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TOTAL
POPULATION
INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
UNIQUE
MOBILE USERS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
URBANISATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION:
JAN
2018 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 SAUDI ARABIA
33.25 30.25 25.00 23.66 18.00
MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION
84% 91% 75% 71% 54%

107
INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
UNIQUE
MOBILE USERS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
JAN
2018 YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN KEY STATISTICAL INDICATORS
ANNUAL DIGITAL GROWTH
SINCE JAN 2017 SINCE JAN 2017 SINCE JAN 2017 SINCE JAN 2017
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.
+34% +32% +10% +13%
+8 MILLION +6 MILLION +2 MILLION +2 MILLION

108
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.
33.25 42.8% 57.2% +1.9% 27.9
MILLION YEARS OLD
84% $54,522 95% 91% 97%

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MOBILE PHONE
(ANY TYPE)
SMART
PHONE
LAPTOP OR
DESKTOP COMPUTER
TABLET
COMPUTER
JAN
2018
DEVICE USAGEPERCENTAGE OF THE ADULT POPULATION* THAT CURRENTLY USES EACH KIND OF DEVICE [SURVEY-BASED]
TELEVISION
(ANY KIND)
DEVICE FOR STREAMING
INTERNET CONTENT TO TV
E-READER
DEVICE
WEARABLE
TECH DEVICE
SOURCE: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2018. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. *NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS
ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS.
98% 96% 56% 22%
83% 5% 1% 2%

110
AVERAGE DAILY TIME
SPENT USING THE
INTERNET VIA ANY DEVICE
AVERAGE DAILY TIME
SPENT USING SOCIAL
MEDIA VIA ANY DEVICE
AVERAGE DAILY TV VIEWING TIME
(BROADCAST, STREAMING
AND VIDEO ON DEMAND)
AVERAGE DAILY TIME
SPENT LISTENING TO
STREAMING MUSIC
JAN
2018
TIME SPENT WITH MEDIASURVEY-BASED DATA: FIGURES REPRESENT RESPONDENTS’ SELF-REPORTED ACTIVITY
SOURCE: GLOBALWEBINDEX, Q2 & Q3 2017. BASED ON A SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16-64.
NOTE: TIME SPENT USING SOCIAL MEDIA INCLUDES SOCIAL NETWORKS AS WELL AS MESSENGERS / CHAT APPS.
6H 45M 2H 34M 3H 05M 1H 01M

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BELIEVE THAT NEW
TECHNOLOGIES OFFER MORE
OPPORTUNITIES THAN RISKS
PREFER TO COMPLETE
TASKS DIGITALLY
WHENEVER POSSIBLE
BELIEVE DATA PRIVACY
AND PROTECTION ARE
VERY IMPORTANT
DELETE COOKIES FROM
INTERNET BROWSER
TO PROTECT PRIVACY
JAN
2018
ATTITUDES TOWARDS DIGITALHOW INTERNET USERS* PERCEIVE THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY, AND THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON PRIVACY ISSUES
USE AN AD-BLOCKING
TOOL TO STOP ADVERTS
BEING DISPLAYED
SOURCES: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2018; GLOBALWEBINDEX, Q2 & Q3, 2017. NOTES: GOOGLE FIGURES BASED ON A SURVEY OF ADULT
INTERNET USERS. SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON METHODOLOGY AND AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS. GLOBALWEBINDEX
FIGURES BASED ON A SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16-64. *NOTE: THESE FIGURES ONLY REPRESENT THE ATTITUDES AND ACTIVITIES OF INTERNET USERS.
65% 63% 78% 34% 36%

112
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 USER-CLAIMED MOBILE INTERNET USE
SOURCES: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; EUROSTAT; INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; MIDEASTMEDIA.ORG; FACEBOOK; GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS; REGULATORY AUTHORITIES;
REPUTABLE MEDIA; GLOBALWEBINDEX, Q2 & Q3 2017. NOTES: GLOBALWEBINDEX DATA IS BASED ON A SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16-64, BUT DATA HAS BEEN REBASED TO SHOW
TOTAL NATIONAL PENETRATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE. PENETRATION FIGURES BASED ON POPULATION DATA FROM THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU.
30.25 91% 29.32 88%
MILLION MILLION

113
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.
24.15 24.52 20.81 24.54
MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION

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EVERY
DAY
AT LEAST ONCE
PER WEEK
AT LEAST ONCE
PER MONTH
LESS THAN ONCE
PER MONTH
JAN
2018
FREQUENCY OF INTERNET USEHOW OFTEN INTERNET USERS ACCESS THE INTERNET FOR PERSONAL REASONS (ANY DEVICE)
1 7 31 ?
SOURCE: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2018. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. NOTES: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS
VALUES MAY NOT SUM TO 100% DUE TO “DON’T KNOW” OR INCOMPLETE ANSWERS, OR DUE TO ROUNDING IN THE SOURCE DATA.
88% 9% 3% 0%

115
AVERAGE INTERNET
SPEED VIA FIXED
CONNECTIONS
AVERAGE INTERNET
SPEED VIA MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
ACCESS THE INTERNET
MOST OFTEN VIA A
COMPUTER OR TABLET
ACCESS EQUALLY VIA
A SMARTPHONE AND
COMPUTER OR TABLET
JAN
2018
INTERNET CONNECTIONS: SPEED & DEVICESAVERAGE INTERNET CONNECTION SPEEDS, AND THE DEVICE THAT PEOPLE USE MOST OFTEN TO ACCESS THE INTERNET
ACCESS THE INTERNET
MOST OFTEN VIA A
SMARTPHONE
SOURCES: OOKLA SPEEDTEST, NOVEMBER 2017; GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2018. GOOGLE’S FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY.
NOTES: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S
METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS. DEVICE USAGE PERCENTAGES MAY NOT SUM TO 100% DUE TO “DON’T KNOW” OR INCOMPLETE ANSWERS.
21.26 16.22 4% 40% 56%
MBPS MBPS

116
LAPTOPS &
DESKTOPS
MOBILE
PHONES
TABLET
DEVICES
OTHER
DEVICES
YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE:
JAN
2018
SHARE OF WEB TRAFFIC BY DEVICEBASED ON EACH DEVICE’S SHARE OF ALL WEB PAGES SERVED TO WEB BROWSERS
YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE: YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE: YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE:
SOURCES: STATCOUNTER, JANUARY 2018, AND STATCOUNTER, JANUARY 2017.
33% 64% 2% 0.42%
-20% +16% -31% +110%

117
JAN
2018
SIMILARWEB’S RANKING OF TOP WEBSITESRANKINGS BASED ON AVERAGE MONTHLY TRAFFIC TO EACH WEBSITE IN Q4 2017
SOURCE: SIMILARWEB, JANUARY 2018, BASED ON AVERAGE MONTHLY DATA FOR Q4 2017. NOTES: MONTHLY TRAFFIC REPRESENTS TOTAL VISITS TO EACH SITE, NOT UNIQUE VISITORS.
DATA FOR SOME COUNTRIES REPRESENTS DESKTOP TRAFFIC, WHILST OTHERS REPRESENTS TRAFFIC FROM BOTH DESKTOP AND MOBILE DEVICES. 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.
# WEBSITE CATEGORY MONTHLY TRAFFIC TIME PER VISIT PAGES PER VISIT
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
GOOGLE.COM.SA SEARCH 86,300,000 10M 50S 8.6
YOUTUBE.COM TV & VIDEO 79,400,000 25M 41S 12.1
GOOGLE.COM SEARCH 50,700,000 11M 06S 11.5
FACEBOOK.COM SOCIAL 26,700,000 16M 13S 12.6
TWITTER.COM SOCIAL 16,400,000 15M 37S 10.4
LIVE.COM EMAIL 10,700,000 8M 41S 8.9
YAHOO.COM NEWS & MEDIA 7,600,000 7M 44S 5.9
WIKIPEDIA.ORG REFERENCE 7,400,000 4M 14S 3.1
WHATSAPP.COM SOCIAL 7,000,000 2M 41S 2.0
AMAZON.COM SHOPPING 6,600,000 10M 18S 12.8

118
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.SA 5M 49S 8.19
YOUTUBE.COM 8M 18S 4.79
GOOGLE.COM 7M 32S 8.56
SABQ.ORG 4M 07S 2.33
FACEBOOK.COM 10M 21S 4.00
YAHOO.COM 4M 02S 3.61
ARGAAM.COM 12M 11S 4.05
LIVE.COM 4M 03S 3.41
TWITTER.COM 6M 21S 3.21
AJEL.SA 4M 08S 2.48
HAWAAWORLD.COM 1M 46S 1.08
SOUQ.COM 6M 25S 4.60
STARZPLAY.COM 1M 26S 1.21
WIKIPEDIA.ORG 4M 16S 3.31
MOE.GOV.SA 12M 31S 6.48
DELOTON.COM 1M 02S 1.52
MOI.GOV.SA 8M 10S 10.10
BLOGSPOT.COM 2M 38S 2.12
ALMUBASHER.COM.SA 8M 50S 6.63
POPADS.NET 0M 46S 1.89

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USE A SEARCH
ENGINE
VISIT A SOCIAL
NETWORK
PLAY
GAMES
WATCH
VIDEOS
JAN
2018
WEEKLY ONLINE ACTIVITIES BY DEVICEPERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL POPULATION* ENGAGING IN EACH ACTIVITY AT LEAST ONCE PER WEEK [SURVEY-BASED]
LOOK FOR PRODUCT
INFORMATION
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
SOURCE: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2018. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. *NOTES: DATA BASED ON SURVEY
RESPONSES FROM ADULT INTERNET USERS ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S
METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS. DATA HAS BEEN REBASED TO SHOW TOTAL NATIONAL PENETRATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE.
66% 85% 29% 78% 40%
40% 47% 19% 46% 25%

120
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).
‫ﻳﯾﻭوﺗﻳﯾﻭوﺏب‬ 100
‫ﺳﺑﻕق‬ 98
‫ﺗﻭوﻳﯾﺗﺭر‬ 87
‫ﺻﻭوﺭر‬ 68
‫ﺍاﻟﺭرﻳﯾﺎﺽض‬ 59
‫ﻣﺗﺭرﺟﻡم‬ 55
‫ﺣﺭرﺍاﺝج‬ 54
YOUTUBE 47
‫ﻗﺻﺔ ﻋﺷﻕق‬ 46
‫ﻗﻭوﻗﻝل‬ 43
‫ﻧﻭوﺭر‬ 42
‫ﺗﺭرﺟﻣﺔ‬ 41
FACEBOOK 41
GOOGLE 40
‫ﺍاﻟﺭرﺍاﺟﺣﻲ‬ 25
‫ﻓﻳﯾﺱس‬ 25
‫ﺍاﻟﻳﯾﻭوﺗﻳﯾﻭوﺏب‬ 25
‫ﺍاﻟﻁطﻘﺱس‬ 24
TRANSLATE 23
‫ﻳﯾﻼ‬ ‫ﺷﻭوﺕت‬ 22

121
WATCH ONLINE
VIDEOS EVERY DAY
WATCH ONLINE
VIDEOS EVERY WEEK
WATCH ONLINE
VIDEOS EVERY MONTH
WATCH ONLINE VIDEOS
LESS THAN ONCE A MONTH
JAN
2018
FREQUENCY OF WATCHING ONLINE VIDEOHOW OFTEN INTERNET USERS WATCH ONLINE VIDEOS (ANY DEVICE)
NEVER WATCH
ONLINE VIDEOS
1 7 31 365 X
SOURCE: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2018. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT INTERNET USERS
64% 26% 4% 0% 5%

122
REGULAR
TELEVISION
ON A TV SET
RECORDED
CONTENT
ON A TV SET
CATCH-UP /
ON-DEMAND
SERVICE ON TV SET
ONLINE CONTENT
STREAMED ON
A TV SET
JAN
2018
HOW INTERNET USERS WATCH TELEVISIONCOMPARISON OF THE METHODS AND DEVICES USED FOR ACCESSING AND DISPLAYING ‘TELEVISION’ CONTENT
ONLINE CONTENT
STREAMED ON
ANOTHER DEVICE
SOURCE: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2018. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT INTERNET USERS
79% 17% 10% 22% 14%

123
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.
25.00 75% 18.00 54%
MILLION MILLION

124
JAN
2018
MOST ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMSSURVEY-BASED DATA: FIGURES REPRESENT USERS’ OWN CLAIMED / REPORTED ACTIVITY
SOCIAL NETWORK
MESSENGER / CHAT APP / VOIP
SOURCE: GLOBALWEBINDEX, Q2 & Q3 2017. BASED ON A SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16-64. NOTES: DATA FOR PLATFORMS WITH AN ASTERISK (*) IS COLLECTED IN A DIFFERENT PART
OF THE SURVEY TO OTHER PLATFORM DATA. ALL DATA HAS BEEN REBASED TO SHOW TOTAL NATIONAL PENETRATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE. ADVISORY: FIGURES ARE BASED ON RESPONSES
TO A SURVEY, AND MAY NOT CORRELATE TO SOCIAL MEDIA PENETRATION FIGURES SHOWN ELSEWHERE IN THIS REPORT; FOR FULL DETAILS, SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT.
73%
71%
66%
54%
52%
40%
39%
32%
24%
24%
20%
16%
WHATSAPP
YOUTUBE
FACEBOOK
INSTAGRAM
TWITTER
FB MESSENGER
SNAPCHAT
GOOGLE+
SKYPE
LINKEDIN
LINE
PINTEREST

125
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
25.00 +32% 72% 28% 72%
MILLION

126
AGE TOTAL FEMALE MALE
TOTAL
13 – 17
18 – 24
25 – 34
35 – 44
45 – 54
55 – 64
65+
FEMALE
MALE
PROFILE OF FACEBOOK USERSA BREAKDOWN OF THE COUNTRY’S FACEBOOK’S USERS BY AGE AND GENDER, IN MILLIONS
JAN
2018
SOURCE: EXTRAPOLATION OF FACEBOOK DATA, JANUARY 2018. NOTES: THE ‘TOTAL’ COLUMN OF THE INSET TABLE SHOWS ORIGINAL VALUES,
WHILE GRAPH VALUES HAVE BEEN DIVIDED BY ONE MILLION. TABLE PERCENTAGES REPRESENT THE RESPECTIVE GENDER AND AGE GROUP’S
SHARE OF TOTAL NATIONAL FACEBOOK USERS. TABLE VALUES MAY NOT SUM EXACTLY DUE TO ROUNDING IN THE SOURCE DATA.
13 – 17
YEARS OLD
65+
YEARS OLD
25 – 34
YEARS OLD
35 – 44
YEARS OLD
45 – 54
YEARS OLD
55 – 64
YEARS OLD
18 – 24
YEARS OLD
AGE TOTAL FEMALE MALE
TOTAL 25,000,000 28% 72%
13 – 17 800,000 1% 2%
18 – 24 6,200,000 8% 17%
25 – 34 10,000,000 10% 31%
35 – 44 5,300,000 6% 15%
45 – 54 1,600,000 2% 5%
55 – 64 420,000 0.4% 1%
65+ 340,000 0.5% 0.8%
0.3
1.9
2.6
1.5
0.4
0.1 0.1
0.5
4.3
7.7
3.8
1.2
0.3 0.2

127
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.
+0.86% 9.4% 5.2% 37.1% 29.4%

128
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.
2.89% 3.15% 5.72% 3.50% 4.68%

129
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.
12.00 36% 36% 64%
MILLION

130
NUMBER OF UNIQUE
MOBILE USERS (ANY
TYPE OF HANDSET)
MOBILE PENETRATION
(UNIQUE USERS vs.
TOTAL POPULATION)
TOTAL NUMBER
OF MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
TOTAL POPULATION
JAN
2018
MOBILE USERS vs. MOBILE CONNECTIONSCOMPARING THE NUMBER OF UNIQUE MOBILE USERS TO THE NUMBER OF MOBILE CONNECTIONS
AVERAGE NUMBER OF
CONNECTIONS PER
UNIQUE MOBILE USER
SOURCES: UNIQUE MOBILE USERS: GSMA INTELLIGENCE, JANUARY 2018; GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2018;
MOBILE CONNECTIONS: GSMA INTELLIGENCE, Q4 2017. NOTE: PENETRATION FIGURES ARE FOR TOTAL POPULATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE.
23.66 71% 56.80 171% 2.40
MILLION MILLION

131
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.
56.80 171% 81% 19% 80%
MILLION

132
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
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
SOURCE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE, Q4 2017. TO ACCESS THE COMPLETE MOBILE CONNECTIVITY INDEX, VISIT HTTP://WWW.MOBILECONNECTIVITYINDEX.COM/
68.86 59.10 76.92 71.24 69.42

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PERCENTAGE OF THE
POPULATION USING
MOBILE MESSENGERS
PERCENTAGE OF THE
POPULATION WATCHING
VIDEOS ON MOBILE
PERCENTAGE OF THE
POPULATION PLAYING
GAMES ON MOBILE
PERCENTAGE
OF THE POPULATION
USING MOBILE BANKING
JAN
2018
MOBILE ACTIVITIESSURVEY-BASED DATA: FIGURES REPRESENT RESPONDENTS’ SELF-REPORTED ACTIVITY
PERCENTAGE OF THE
POPULATION USING
MOBILE MAP SERVICES
NOTE: DATA HAS BEEN REBASED TO SHOW TOTAL NATIONAL PENETRATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE.
83% 82% 67% 43% 74%

134
USE THE ALARM
CLOCK FUNCTION
MANAGE DIARY
OR APPOINTMENTS
CHECK THE
WEATHER
TRACK HEALTH, DIET,
OR ACTIVITY LEVELS
JAN
2018
SMARTPHONE LIFE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIESPERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL POPULATION USING A SMARTPHONE TO PERFORM EACH TASK [SURVEY-BASED]
TAKE PHOTOS
OR VIDEOS
CHECK
THE NEWS
READ E-BOOKS
OR E-MAGAZINES
MANAGE LISTS
(E.G. SHOPPING, TASKS)
SOURCE: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2018. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. *NOTES: DATA BASED ON SURVEY
RESPONSES FROM ADULT INTERNET USERS ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S
METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS. DATA HAS BEEN REBASED TO SHOW TOTAL NATIONAL PENETRATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE.
54% 30% 34% 35%
64% 52% 25% 28%

135
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.
69% 12% [N/A] 16%
5% 16% 8% 22%

136
SEARCHED ONLINE
FOR A PRODUCT
OR SERVICE TO BUY
VISITED
AN ONLINE
RETAIL STORE
PURCHASED A
PRODUCT OR
SERVICE ONLINE
MADE AN ONLINE
PURCHASE VIA A LAPTOP
OR DESKTOP COMPUTER
JAN
2018
E-COMMERCE ACTIVITIES IN PAST 30 DAYSSURVEY-BASED DATA: FIGURES REPRESENT RESPONDENTS’ SELF-REPORTED ACTIVITY
MADE AN ONLINE
PURCHASE VIA A
MOBILE DEVICE
NOTE: DATA HAS BEEN REBASED TO SHOW TOTAL NATIONAL PENETRATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE.
74% 74% 47% 37% 37%

137
FASHION
& BEAUTY
ELECTRONICS &
PHYSICAL MEDIA
FOOD &
PERSONAL CARE
FURNITURE &
APPLIANCES
JAN
2018
E-COMMERCE SPEND BY CATEGORYTOTAL ANNUAL AMOUNT SPENT ON CONSUMER E-COMMERCE CATEGORIES, IN UNITED STATES DOLLARS
TOYS, DIY
& HOBBIES
TRAVEL (INCLUDING
ACCOMMODATION)
DIGITAL
MUSIC
VIDEO
GAMES
SOURCES: STATISTA DIGITAL MARKET OUTLOOK, E-COMMERCE INDUSTRY, E-TRAVEL INDUSTRY, AND DIGITAL MEDIA INDUSTRY, ALL ACCESSED JANUARY 2018.
NOTE: FIGURES ARE BASED ON ESTIMATES OF FULL-YEAR CONSUMER SPEND IN 2017, AND DO NOT INCLUDE B2B SPEND.
$1,679 $1,667 $403.7 $708.3
$989.0 $673.3 $11.1 $118.2

138
FASHION
& BEAUTY
ELECTRONICS &
PHYSICAL MEDIA
FOOD &
PERSONAL CARE
FURNITURE &
APPLIANCES
JAN
2018
E-COMMERCE GROWTH BY CATEGORYANNUAL CHANGE IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT ON CONSUMER E-COMMERCE CATEGORIES, IN UNITED STATES DOLLARS
TOYS, DIY
& HOBBIES
TRAVEL (INCLUDING
ACCOMMODATION)
DIGITAL
MUSIC
VIDEO
GAMES
SOURCES: STATISTA DIGITAL MARKET OUTLOOK, E-COMMERCE INDUSTRY, E-TRAVEL INDUSTRY, AND DIGITAL MEDIA INDUSTRY, ALL ACCESSED JANUARY 2018.
NOTE: FIGURES ARE BASED ON ESTIMATES OF FULL-YEAR CONSUMER SPEND IN 2017, AND DO NOT INCLUDE B2B SPEND.
+13% +11% +12% +14%
+11% +11% +7% +14%

139
TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE
PURCHASING CONSUMER
GOODS VIA E-COMMERCE
PENETRATION OF CONSUMER
GOODS E-COMMERCE
(TOTAL POPULATION)
AVERAGE ANNUAL REVENUE
PER USER OF CONSUMER
GOODS E-COMMERCE (ARPU)
YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE:
JAN
2018
E-COMMERCE DETAIL: CONSUMER GOODSAN OVERVIEW OF THE E-COMMERCE MARKET FOR CONSUMER GOODS, WITH VALUES IN UNITED STATES DOLLARS
YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE: YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE:
SOURCE: STATISTA DIGITAL MARKET OUTLOOK, E-COMMERCE INDUSTRY, ACCESSED JANUARY 2018. NOTES: FIGURES REPRESENT SALES OF PHYSICAL GOODS VIA DIGITAL CHANNELS
ON ANY DEVICE TO PRIVATE END USERS, AND DO NOT INCLUDE DIGITAL MEDIA, DIGITAL SERVICES SUCH AS TRAVEL OR SOFTWARE, B2B PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, RESALE OF USED
GOODS, OR SALES BETWEEN PRIVATE PERSONS (P2P COMMERCE). PENETRATION FIGURE REPRESENTS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL POPULATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE.
VALUE OF THE CONSUMER
GOODS E-COMMERCE MARKET
(TOTAL ANNUAL SALES REVENUE)
11.60 35% $5.446 $469
MILLION BILLION
+11% +12% +1%

140
JAN
2018
ADVERTISING MEDIA: FIRST AWARENESSTHE CHANNEL THAT FIRST INTRODUCED INTERNET USERS* TO A PRODUCT OR SERVICE THAT THEY SUBSEQUENTLY PURCHASED
SOURCE: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2018. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. *NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT INTERNET USERS ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE
NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS. FIGURES MAY NOT TOTAL TO 100% DUE TO ROUNDING.
33%
27%
15%
12%
5%
3%
2%
1%
0%
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