Between 2018 and 2019, Morocco had the highest share of people using social media as a primary source of information in North Africa, corresponding to 37 percent of respondents. Libya and Egypt followed, each with 31 percent of the surveyed population primarily retrieving information from social media platforms.
Share of people using social media as a primary source of information in North Africa between 2018 and 2019, by country
* The date of survey and the number of observations vary according to the country:
Algeria: January 30 to February 18, 2019 (n=2,332)
Egypt: October 13 to November 11, 2018 (n=2,400)
Libya: January 19 to April 11, 2019 (n=1,962)
Morocco: October 11 to December 4, 2018 (n=2,400)
Sudan: September 17 to December 7, 2018 (n=1,758)
Tunisia: October 24 to December 4, 2018 (n=2,400)
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Arab Barometer. (October 1, 2019). Share of people using social media as a primary source of information in North Africa between 2018 and 2019, by country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1202223/social-media-as-primary-source-of-information-in-north-africa-by-country/
Arab Barometer. "Share of people using social media as a primary source of information in North Africa between 2018 and 2019, by country." Chart. October 1, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1202223/social-media-as-primary-source-of-information-in-north-africa-by-country/
Arab Barometer. (2019). Share of people using social media as a primary source of information in North Africa between 2018 and 2019, by country. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1202223/social-media-as-primary-source-of-information-in-north-africa-by-country/
Arab Barometer. "Share of People Using Social Media as a Primary Source of Information in North Africa between 2018 and 2019, by Country." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Oct 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1202223/social-media-as-primary-source-of-information-in-north-africa-by-country/
Arab Barometer, Share of people using social media as a primary source of information in North Africa between 2018 and 2019, by country Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1202223/social-media-as-primary-source-of-information-in-north-africa-by-country/ (last visited December 26, 2024)
Share of people using social media as a primary source of information in North Africa between 2018 and 2019, by country [Graph], Arab Barometer, October 1, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1202223/social-media-as-primary-source-of-information-in-north-africa-by-country/
