All the stats, data, and trends you need to understand the state of the internet, social media, and mobile in Southern Asia in 2018.

1. DIGITAL IN 2018 IN
SOUTHERN ASIAESSENTIAL INSIGHTS INTO INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, MOBILE, AND ECOMMERCE USE ACROSS THE REGION

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COUNTRIES INCLUDED IN EACH ASIA REPORT
ARMENIA
AZERBAIJAN
CYPRUS
GEORGIA
ISRAEL
JORDAN
LEBANON
PALESTINE
SYRIA
TURKEY
BAHRAIN
IRAQ
KUWAIT
OMAN
QATAR
SAUDI ARABIA
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
YEMEN
KAZAKHSTAN
KYRGYZSTAN
TAJIKISTAN
TURKMENISTAN
UZBEKISTAN
AFGHANISTAN
BANGLADESH
BHUTAN
INDIA
IRAN
MALDIVES
NEPAL
PAKISTAN
SRI LANKA
CHINA
HONG KONG
JAPAN
KOREA, NORTH
KOREA, SOUTH
MACAU
MONGOLIA
TAIWAN
CAMBODIA
LAOS
MYANMAR
THAILAND
VIETNAM
BRUNEI
INDONESIA
MALAYSIA
PHILIPPINES
SINGAPORE
TIMOR-LESTE
WESTERN ASIA
PART 1: NORTH-WEST
WESTERN ASIA
PART 2: SOUTH-EAST
CENTRAL
ASIA
SOUTHERN
ASIA
SOUTHEAST ASIA
PART 1: NORTH-WEST
EASTERN
ASIA
SOUTHEAST ASIA
PART 1: SOUTH-EAST
DIGITAL IN 2018 IN
NORTHERN AFRICAESSENTIAL INSIGHTS INTO INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, MOBILE, AND ECOMMERCE USE ACROSS THE REGION
DIGITAL IN 2018 IN
WESTERN ASIAESSENTIAL INSIGHTS INTO INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, MOBILE, AND ECOMMERCE USE ACROSS THE REGION
PART 1:
NORTH-
WEST
DIGITAL IN 2018 IN
WESTERN ASIAESSENTIAL INSIGHTS INTO INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, MOBILE, AND ECOMMERCE USE ACROSS THE REGION
PART 2:
SOUTH-
EAST
DIGITAL IN 2018 IN
CENTRAL ASIAESSENTIAL INSIGHTS INTO INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, MOBILE, AND ECOMMERCE USE ACROSS THE REGION
DIGITAL IN 2018 IN
SOUTHERN ASIAESSENTIAL INSIGHTS INTO INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, MOBILE, AND ECOMMERCE USE ACROSS THE REGION
DIGITAL IN 2018 IN
SOUTHEAST ASIAESSENTIAL INSIGHTS INTO INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, MOBILE, AND ECOMMERCE USE ACROSS THE REGION
PART 1:
NORTH-
WEST
DIGITAL IN 2018 IN
SOUTHEAST ASIAESSENTIAL INSIGHTS INTO INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, MOBILE, AND ECOMMERCE USE ACROSS THE REGION
PART 2:
SOUTH-
EAST
DIGITAL IN 2018 IN
EASTERN ASIAESSENTIAL INSIGHTS INTO INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, MOBILE, AND ECOMMERCE USE ACROSS THE REGION

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GLOBAL YEARBOOK BRUNEI DOMINICAN REP. GUYANA LIBERIA NEPAL ST KITTS & NEVIS TAJIKISTAN
AFGHANISTAN BULGARIA ECUADOR HAITI LIBYA NETHERLANDS ST LUCIA TANZANIA
ALBANIA BURKINA FASO EGYPT HONDURAS LIECHTENSTEIN NEW CALEDONIA ST MARTIN THAILAND
ALGERIA BURUNDI EL SALVADOR HONG KONG LITHUANIA NEW ZEALAND ST PIERRE & MIQUELON TIMOR-LESTE
AMERICAN SAMOA CABO VERDE EQUATORIAL GUINEA HUNGARY LUXEMBOURG NICARAGUA ST VINCENT, GRENADINES TOGO
ANDORRA CAMBODIA ERITREA ICELAND MACAU NIGER SAMOA TOKELAU
ANGOLA CAMEROON ESTONIA INDIA TFYR MACEDONIA NIGERIA SAN MARINO TONGA
ANGUILLA CANADA ETHIOPIA INDONESIA MADAGASCAR NIUE SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA CAYMAN IS. FAROE IS. IRAN MALAWI NORFOLK IS. SAUDI ARABIA TUNISIA
ARGENTINA CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. FALKLAND IS. IRAQ MALAYSIA NORTHERN MARIANA IS. SENEGAL TURKEY
ARMENIA CHAD FIJI IRELAND MALDIVES NORWAY SERBIA TURKMENISTAN
ARUBA CHILE FINLAND ISLE OF MAN MALI OMAN SEYCHELLES TURKS & CAICOS IS.
AUSTRALIA CHINA FRANCE ISRAEL MALTA PAKISTAN SIERRA LEONE TUVALU
AUSTRIA CHRISTMAS IS. FRENCH GUIANA ITALY MARSHALL IS. PALAU SINGAPORE UGANDA
AZERBAIJAN COCOS IS. FRENCH POLYNESIA JAMAICA MARTINIQUE PALESTINE ST MAARTEN UKRAINE
BAHAMAS COLOMBIA GABON JAPAN MAURITANIA PANAMA SLOVAKIA U.A.E.
BAHRAIN COMOROS GAMBIA JERSEY MAURITIUS PAPUA NEW GUINEA SLOVENIA U.K.
BANGLADESH CONGO, DEM. REP. GEORGIA JORDAN MAYOTTE PARAGUAY SOLOMON IS. U.S.A.
BARBADOS CONGO, REP. GERMANY KAZAKHSTAN MEXICO PERU SOMALIA URUGUAY
BELARUS COOK IS. GHANA KENYA MICRONESIA PHILIPPINES SOUTH AFRICA UZBEKISTAN
BELGIUM COSTA RICA GIBRALTAR KIRIBATI MOLDOVA POLAND SOUTH SUDAN VANUATU
BELIZE CÔTE D'IVOIRE GREECE KOREA, NORTH MONACO PORTUGAL SPAIN VENEZUELA
BENIN CROATIA GREENLAND KOREA, SOUTH MONGOLIA PUERTO RICO SRI LANKA VIETNAM
BERMUDA CUBA GRENADA KOSOVO MONTENEGRO QATAR SUDAN BRITISH VIRGIN IS.
BHUTAN CURAÇAO GUADELOUPE KUWAIT MONTSERRAT RÉUNION SURINAME U.S. VIRGIN IS.
BOLIVIA CYPRUS GUAM KYRGYZSTAN MOROCCO ROMANIA SWAZILAND WALLIS & FUTUNA
BONAIRE, ST EUSTATIUS, SABA CZECH REP. GUATEMALA LAOS MOZAMBIQUE RUSSIA SWEDEN WESTERN SAHARA
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA DENMARK GUERNSEY LATVIA MYANMAR RWANDA SWITZERLAND YEMEN
BOTSWANA DJIBOUTI GUINEA LEBANON NAMIBIA ST BARTHÉLEMY SYRIA ZAMBIA
BRAZIL DOMINICA GUINEA-BISSAU LESOTHO NAURU ST HELENA TAIWAN ZIMBABWE
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GLOBAL OVERVIEW

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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
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 AROUND THE WORLD IN 2018KEY STATISTICAL INDICATORS FOR THE WORLD’S INTERNET, MOBILE, AND SOCIAL MEDIA USERS
7.593 4.021 3.196 5.135 2.958
BILLION BILLION BILLION BILLION BILLION
55% 53% 42% 68% 39%

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INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
UNIQUE
MOBILE USERS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
JAN
2018
ANNUAL GROWTHYEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN KEY STATISTICAL INDICATORS
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.
+7% +13% +4% +14%
+248 MILLION +362 MILLION +218 MILLION +360 MILLION

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GLOBAL
AVERAGE:
SOURCES: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; EUROSTAT; INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; MIDEASTMEDIA.ORG; FACEBOOK; GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS; REGULATORY
AUTHORITIES; REPUTABLE MEDIA. NOTE: PENETRATION FIGURES ARE FOR TOTAL POPULATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE.
NORTHERN
AMERICA
CENTRAL
AMERICA
SOUTH
AMERICA
SOUTHERN
AFRICA
WESTERN
ASIA
NORTHERN
EUROPE EASTERN
EUROPE
EASTERN
ASIA
OCEANIA
CENTRAL
ASIA
SOUTHERN
ASIA
SOUTHEAST
ASIA
THE
CARIBBEAN
WESTERN
EUROPE
SOUTHERN
EUROPE
WESTERN
AFRICA
NORTHERN
AFRICA
MIDDLE
AFRICA
EASTERN
AFRICA
INTERNET PENETRATION BY REGIONJAN
2018 REGIONAL PENETRATION FIGURES, COMPARING INTERNET USERS TO TOTAL POPULATION
53%
88%
61%
48%
68%
94%
90% 77%
74%
49%
39%
12%
27%
51%
65%
50%
36%
57%
58%
69%

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GLOBAL
AVERAGE:
SOURCES: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; KAKAO; NAVER; DING; TECHRASA; SIMILARWEB; KEPIOS ANALYSIS.
NOTE: PENETRATION FIGURES ARE FOR TOTAL POPULATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE.
NORTHERN
AMERICA
CENTRAL
AMERICA
SOUTH
AMERICA
SOUTHERN
AFRICA
WESTERN
ASIA
NORTHERN
EUROPE EASTERN
EUROPE
EASTERN
ASIA
OCEANIA
CENTRAL
ASIA
SOUTHERN
ASIA
SOUTHEAST
ASIA
THE
CARIBBEAN
WESTERN
EUROPE
SOUTHERN
EUROPE
WESTERN
AFRICA
NORTHERN
AFRICA
MIDDLE
AFRICA
EASTERN
AFRICA
SOCIAL MEDIA PENETRATION BY REGIONJAN
2018 TOTAL ACTIVE ACCOUNTS ON THE MOST ACTIVE SOCIAL NETWORK IN EACH COUNTRY, COMPARED TO POPULATION
42%
70%
59%
40%
63%
66%
54% 56%
45%
38%
11%
6%
7%
31%
55%
12%
20%
64%
55%
55%

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GLOBAL
AVERAGE:
SOURCES: GSMA INTELLIGENCE, Q4 2017. NOTE: PENETRATION FIGURES ARE FOR TOTAL POPULATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE.
NORTHERN
AMERICA
CENTRAL
AMERICA
SOUTH
AMERICA
SOUTHERN
AFRICA
WESTERN
ASIA
NORTHERN
EUROPE EASTERN
EUROPE
EASTERN
ASIA
OCEANIA
CENTRAL
ASIA
SOUTHERN
ASIA
SOUTHEAST
ASIA
THE
CARIBBEAN
WESTERN
EUROPE
SOUTHERN
EUROPE
WESTERN
AFRICA
NORTHERN
AFRICA
MIDDLE
AFRICA
EASTERN
AFRICA
MOBILE CONNECTIVITY BY REGIONJAN
2018 THE NUMBER OF MOBILE CONNECTIONS COMPARED TO POPULATION (NOTE: NOT UNIQUE USERS)
112%
103%
96%
74%
115%
123%
119% 126%
157%
106%
89%
58%
61%
147%
108%
98%
91%
103%
141%
110%

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ACTIVE USERS OF KEY GLOBAL SOCIAL PLATFORMSJAN
2018 BASED ON THE MOST RECENTLY PUBLISHED MONTHLY ACTIVE USER ACCOUNTS FOR EACH PLATFORM, IN MILLIONS
SOURCES: KEPIOS ANALYSIS; LATEST COMPANY EARNINGS RELEASES, PRESS RELEASES OR MEDIA STATEMENTS; REPORTS IN REPUTABLE MEDIA; ALL AS OF JANUARY 2018. *ADVISORY:
PLATFORMS IDENTIFIED BY (*) HAVE NOT PUBLISHED UPDATED USER FIGURES IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS, SO FIGURES MAY BE LESS RELIABLE. **NOTES: THESE PLATFORMS DO NOT PUBLISH MAU
DATA. TUMBLR FIGURE IS FOR MONTHLY UNIQUE VISITORS IN DEC 2017, VIA SIMILARWEB. SNAPCHAT FIGURE VIA TECHCRUNCH, JUN 2017. LINKEDIN DATA VIA FORTUNE / APPTOPIA, APR 2017.
SOCIAL NETWORK
MESSENGER / CHAT APP / VOIP
DATA CORRECT TO:
27 JANUARY 2018
2,167
1,500
1,300
1,300
980
843
800
794
568
376
330
300
300
260
260
255
250
203
200
117
100
97
63
49
FACEBOOK
YOUTUBE
WHATSAPP
FB MESSENGER
WECHAT
QQ
INSTAGRAM
TUMBLR**
QZONE
SINA WEIBO
TWITTER
BAIDU TIEBA*
SKYPE*
LINKEDIN**
VIBER*
SNAPCHAT**
REDDIT
LINE
PINTEREST
YY
TELEGRAM*
VKONTAKTE
BBM*
KAKAOTALK

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TOP MESSENGER APPS BY COUNTRYJAN
2018 BASED ON THE GOOGLE PLAY STORE RANK FOR EACH COUNTRY IN DECEMBER 2017
SOURCE: SIMILARWEB, JANUARY 2018, BASED ON THE GOOGLE PLAY APP STORE RANK FOR DECEMBER 2017. FIGURES IN PARENTHESES
IN THE LEGEND REPRESENT THE NUMBER OF COUNTRIES / TERRITORIES IN WHICH EACH PLATFORM IS THE TOP-RANKED MESSENGER APP.
WHATSAPP (128)
FACEBOOK MESSENGER (72)
VIBER (10)
WECHAT (3)
LINE (3)
TELEGRAM (3)
IMO (3)
KAKAOTALK (1)
HANGOUTS (1)
ANDROID MESSENGER (1)
NO DATA (14)

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With more than 4 billion people using the internet for an average of 6 hours each per day, digital has become an
essential part of everyday life for most of us. We’re using that connectivity in almost every aspect of our lives,
whether it’s chatting with friends, playing games, researching products, tracking our health, or even finding
love. As a result, brands need to evolve beyond today’s siloed approach to digital, and build seamless digital
integration into everything they do – just as our audiences already have. Here are some tips to help with that:
WE ARE SOCIAL’S ANALYSIS: DIGITAL IN 2018
Start with what people
really need and want,
and not just what the
technology can do
Focus on creating
mutual value at every
opportunity, instead of
simply ‘selling more stuff’
Make it easy for people
to buy online as soon
as they’re ready,
wherever they are
Harness digital tools to
keep the conversation
going, even after you
make a successful sale
To learn more about what these Digital, Social and Mobile trends
mean for your brand, click here to download our Think Forward report.

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HOOTSUITE’S PERSPECTIVE: 2018 SOCIAL TRENDS
The evolution of social ROI. It's the end of the road for vanity metrics. Expect to see more organisations evolve their metrics
as they look to quantify social’s contribution to tangible business challenges such as lowering costs, increasing revenue,
mitigating risk, and attracting talent.
Mobile fuels the growth of social TV. In 2018, social networks will encourage brands to become broadcasters as mobile
video and social-TV content take the spotlight. We advise caution here as the metrics that bump the stock price of social
networks—such as mobile video views—might not help your organisation achieve your own business outcomes.
Trust declines, while peer influence rises. From Trump’s tumultuous triumph over traditional media to the fake news
phenomenon, we saw a shift in media culture in 2017. It’s clear we’re moving away from trusting traditional institutions—and
moving towards smaller spheres of influence where customer communities and engaged employees matter more than ever.
Humans, meet AI. The machines have risen. And marketers have discovered they can be delightfully useful. But while
marketers rush ahead with chatbots and AI-generated content, it’s still unclear whether customers will value these human-
less engagements.
The promise (and reality) of social data. From tying together analytics systems to CRM integrations, marketers
underestimated the complexity of social data initiatives. Organisations must recalculate the effort and resources needed to
turn social data into a true—and unified—source of customer insights.
Click here to download our 2018 Social Media Trends Toolkit to align
your strategy with the year’s key social network and digital trends.

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OUR MAIN GLOBAL OVERVIEW REPORT
DIGITAL IN 2018ESSENTIAL INSIGHTS INTO INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, MOBILE, AND ECOMMERCE USE AROUND THE WORLD

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IN-DEPTH COUNTRY PROFILES

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AFGHANISTAN

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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 AFGHANISTAN
35.95 4.01 3.50 27.66 3.20
MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION
28% 11% 10% 77% 9%

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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.
0% +17% +10% +19%
(UNCHANGED) +500 THOUSAND +2 MILLION +500 THOUSAND

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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.
35.95 48.5% 51.5% +2.4% 19.0
MILLION YEARS OLD
28% $1,880 38% 24% 52%

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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.
4.01 11% 3.66 10%
MILLION MILLION

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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.
4.01 3.81 2.28 3.81
MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION

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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.
34% 65% 2% [N/A]
+11% -4% -25% [N/A]

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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.AF 6M 24S 7.88
GOOGLE.COM 7M 32S 8.56
YOUTUBE.COM 8M 18S 4.79
FACEBOOK.COM 10M 21S 4.00
YAHOO.COM 4M 02S 3.61
ACBAR.ORG 9M 02S 7.10
BBC.COM 4M 09S 2.68
WIKIPEDIA.ORG 4M 16S 3.31
JOBS.AF 4M 26S 2.89
APARAT.COM 7M 08S 5.34
LIVE.COM 4M 03S 3.41
SAVEFROM.NET 3M 03S 1.32
VARZESH3.COM 8M 08S 6.05
BOOKSECURE.NET 10M 29S 7.45
ASK.COM 1M 59S 1.92
AZADIRADIO.COM 7M 03S 4.49
MSN.COM 3M 51S 2.53
ESPNCRICINFO.COM 6M 05S 3.34
SOFTONIC.COM 2M 21S 2.65
FLYARIANA.COM 14M 04S 4.71

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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).
GOOGLE 100
FACEBOOK 80
‫ﻋﮑﺱس‬ 64
‫ﺍاﻓﻐﺎﻧﺳﺗﺎﻥن‬ 57
AFGHANISTAN 52
TRANSLATE 52
YOUTUBE 52
‫ﻓﻠﻡم‬ 52
VIDEO 49
KABUL 40
GOOGLE TRANSLATE 39
WEATHER 34
GMAIL 29
‫ﻟﺑﺎﺱس‬ 28
SEXY 26
‫ﻓﻳﯾﻠﻡم‬ 26
CRICINFO 23
NEWS 21
CRICKET 20
BBC 18

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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.
3.50 10% 3.20 9%
MILLION MILLION

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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
3.50 +17% 91% 16% 84%
MILLION

28. 28
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.
+0.05% 7.3% 8.7% 3.5% 8.5%

29. 29
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.
1.26% 2.23% 1.28% 1.00% 1.28%

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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.
420.0 1% 18% 82%
THOUSAND

31. 31
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.
27.66 77% 92% 8% 22%
MILLION

32. 32
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/
23.06 28.75 35.50 13.65 20.28

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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.
10% 1% 0.3% 0.6%
0.3% 2% [N/A] 1%

34. 34
BANGLADESH

35. 35
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 BANGLADESH
165.5 81.7 30.0 137.2 28.0
MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION
36% 49% 18% 83% 17%

36. 36
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.
+29% +15% +14% +27%
+18 MILLION +4 MILLION +17 MILLION +6 MILLION

37. 37
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.
165.5 49.6% 50.4% +1.0% 27.1
MILLION YEARS OLD
36% $3,587 62% 59% 65%

38. 38
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.
81.66 49% 76.22 46%
MILLION MILLION

39. 39
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.
73.35 30.20 21.44 30.12
MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION

40. 40
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.
25% 74% 1% [N/A]
+13% -4% -14% [N/A]

41. 41
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 7M 32S 8.56
YOUTUBE.COM 8M 18S 4.79
FACEBOOK.COM 10M 21S 4.00
GOOGLE.COM.BD 1M 50S 3.35
YAHOO.COM 4M 02S 3.61
KALERKANTHO.COM 6M 12S 2.64
BD24LIVE.COM 4M 10S 2.16
WIKIPEDIA.ORG 4M 16S 3.31
PROTHOMALO.COM 9M 51S 4.48
DARAZ.COM.BD 3M 05S 2.34
XVIDEOS.COM 14M 04S 10.15
BDJOBS.COM 12M 41S 9.65
BD-PRATIDIN.COM 13M 05S 4.56
BLOGSPOT.COM 2M 38S 2.12
TELETALK.COM.BD 8M 45S 4.73
PROTHOM-ALO.COM 10M 02S 5.66
ZOOMBANGLA.COM 6M 03S 2.75
GRAMEENPHONE.COM 3M 30S 2.14
JAGONEWS24.COM 8M 43S 3.21
ESKIMI.COM 13M 35S 10.40

42. 42
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).
BANGLA 100
VIDEO 86
SONG 65
BANGLADESH 47
FACEBOOK 33
YOUTUBE 22
WWW 20
GOOGLE 18
CRICBUZZ 14
CRICKET 14
BANGLA SONG 13
NATOK 13
FB 12
NEW SONG 11
TEER 11
GMAIL 10
CHOTI 9
CRICKET LIVE 8
PROTHOM ALO 8
TRANSLATE 8

43. 43
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.
30.00 18% 28.00 17%
MILLION MILLION

44. 44
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
30.00 +15% 93% 26% 74%
MILLION

45. 45
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.
+0.03% 9.8% 18.7% 12.8% 22.9%

46. 46
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.
4.16% 5.44% 4.27% 3.96% 2.20%

47. 47
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.
1.80 1% 25% 75%
MILLION

48. 48
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.
137.2 83% 97% 3% 29%
MILLION

49. 49
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/
48.40 37.86 51.38 52.49 53.73

50. 50
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.
31% 0.3% 3% 0.4%
0% 0.7% 0.3% 0.5%

51. 51
BHUTAN

52. 52
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 BHUTAN
812.3 370.0 370.0 766.6 350.0
THOUSAND THOUSAND THOUSAND THOUSAND THOUSAND
40% 46% 46% 94% 43%

53. 53
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.
+18% +28% +3% +30%
+56 THOUSAND +80 THOUSAND +21 THOUSAND +80 THOUSAND

54. 54
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.
812.3 47.0% 53.0% +1.2% 28.1
THOUSAND YEARS OLD
40% $8,918 65% 55% 73%

55. 55
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.
370.0 46% 350.0 43%
THOUSAND THOUSAND

56. 56
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.
331.4 339.3 289.2 339.6
THOUSAND THOUSAND THOUSAND THOUSAND

57. 57
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.
24% 73% 2% [N/A]
-7% +2% +12% [N/A]

58. 58
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.BT 6M 44S 8.35
GOOGLE.COM 7M 32S 8.56
YOUTUBE.COM 8M 18S 4.79
FACEBOOK.COM 10M 21S 4.00
YAHOO.COM 4M 02S 3.61
RCSC.GOV.BT 5M 25S 3.78
KUENSELONLINE.COM 5M 28S 2.52
WIKIPEDIA.ORG 4M 16S 3.31
DRC.GOV.BT 12M 05S 4.60
GOOGLEUSERCONTENT.COM 2M 42S 1.86
ASK.COM 1M 59S 1.92
GOOGLE.CO.IN 7M 04S 10.45
BBS.BT 3M 35S 2.50
MYRBPEMS.BT 2M 20S 10.00
BT.BT 3M 54S 2.60
MOF.GOV.BT 5M 26S 4.40
CITIZENSERVICES.GOV.BT 10M 07S 4.10
SAVEFROM.NET 3M 03S 1.32
BOB.BT 4M 41S 3.10
DELOTON.COM 1M 02S 1.52

59. 59
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).
BHUTAN 100
FACEBOOK 47
DOWNLOAD 46
VIDEO 35
QUOTES 23
YOU 19
FACEBOOK LOGIN 19
GOOGLE 17
LOVE 17
YOUTUBE 16
SEXY 15
FUCK 12
GMAIL 11
TEER 9
JAPANESE 9
WWW 8
EPL 8
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM 7
GAME 7
GAMES 7

60. 60
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.
370.0 46% 350.0 43%
THOUSAND THOUSAND

61. 61
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
370 +28% 95% 42% 58%
THOUSAND

62. 62
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.
+0.07% 7.3% 6.3% 7.3% 12.3%

63. 63
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.
2.38% 3.37% 3.00% 1.28% 1.12%

64. 64
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.
64.00 8% 51% 49%
THOUSAND

65. 65
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.
766.6 94% 98% 2% 83%
THOUSAND

66. 66
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/
46.42 50.28 65.23 44.14 32.06

67. 67
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.
34% 0.3% [N/A] 0.8%
[N/A] 0.5% 1.0% 0.6%

68. 68
INDIA

69. 69
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 INDIA
1,347 462 250 844 230
MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION
34% 34% 19% 63% 17%

70. 70
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.
0% +31% +6% +38%
(UNCHANGED) +59 MILLION +46 MILLION +63 MILLION

71. 71
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.
1,347 48.2% 51.8% +1.1% 28.1
MILLION YEARS OLD
34% $6,583 72% 63% 81%

72. 72
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.
88% 40% 15% 5%
79% 4% 2% 4%

73. 73
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.
7H 25M 2H 26M 3H 01M 1H 24M

74. 74
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.
79% 77% 83% 60% 52%

75. 75
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.
462.1 34% 430.3 32%
MILLION MILLION

76. 76
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.
462.1 397.9 462.1 397.3
MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION

77. 77
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
ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS.
VALUES MAY NOT SUM TO 100% DUE TO “DON’T KNOW” OR INCOMPLETE ANSWERS, OR DUE TO ROUNDING IN THE SOURCE DATA.
61% 26% 11% 2%

78. 78
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.
19.66 9.14 4% 11% 72%
MBPS MBPS

79. 79
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.
20% 79% 1% [N/A]
-2% +1% -21% [N/A]

80. 80
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.CO.IN SEARCH 5,291,200,000 7M 56S 6.7
GOOGLE.COM SEARCH 2,221,100,000 5M 59S 7.0
FACEBOOK.COM SOCIAL 1,892,100,000 11M 25S 12.4
YOUTUBE.COM TV & VIDEO 1,177,100,000 15M 22S 8.2
GOOGLEWEBLIGHT.COM SEARCH 937,500,000 5M 13S 4.2
XVIDEOS.COM ADULT 804,900,000 13M 14S 9.8
XNXX.COM ADULT 786,100,000 13M 18S 10.4
AMAZON.IN SHOPPING 443,300,000 6M 02S 8.0
WIKIPEDIA.ORG REFERENCE 356,700,000 3M 39S 2.6
FLIPKART.COM SHOPPING 218,900,000 6M 01S 8.2

81. 81
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.CO.IN 7M 04S 10.45
YOUTUBE.COM 8M 18S 4.79
GOOGLE.COM 7M 32S 8.56
FACEBOOK.COM 10M 21S 4.00
AMAZON.IN 9M 02S 8.07
YAHOO.COM 4M 02S 3.61
ONLINESBI.COM 6M 43S 7.81
WIKIPEDIA.ORG 4M 16S 3.31
FLIPKART.COM 5M 46S 3.62
NEWSTREND.NEWS 3M 41S 1.84
IRCTC.CO.IN 11M 30S 6.32
INDIATIMES.COM 5M 57S 2.90
WITTYFEED.COM 3M 53S 3.22
BLOGSPOT.IN 2M 29S 2.06
XVIDEOS.COM 14M 04S 10.15
HDFCBANK.COM 5M 30S 3.59
LINKEDIN.COM 5M 19S 4.19
UIDAI.GOV.IN 9M 19S 4.02
INSTAGRAM.COM 5M 23S 3.34
HOTSTAR.COM 2M 41S 1.77

82. 82
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.
15% 21% 4% 16% 4%
2% 4% 1% 3% 1%

83. 83
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).
VIDEO 100
DOWNLOAD 94
SONG 84
FACEBOOK 34
FB 31
GOOGLE 25
MOVIES 25
YOUTUBE 24
NEWS 20
WEATHER 17
SATTA 16
GMAIL 14
CRICBUZZ 14
FACEBOOK LOGIN 14
SBI 12
HINDI MOVIE 12
CRICKET 12
YOU 12
MATKA 11
WWW 10

84. 84
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
ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS.
33% 31% 17% 4% 15%

85. 85
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
ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS.
85% 20% 12% 17% 18%

86. 86
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.
250.0 19% 230.0 17%
MILLION MILLION

87. 87
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.
30%
30%
28%
20%
19%
19%
18%
15%
15%
11%
10%
10%
FACEBOOK
YOUTUBE
WHATSAPP
FB MESSENGER
INSTAGRAM
GOOGLE+
TWITTER
SKYPE
LINKEDIN
PINTEREST
HIKE
SNAPCHAT

88. 88
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
250.0 +31% 92% 23% 77%
MILLION

89. 89
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 250,000,000 23% 77%
13 – 17 25,000,000 2% 8%
18 – 24 97,000,000 9% 30%
25 – 34 81,000,000 7% 25%
35 – 44 29,000,000 2% 9%
45 – 54 11,000,000 1% 3%
55 – 64 4,500,000 0.4% 1%
65+ 2,400,000 0.2% 0.7%
5.5
23.4
18.5
6.0
2.6 1.1 0.6
19.5
73.8
62.6
22.6
8.6
3.4 1.8

90. 90
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.
+0.07% 9.6% 7.2% 34.1% 30.5%

91. 91
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.
3.75% 5.90% 4.93% 7.94% 4.84%

92. 92
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.
52.00 4% 26% 74%
MILLION

93. 93
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.
843.8 63% 1,206 90% 1.43
MILLION BILLION

94. 94
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.
1.21 90% 94% 6% 33%
BILLION

95. 95
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/
48.54 39.99 63.06 45.21 48.71

96. 96
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
SOURCE: GLOBALWEBINDEX, Q2 & Q3 2017. BASED ON A SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16-64.
NOTE: DATA HAS BEEN REBASED TO SHOW TOTAL NATIONAL PENETRATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE.
31% 30% 26% 19% 28%

97. 97
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.
16% 5% 8% 5%
22% 12% 7% 5%

98. 98
JAN
2018
TOP APP RANKINGSRANKINGS OF TOP MOBILE APPS BY MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS AND BY NUMBER OF DOWNLOADS
RANKING OF MOBILE APPS BY MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS
# APP NAME DEVELOPER / COMPANY
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
RANKING OF MOBILE APPS BY NUMBER OF DOWNLOADS
# APP NAME DEVELOPER / COMPANY
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
SOURCE: APP ANNIE, JANUARY 2018, BASED ON DATA IN THE APP ANNIE 2017 RETROSPECTIVE REPORT. FOR MORE DETAILS, VISIT HTTPS://WWW.APPANNIE.COM/
NOTES: RANKINGS ARE BASED ON COMBINED DATA FOR BOTH THE APPLE iOS APP STORE AND THE GOOGLE PLAY APP STORE. MONTHLY ACTIVE USER RANKINGS ARE BASED
ON MONTHLY AVERAGES FOR FULL-YEAR 2017. NOTE: RANKINGS EXCLUDE PRE-INSTALLED APPS, SUCH AS YOUTUBE ON ANDROID DEVICES, AND SAFARI ON APPLE DEVICES.
WHATSAPP MESSENGER FACEBOOK
FACEBOOK FACEBOOK
FACEBOOK MESSENGER FACEBOOK
TRUECALLER TRUECALLER
SHAREIT SHAREIT
MX PLAYER J2 INTERACTIVE
UC BROWSER ALIBABA GROUP
AMAZON AMAZON
PAYTM ONE97
INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK
FACEBOOK FACEBOOK
WHATSAPP MESSENGER FACEBOOK
UC BROWSER ALIBABA GROUP
FACEBOOK MESSENGER FACEBOOK
HOTSTAR 21ST CENTURY FOX
SHAREIT SHAREIT
MYJIO RELIANCE INDUSTRIES
TRUECALLER TRUECALLER
MX PLAYER J2 INTERACTIVE
JIOTV RELIANCE INDUSTRIES

99. 99
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.
53% 4% 2% 1%
2% 7% 0.4% 2%

100. 100
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
SOURCE: GLOBALWEBINDEX, Q2 & Q3 2017. BASED ON A SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16-64.
NOTE: DATA HAS BEEN REBASED TO SHOW TOTAL NATIONAL PENETRATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE.
30% 33% 26% 20% 20%

101. 101
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.
$6.821 $5.119 $2.312 $2.286
BILLION BILLION BILLION BILLION
$3.521 $4.417 $0.105 $0.794
BILLION BILLION BILLION BILLION

102. 102
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.
+30% +20% +30% +23%
+20% +29% +5% +16%

103. 103
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)
176.8 13% $20.06 $113
MILLION BILLION
+18% +25% +5%

104. 104
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.
31%
25%
16%
14%
7%
5%
1%
0%
0%
TELEVISION
IN-STORE
ONLINE
POSTER
PRESS
OTHER
EMAIL
RADIO
DIRECT MAIL

105. 105
IRAN

106. 106
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 IRAN
81.59 56.70 40.00 125.9 40.00
MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION
75% 69% 49% 154% 49%

107. 107
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.
0% +135% +3% +135%
(UNCHANGED) +23 MILLION +4 MILLION +23 MILLION

108. 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.
81.59 49.7% 50.3% +1.0% 30.8
MILLION YEARS OLD
75% $19,988 87% 83% 91%

109. 109
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.
56.70 69% 51.73 63%
MILLION MILLION

110. 110
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.
56.70 43.43 39.15 35.98
MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION

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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.
56% 42% 1% 0.01%
(UNCHANGED) +2% -26% [N/A]

112. 112
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 7M 32S 8.56
APARAT.COM 7M 08S 5.34
DIGIKALA.COM 9M 46S 7.59
VARZESH3.COM 8M 08S 6.05
YAHOO.COM 4M 02S 3.61
WIKIPEDIA.ORG 4M 16S 3.31
SHAPARAK.IR 2M 00S 1.81
INSTAGRAM.COM 5M 23S 3.34
TELEWEBION.COM 3M 40S 2.29
NAMNAK.COM 2M 32S 1.98
BEYTOOTE.COM 2M 48S 2.09
DIVAR.IR 11M 48S 10.00
BLOGFA.COM 2M 27S 2.17
BANKMELLAT.IR 10M 35S 5.65
NAMASHA.COM 4M 08S 3.29
NINISITE.COM 8M 40S 5.09
BAMILO.COM 8M 08S 7.38
TELEGRAM.ORG 4M 43S 2.95
TEBYAN.NET 2M 23S 1.76
YJC.IR 4M 07S 2.89

113. 113
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).
‫ﺩدﺍاﻧﻠﻭوﺩد‬ 100
‫ﻋﮑﺱس‬ 47
‫ﻓﻳﯾﻠﻡم‬ 40
‫ﺗﻠﮕﺭرﺍاﻡم‬ 17
‫ﺑﺎﺯزﯼی‬ 17
‫ﺩدﺍاﻧﻠﻭوﺩد‬ ‫ﻓﻳﯾﻠﻡم‬ 16
GOOGLE 11
‫ﺍاﺧﺑﺎﺭر‬ 10
‫ﻋﺎﺷﻘﺎﻧﻪﮫ‬ 9
‫ﺩدﻳﯾﻭوﺍاﺭر‬ 8
‫ﻭوﺭرﺯزﺵش‬ 8
‫ﻭوﺭرﺯزﺵش‬3 8
‫ﮔﻝل‬ 8
‫ﻋﺷﻕق‬ 8
‫ﺧﺑﺭر‬ 8
‫ﻓﺎﻝل‬ 7
TRANSLATE 6
‫ﮔﻭوﮔﻝل‬ 6
‫ﻋﮑﺱس‬ ‫ﭘﺭرﻭوﻓﺎﻳﯾﻝل‬ 6
‫ﺍاﻳﯾﻧﺳﺗﺎﮔﺭرﺍاﻡم‬ 5

114. 114
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.
40.00 49% 40.00 49%
MILLION MILLION

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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 BREAKDOWN OF FACEBOOK USERS BY DEVICE, FREQUENCY OF USE, AND GENDER OF USER
SOURCE: BASED ON DATA FROM TECHRASA, JUNE 2017.
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK PROFILES
DECLARED AS FEMALE
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK PROFILES
DECLARED AS MALE
5.70 [N/A] 91% 35% 65%
MILLION

116. 116
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.
+0.03% 9.7% 4.7% 10.1% 13.2%

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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.
4.41% 8.64% 8.90% 2.13% 1.92%

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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: BASED ON DATA FROM TECHRASA, JUNE 2017.
24.00 29% 45% 55%
MILLION

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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.
125.9 154% 73% 27% 50%
MILLION

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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/
51.45 39.76 49.45 69.96 50.95

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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.
92% 11% 4% 18%
12% 10% 16% 19%

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MALDIVES

123. 123
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 THE MALDIVES
440.3 340.0 340.0 829.9 320.0
THOUSAND THOUSAND THOUSAND THOUSAND THOUSAND
48% 77% 77% 188% 73%

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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.
+10% +10% +3% +10%
+30 THOUSAND +30 THOUSAND +25 THOUSAND +30 THOUSAND

125. 125
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.
440.3 43.1% 56.9% +1.8% 28.6
THOUSAND YEARS OLD
48% $15,756 99% 99% 100%

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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.
340.0 77% 320.0 73%
THOUSAND THOUSAND

127. 127
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.
270.0 260.2 198.1 260.2
THOUSAND THOUSAND THOUSAND THOUSAND

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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.
34% 63% 3% 0.02%
-3% +2% -15% [N/A]

129. 129
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.
SUN.MV 5M 37S 3.00
AVAS.MV 5M 59S 2.50
MIHAARU.COM 7M 02S 3.60
GOOGLE.MV 6M 41S 7.72
IBAY.COM.MV 10M 14S 5.30
YOUTUBE.COM 8M 18S 4.79
GOOGLE.COM 7M 32S 8.56
RAAJJE.MV 4M 56S 5.20
FACEBOOK.COM 10M 21S 4.00
DHUVAS.MV 9M 07S 6.90
VAGUTHU.MV 7M 01S 4.00
BONGACAMS.COM 4M 22S 2.03
EBAY.COM 9M 41S 7.22
WIKIPEDIA.ORG 4M 16S 3.31
PROVIDR.COM 3M 40S 3.26
BANKOFMALDIVES.COM.MV 4M 32S 2.80
YAHOO.COM 4M 02S 3.61
ALIEXPRESS.COM 14M 15S 11.29
WITTYFEED.COM 3M 53S 3.22
MANORAMAONLINE.COM 10M 04S 5.51

130. 130
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).
MALDIVES 100
FACEBOOK 32
YOUTUBE 32
GOOGLE 29
NEWS 20
YOU 20
IBAY 18
QUOTES 18
VAGUTHU 15
GMAIL 15
MIHAARU 14
SUN 13
FACEBOOK LOGIN 9
EBAY 9
SUN ONLINE 8
MALDIVIAN 8
DRESS 7
BML 7
WEATHER 7
INTERNET BANKING 7

131. 131
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.
340.0 77% 320.0 73%
THOUSAND THOUSAND

132. 132
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
340.0 +10% 94% 32% 68%
THOUSAND

133. 133
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.
+0.08% 14.1% 6.9% 22.1% 28.5%

134. 134
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.
6.05% 7.69% 5.31% 5.16% 3.85%

135. 135
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.
130.0 30% 42% 58%
THOUSAND

136. 136
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.
829.9 188% 88% 12% 48%
THOUSAND

137. 137
NEPAL

138. 138
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 NEPAL
29.46 16.19 9.30 36.76 8.70
MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION
20% 55% 32% 125% 30%

139. 139
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.
+15% +31% +17% +32%
+2 MILLION +2 MILLION +5 MILLION +2 MILLION

140. 140
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.
29.46 51.4% 48.6% +1.1% 24.5
MILLION YEARS OLD
20% $2,483 65% 55% 76%

141. 141
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.
16.19 55% 15.14 51%
MILLION MILLION

142. 142
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.
6.40 5.80 4.96 5.80
MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION

143. 143
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.
35% 62% 2% [N/A]
-0.3% +0.1% +3% [N/A]

144. 144
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.
YOUTUBE.COM 8M 18S 4.79
GOOGLE.COM.NP 6M 12S 8.70
ONLINEKHABAR.COM 10M 01S 4.25
GOOGLE.COM 7M 32S 8.56
KANTIPURDAILY.COM 4M 05S 2.30
FACEBOOK.COM 10M 21S 4.00
NEWS24NEPAL.TV 5M 33S 2.51
RATOPATI.COM 5M 42S 2.95
HAMROBAZAAR.COM 11M 57S 13.20
ANNAPURNAPOST.COM 5M 06S 2.70
YAHOO.COM 4M 02S 3.61
BONGACAMS.COM 4M 22S 2.03
NAGARIKNEWS.COM 4M 17S 2.24
DCNEPAL.COM 5M 25S 3.72
OSNEPAL.COM 4M 06S 1.97
LOKAANTAR.COM 5M 42S 5.30
WIKIPEDIA.ORG 4M 16S 3.31
ETAJAKHABAR.COM 4M 54S 1.80
BAAHRAKHARI.COM 5M 41S 5.30
KOSHIONLINE.COM 3M 09S 1.70

145. 145
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).
NEPAL 100
NEPALI 83
VIDEO 64
FACEBOOK 46
YOUTUBE 28
SONGS 21
GOOGLE 21
FB 17
YOU 15
SEXY 14
WWW 12
HINDI MOVIE 12
ONLINEKHABAR 10
GMAIL 10
NEPALI SONG 9
FACEBOOK LOGIN 9
NEPALI MOVIE 9
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM 9
GAME 8
GAMES 7

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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.
9.30 32% 8.70 30%
MILLION MILLION

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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
9.30 +31% 94% 37% 63%
MILLION

148. 148
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.
+0.16% 9.0% 15.4% 12.1% 18.3%

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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.
4.33% 6.17% 4.66% 2.19% 1.19%

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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.
1.10 4% 41% 59%
MILLION

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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.
36.76 125% 95% 5% 30%
MILLION