNECTIVITY INDEX, VISIT HTTP://WWW.MOBILECONNECTIVITYINDEX.COM/
63.22 55.27 63.56 62.54 72.72
17. 148
HAS A BANK
ACCOUNT
HAS A
CREDIT CARD
MAKES AND / OR RECEIVES
MOBILE PAYMENTS VIA GSMA
MAKES ONLINE PURCHASES
AND / OR PAYS BILLS ONLINE
JAN
2018
FINANCIAL INCLUSION FACTORSPERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION AGED 15+ THAT REPORTS OWNING OR USING EACH FINANCIAL PRODUCT OR SERVICE
PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN
WITH A CREDIT CARD
PERCENTAGE OF MEN
WITH A CREDIT CARD
PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN
MAKING INTERNET PAYMENTS
PERCENTAGE OF MEN
MAKING INTERNET PAYMENTS
SOURCE: WORLD BANK GLOBAL FINANCIAL INCLUSION DATA (2015). NOTE: FIGURES REPRESENT THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE AGED 15+, NOT TOTAL POPULATION.
47% 11% 0.7% 4%
7% 15% 4% 5%