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Digital Ministry Atlas The Digital Terrain in 40 of the Least Reached Countries
Digital Ministry
Atlas
The Digital Terrain in 40 of the Least Reached Countries
Digital Ministry Atlas: The Digital Terrain in 40 of the Least Reached Countries
Version 1.3 (Revised October, 2017) Mobile Ministry Forum (www.mobmin.org)
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Table of Contents
Average of Least Reached Countries ........................................................................................................................... 7
Afghanistan .................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Algeria ........................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Azerbaijan ................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Bangladesh ................................................................................................................................................................. 11
Cambodia .................................................................................................................................................................... 12
China ........................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Guinea ........................................................................................................................................................................ 14
India ............................................................................................................................................................................ 15
Indonesia .................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Iran .............................................................................................................................................................................. 17
Iraq .............................................................................................................................................................................. 18
Israel ........................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Japan ........................................................................................................................................................................... 20
Jordan ......................................................................................................................................................................... 21
Kyrgyzstan .................................................................................................................................................................. 22
Laos ............................................................................................................................................................................. 23
Libya ............................................................................................................................................................................ 24
Mali ............................................................................................................................................................................. 25
Mauritania .................................................................................................................................................................. 26
Mongolia ..................................................................................................................................................................... 27
Morocco ...................................................................................................................................................................... 28
Myanmar .................................................................................................................................................................... 29
Nepal ........................................................................................................................................................................... 30
Niger ........................................................................................................................................................................... 31
Nigeria ........................................................................................................................................................................ 32
Oman .......................................................................................................................................................................... 33
Pakistan ...................................................................................................................................................................... 34
Palestinian Territories ................................................................................................................................................ 35
Saudi Arabia ............................................................................................................................................................... 36
Senegal ....................................................................................................................................................................... 37
Somalia ....................................................................................................................................................................... 38
Sri Lanka ..................................................................................................................................................................... 39
Tajikistan .................................................................................................................................................................... 40
Thailand ...................................................................................................................................................................... 41
Tunisia ........................................................................................................................................................................ 42
Turkey ......................................................................................................................................................................... 43
Turkmenistan ............................................................................................................................................................. 44
United Arab Emirates ................................................................................................................................................. 45
Uzbekistan .................................................................................................................................................................. 46
Yemen ......................................................................................................................................................................... 47
Appendices
Appendix A- Online Data Sources……..………………………………………………….……………………………………………………………..49
Appendix B- On-the-Ground Media Assessment……………………………………………………………………….…………………………52
Average for Least Reached Countries*
General
Demographics: Population- 109,054,250 Median Age- 30.1; Life Expectancy 71.7 Urban/Rural- 48% / 52%
Top Languages: Chinese (Mandarin)- 889,000,000 Hindi (L1 & L2 Speakers)- 378,000,000 English (L1 & L2 Speakers)- 268,912,000
Religion: Christian- 6.5%, Unreached- 65.3% Persecution of Christians- 67 (on a scale of 1-100 with 100 being the worst)
Other: Adult Literacy- 80.1%, Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- $6,780
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 109.46% (2016) as a % of the Population: 37.20% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Android (53.7%) 2. Series 40/S40 (16.8%) 3. Symbian/S60 (6.2%) 4. Windows (4.2%) 5. iOS (3.5%)
Top Handsets: 1. Apple iPhone (3.09%) 2. Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime (1.07%) 3. Nokia 206 (0.92%) 4. Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo (0.91%) 5. Nokia N8 (0.88%) 6. Nokia C3 (0.86%) 7. Nokia Asha 311 (0.83%) 8. Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 (0.81%) 9. Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace (0.74%) 10. Samsung Galaxy J1 (0.67%)
Top Free App 1. Messenger Downloads- 2. WhatsApp Android 3. Facebook (7/1-12/31/16) 4. imo free video calls and chat 5. Instagram 6. SHAREit: File Transfer, Sharing 7. Facebook Lite 8. Viber 9. LINE: Free Calls & Messages 10. Snapchat
Top Free App 1. WhatsApp Downloads- 2. Facebook iOS 3. Messenger (7/1-9/30/16) 4. Instagram 5. Snapchat 6. YouTube 7. imo free video calls and chat 8. Prisma- Art Photo Editor 9. Viber 10. SHAREit - Connect & Transfer
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 37.40% (2016) 9.83% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 33.64% Desktop (September, 2017) 2.25% Tablet 64.24% Mobile
Internet Freedom: Partly Free
Top Websites: 1. Google 6. Instagram 2. YouTube 7. Live.com 3. Facebook 8. Twitter 4. Yahoo 9. Google.fr 5. Wikipedia 10. Blogger
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 38.2%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 7.5%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: WhatsApp
Top Social Media Site: Facebook
Facebook Penetration: 26.28% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. Facebook for Every Phone 2. BBC (various languages) 3. VOA (various laguages)
ثقف نفسك .4 5. FRANCE 24 6. Orange
7. AdMe.ru الشیخ د. محمد العریفي .8 9. Facebook 10. Texas HoldEm Poker
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. US Embassy (by country) 2. AlArabiya (by country) 3. BBC (by country) 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A 7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
Top YouTube Channels: 1. Ooredoo (and country) 2. RFA (followed by language) 3. BBC (followed by language) 4. Bonduelle (followed by country) 5. Beeline (followed by country) 6. N/A
7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
Afghanistan
General
Demographics: Population- 32,260,000 Median Age- 17.5; Life Expectancy- 60.5 Urban/Rural- 27% / 73%
Top Languages: Dari- 7,600,000 Pashto (Southern)- 6,000,000 Uzbek (Southern)- 2,900,000
Religion: Christian- 0.1%, Unreached- 99.9% Persecution of Christians- 89 (on a scale of 1-100 with 100 being the worst)
Other: Adult Literacy- N/A, Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- $630
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 66.00% (2016) as a % of the Population: 9.83% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Android (57.3%) 2. Series 40 (19.1%) 3. Symbian/S60 (12.8%) 4. Windows (2.4%) 5. iOS (2.0%)
Top Handsets: 1. Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo (3.3%) 2. Nokia 206 (3.3%) 3. Nokia X2-02 (2.2%) 4. Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 (2.1%) 5. Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo I (2.1%) 6. Nokia N8 (2.1%) 7. Apple iPhone (1.9%) 8. Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 (1.7%) 9. Nokia C5 (1.5%) 10. Nokia 700 (1.2%)
Top Free App 1. N/A Downloads- 2. N/A Android 3. N/A (7/1-12/31/16) 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A 7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
Top Free App 1. N/A Downloads- 2. N/A iOS 3. N/A (7/1-9/30/16) 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A 7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 10.60% (2016) 2.11% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 28.61% Desktop (September, 2017) 1.54% Tablet 69.85% Mobile
Internet Freedom: N/A
Top Websites: 1. Google.af 6. BBC 2. Google 7. Wikipedia 3. YouTube 8. Jobs.af 4. Yahoo 9. Live.com 5. ACBAR 10. ESPN Cricinfo
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 3.2%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid ) as % of Income (GNI): 7.6%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: Facebook Messenger
Top Social Media Site: Facebook
Facebook Penetration: 7.6% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. TOLOnews 2. Afghanistan My Passion 3. BBC Persian روزنامھ ھشت صبح .4 5. Arman FM 98.1 6. Radio Azadi
7. VOA Dari 8. Roshan Connects 9. VOA Pashto 10. ARG
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. TOLOnews 2. Shuja Rabbani 3. Ashraf Ghani 4. U.S. Embassy Kabul 5. eRa ارگ .6 7. Sediq Sediqqi 8. General Salangi 9. Pajhwok Afghan News 10. 1TVNewsAF
Top YouTube Channels: 1. 32T1TV Kabul تلویزیون یک 2. TOLOTV 3. TOLOnews 4. AfghanstarToloTV 5. Afghan 6. GUL ARMANY 7. amjid588's channel 8. 0321Mafia 9. The Voice Of Afghanistan 10. Ali Raza Harooni
Algeria
General
Demographics: Population- 40,209,000 Median Age- 27.6; Life Expectancy- 75.6 Urban/Rural- 71% / 29%
Top Languages: Arabic (Algerian Spoken)- 26,000,000 French- 10,200,000
Kabyle- 5,000,000
Religion: Christian- 1.0%, Unreached- 99.9% Persecution of Christians- 58 (on a scale of 1-100 with 100 being the worst)
Other: Adult Literacy- 80%; Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- $4,870
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 117.02% (2016) as a % of the Population: 60.85% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Android (52.1%) 2. Series 40/S40 (17.7%) 3. Symbian/S60 (3.7%) 4. Blackberry (3.6%) 5. Windows (2.8%)
Top Handsets: 1. Lenovo RocStar (A319) (2.8%) 2. Nokia Asha 311 (2.6%) 3. Nokia Asha 302 (2.3%) 4. Nokia C3 (2.2%) 5. Samsung Star II (1.5%) 6. Samsung S3850 Corby II (1.4%) 7. Samsung C6712 Star II Duos (1.0%) 8. Nokia Asha 501 (0.9%) 9. Blackberry Torch 9800 (0.8%) 10. Nokia N8 (0.7%)
Top Free App 1. Messenger Downloads- 2. Facebook
Android 3. SHAREit: File Transfer, Sharing (7/1-12/31/16) 4. Viber 5. Facebook Lite 6. Instagram 7. Subway Surfers 8. Candy Camera 9. Yellow Battery 10. WhatsApp
Top Free App 1. Messenger Downloads- 2. Facebook iOS 3. SHAREit - Connect & Transfer (7/1-9/30/16) 4. Viber 5. YouTube 6. Instagram 7. WhatsApp 8. Snapchat 9. Pokémon Camp 10. 7Nujoom - Live Stream Video Chat
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 42.95% (2016) 7.38% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 57.10% Desktop (September, 2017) 3.27% Tablet 45.03% Mobile
Internet Freedom: N/A
Top Websites: 1. YouTube 6. Yahoo
2. Google.dz 7. Google.fr 3. Facebook 8. Wikipedia 4. Google 9. Live.com 5. Quedkniss 10. كووورة
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 20.8%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 7.6%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: Messenger
Top Social Media Site: Facebook
Facebook Penetration: 43.8% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. Lotfi DK نصاءح عامة .2 3. beIN SPORTS ثقف نفسك .4 5. Amr Khaled مجلة كالم من القلب .6
نساء الجنة .7 8. Journal el Bilad 9. Hafid Derradji 10. Real Madrid C.F.
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. Islam Slimani 2. Aissa Mandi 3. Les Verts d’Algerie 4. Hillal Soudani 5. SaphirTaiderSliti أحالم مستغانمي .6 7. Nabil Bentaleb 8. Algeria Tweet 9. Algeria Algerie 10. El Watan
Top YouTube Channels: 1. DjKayzTv 2. biodz alg 3. Anes Tina 4. Ooredoo Algérie 5. FARID19s5 6. Zanga Crazy 7. Dzjoker Chemsou 8. Mobilis 9. ZAROUTA YOUCEF 10. Bibiche & Bibicha Officielle
Azerbaijan
General
Demographics: Population- 9,789,000 Median Age- 30.9; Life Expectancy- 72.7 Urban/Rural- 55% / 45%
Top Languages: Azerbaijani (Northern)- 4,000,000 Azerbaijani (Southern)- 248,000 Lezgi- 178,000
Religion: Christian- 2.7%, Unreached- 96.6% Persecution of Christians- 57 (on a scale of 1-100 with 100 being the worst)
Other: Adult Literacy- 99.8%, Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- $6,500
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 106.28% (2016) as a % of the Population: 38.36% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Android (36.7%) 2. Series 40/S40 (30.6%) 3. Symbian/S60 (10.0%) 4. Blackberry (9.4%) 5. Windows (2.7%)
Top Handsets: 1. Nokia C3 (3.1%) 2. Nokia Asha 302 (3.0%) 3. Nokia 200 (2.9%) 4. Samsung Galaxy Star Pro (2.6%) 5. Nokia Asha 311 (2.6%) 6. Blackberry Bold 9790 (2.4%) 7. Blackberry Bold Touch 9900 (2.3%) 8. Nokia N8 (1.8%) 9. Nokia Asha 310 (1.8%) 10. Nokia 206 (1.7%)
Top Free App 1. WhatsApp Downloads- 2. Instagram Android 3. Messenger (7/1-12/31/16) 4. imo free video calls and chat 5. Facebook 6. Lalafo buy & sell classifieds 7. Retrica 8. Subway Surfers 9. AndroDumpper (WPS Connect) 10. AliExpress Shopping App
Top Free App 1. WhatsApp Downloads- 2. Instagram iOS 3. Uber (7/1-9/30/16) 4. Snapchat 5. YouTube 6. Prisma- Art Photo Editor 7. Messenger 8. Prisma – Art Filters and Photo Effects 9. Colouring Book for Me 10. Lumyer - Free Live Photo Editor
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 78.30% (2016) 11.99% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 38.22% Desktop (September, 2017) 3.04% Tablet 58.73% Mobile
Internet Freedom: Partly Free
Top Websites: 1. YouTube 6. VK 2. Google.az 7. Facebook 3. OK.ru 8. Google.ru 4. Google 9. Instagram 5. Mail.ru 10. Wikipedia
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 46.8%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 0.83%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: WhatsApp
Top Social Media Site: Facebook
Facebook Penetration: 18.0% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. Azerbaijan - Azerbaycan 2. Bizim Yol 3. Azerbaycan
4. Azad Azerbaycan Musteqil 5. Axsam.Az 6. Romantic
7. Roya Official 8. Azerbaycan Respublikasi 9. Bakcell 10. azxeber.com
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. emin-music 2. İlham Əliyev 3. Ilham Aliyev 4. Twittеr Azərbaycan 5. BBC Azərbaycanca 6. Azercell 7. Sevil Əliyeva 8. Azerbaijan RT 9. Razi Nurullayev 10. Aysel
Top YouTube Channels: 1. AzadliqRadiosu 2. Mursel Qulami 3. Baku Music Factory 4. Azerbaijan Baku 5. Kanal13AZ 6. KANAL BAKU - NEWS 24 7. APATVOfficial 8. Большой Кавказ 9. Azeri Assorti 10. BAKU Online
Bangladesh
General
Demographics: Population- 159,555,000 Median Age- 25.6; Life Expectancy- 71.8 Urban/Rural- 34% / 66%
Top Languages: Bengali- 106,000,000 Chittagonian- 13,000,000 Sylheti- 3,000,000
Religion: Christian- 0.4%, Unreached- 98.7% Persecution of Christians- 63 (on a scale of 1-100 with 100 being the worst)
Other: Adult Literacy- 61.4%, Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- $1,190
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 77.88% (2016) as a % of the Population: 13.21% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Android (44.6%) 2. Series 40/S40 (16.3%) 3. Symbian/S60 (7.7%) 4. MAUI (5.6%) 5. Windows (2.0%)
Top Handsets: 1. Nokia C1-01 (1.5%) 2. Nokia 2700 classic (1.5%) 3. MAUI (1.5%) 4. Nokia 5130 Xpress Music (1.3%) 5. Nokia 110 (1.3%) 6. Google Nexus 5 (1.2%) 7. Nokia E5 (0.9%) 8. Nokia C2-01 (0.9%) 9. Nokia 112 (0.8%) 10. Samsung Galaxy J2 (0.8%)
Top Free App 1. N/A Downloads- 2. N/A Android 3. N/A (7/1-12/31/16) 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A 7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
Top Free App 1. N/A Downloads- 2. N/A iOS 3. N/A (7/1-9/30/16) 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A 7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 18.25% (2016) 1.00% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 22.72% Desktop (September, 2017) 0.85% Tablet 76.42% Mobile
Internet Freedom: Partly Free
Top Websites: 1. Google 6. Prothom-alo 2. YouTube 7. bdjobs 3. Facebook 8. Wikipedia 4. Google.com.bd 9. grameenphone 5. Yahoo 10. Myway
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 6.4%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 3.49%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: Messenger
Top Social Media Site: Facebook
Facebook Penetration: 12.7% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. Prothom Alo 2. Facebook for Every Phone 3. Grameenphone
4. Bangladesh Cricket 5. Robi Axiata Limited 6. banglalink mela
7. বিবিসি বাংলা - BBC Bangla 8. Shakib Al Hasan 9. Daily Naya Diganta 10. Mushfiqur Rahim
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. Bangladesh Cricket 2. Prothom Alo 3. Dr. Imran H Sarker 4. Mushfiqur Rahim 5. Music Artists pro 6. Tech Decade
7. Kardashian Pedia 8. Freelancers World 9. Shawn Ahmed 10. The Daily Star
Top YouTube Channels: 1. bromora 2. Dawn News 3. SalmoN TheBrownFish 4. NTV Natok 5. MyBangladeshiIdol 6. sohel m
7. BhaiBrothers LTD. 8. All Bangla Newspaper 9. tengreenleaf's channel 10. Mdrokon Uzzaman
Cambodia
General
Demographics: Population- 15,787,000 Median Age- 23.9; Life Expectancy- 68.7 Urban/Rural- 21% / 79%
Top Languages: Khmer (Central)- 12,900,000
French (L2 speakers)- 403,000 Chinese (Min Nan)- 350,000
Religion: Christian- 3.2%, Unreached- 99.3%
Persecution of Christians- N/A Other: Adult Literacy- 78.3%, Avg. Annual
Income (GNI) Per Person- $1,070
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 124.94% (2016) as a % of the Population: 12.70% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Series 40/S40 (41.7%) 2. Android (30.9%) 3. iOS (6.2%) 4. Windows (4.0%) 5. Symbian/S60 (2.6%)
Top Handsets: 1. Apple iPhone (5.6%) 2. Nokia 112 (4.2%) 3. Nokia X2-02 (3.5%) 4. Nokia Asha 311 (3.2%) 5. Nokia X2-01 (2.3%) 6. Nokia Asha 308 (2.3%) 7. Nokia 110 (2.2%) 8. Nokia 215 (2.1%) 9. Nokia 206 (2.0%) 10. Samsung Galaxy Note (1.4%)
Top Free App 1. Messenger Downloads- 2. Facebook Android 3. BIGO LIVE - Live Broadcasting (7/1-12/31/16) 4. Camera360 5. Clash of Clans 6. Slither.io 7. Khmer Music Box 8. Khmer Smart Keyboard 9. PPCTV Anywhere 10. B612 - Selfie from the heart
Top Free App 1. BIGO LIVE - Live Broadcasting Downloads- 2. Messenger iOS 3. Facebook (7/1-9/30/16) 4. slither.io 5. YouTube 6. Smart Music KH 7. Pokemon Go 8. Real Football "UEFA EURO Cup 2016" 9. Camera360 10. PPCTV Anywhere
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 25.57% (2016) 0.47% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 49.67% Desktop (September, 2017) 3.21% Tablet 47.12% Mobile
Internet Freedom: Partly Free Top Websites: 1. YouTube 6. Khmerload 2. Sabay.com.kh 7. Yahoo 3. Google.com.kh 8. KohSantepheapDaily 4. Google 9. Khmer-note 5. Facebook 10. sabay NEWS
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 14.0%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 2.53%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: Messenger
Top Social Media Site: Facebook
Facebook Penetration: 25.5% (of total population)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. VOA Khmer 2. Samdech Hun Sen 3. Post Khmer
4. ្របេ�មេ�ក Sabay 5. Sam Rainsy 6. Meas Soksophea
7. RFA Khmer 8. Vj Taboi 9. RFI េខមរ�� 10. Thy Sovantha
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. VOA Khmer 2. The Phnom Penh Post 3. US Embassy Cambodia 4. CCHR Cambodia 5. The Cambodia Daily 6. Santel Phin 7. Kounila 8. sabay.com.kh 9. Rithy Thul 10. OU RITTHY អ៊ូ រ �ទ� ី
Top YouTube Channels: 1. Pkar Snea [�� េស� ហ៍] 2. Town Production Official 3. RFA Khmer 4. Koh Santepheap TV 5. Phnom Penh Post 6. loy9kh
7. Love9 8. Cambodia Natl Rescue Party 9. Metfone 10. Donald Rallis
China
General
Demographics: Population- 1,370,376,000 Median Age- 37; Life Expectancy- 76.1 Urban/Rural- 56% / 44%
Top Languages: Chinese (Mandarin)- 889,000,000 Chinese (Wu)- 80,100,000 Chinese (Yue)- 52,900,000
Religion: Christian- 7.8%, Unreached- 13.5% Persecution of Christians- 57 (on a scale of 1-100 with 100 being the worst)
Other: Adult Literacy- 96.4%, Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- $7,820
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 96.88% (2016) as a % of the Population: 34.77% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Android (73.1%) 2. Windows (5.7%) 3. iOS (5.4%) 4. Symbian/S60 (3.7%) 5. Blackberry (2.5%)
Top Handsets: 1. Apple iPhone (5.0%) 2. Nokia 6681 (1.9%) 3. Blackberry Bold Touch 9930 (1.1%) 4. Google Nexus One (0.7%) 5. Samsung Galaxy S4 (0.5%) 6. Blackberry Bold Touch 9900 (0.5%) 7. HTC ? 4G (0.4%) 8. Nokia 5228 / 5233 (0.3%) 9. Nokia 5230 Nuron (0.2%) 10. Huawei C8813 (0.2%)
Top Free 1. Google Play Games Google Play 2. YouTube Store Android 3. Instagram App Downloads 4. Chrome Browser (7/1-12/31/16) 5. WhatsApp 6. Google Translate 7. Twitter 8. Maps - Navigation & Transit 9. Turbo VPN – Unlimited Free VPN 10. Lantern: Better than a VPN
Top Free App 1. 王者荣耀 Downloads- 2. 优步Uber iOS 3. 贪吃蛇大作战 - 等你来挑战！ (7/1-9/30/16) 4. iTunes U 5. 爱奇艺 6. 全民K歌 7. 滴滴出行-专车打车出行，旅游攻略必备 8. 优酷视频 9. 滴滴出行-专车,快车,顺风车,出租车,代驾,公交 10. 爱奇艺 - 电影电视剧综艺直播视频播放器
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 53.20% (2016) 10.52% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 41.25% Desktop (September, 2017) 2.02% Tablet 56.73% Mobile
Internet Freedom: Not Free
Top Websites: 1. 百度一下，你就知道 6. JD.COM 2. 腾讯首页 7. 微博-随时随地发现新鲜事
3. Tmall.com 8. Google 4. 淘宝网 9. 搜狗搜索引擎- 上网从搜狗开始 5. 新浪首页 10. 360.cn
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 41.8%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 0.89%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: WeChat
Top Social Media Site: Qzone
Facebook Penetration: 0.1% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. Boyaa Texas Poker 2. Taylor Swift 3. 周杰倫 Jay Chou
4. 陳奕迅Eason Chan 5. 王力宏 Wang Leehom 6. G.E.M. 鄧紫棋
7. 五月天 阿信 8. 博雅德州撲克 9. Kobe Bryant 10. 國家地理雜誌
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. China Xinhua News 2. People's Daily,China 3. Kai-Fu Lee 4. zhoumi周觅 5. 田原総一朗 6. Richard Yap 7. Nehow.com 8. 海野俊明 Unno Toshiaki 9. BBC Chinese 10. FT China
Top YouTube Channels: 1. 湖南卫视芒果TV官方频道 2. 江苏卫视官方频道 3. SMG上海电视台官方频道
4. INFINI HD 4K 5. buycartv 6. 菜喳
7. 白小 8. 美国之音中文网 9. 石涛TV 10. sandy mandy
Guinea
General
Demographics: Population- 12,808,000 Median Age- 18.5; Life Expectancy- 59.0 Urban/Rural- 37% / 63%
Top Languages: Mandingo- 7,255,100 Maninkakan (Eastern)- 3,000,000 Pular- 2,550,000
Religion: Christian- 4.2%, Unreached- 86.8% Persecution of Christians- N/A
Other: Adult Literacy- 30.4%, Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- $470
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 85.33% (2016) as a % of the Population: N/A% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. “Other” (70.7%) 2. Android (15.1%) 3. Series 40/S40 (9.6%) 4. MAUI (2.0%) 5. MTK/Nucleus (0.7%)
Top Handsets: 1. Nokia 6280 (7.4%) 2. Samsung GT-E2121 (2.4%) 3. Google Nexus 5 (1.6%) 4. TECNO P5 (0.8%) 5. Maui (0.7%) 6. LG A390 (0.6%) 7. TECNO TECNO-Y6 (0.5%) 8. TECNO TECNO-Y2 (0.5%) 9. Tianyu A930 (0.4%) 10. Samsung Ch@t 222 (0.4%)
Top Free App 1. N/A Downloads- 2. N/A Android 3. N/A (7/1-12/31/16) 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A 7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
Top Free App 1. N/A Downloads- 2. N/A iOS 3. N/A (7/1-9/30/16) 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A 7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 9.80% (2016) 0.64% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 8.26% Desktop (September, 2017) 1.37% Tablet 90.37% Mobile
Internet Freedom: N/A
Top Websites: 1. Google 6. Facebook 2. YouTube 7. Guineenews 3. Yahoo 8. Wikipedia 4. Google.fr 9. Africa Guinee 5. Orange Guinee 10. Cpasbien.cm
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 2.2%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 9.31%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: Messenger
Top Social Media Site: Facebook
Facebook Penetration: 7.14% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. Black M 2. FRANCE 24 3. Samuel Eto'o
4. VOA Afrique 5. Football.fr 6. FootEspagnol
7. Salif Keita 8. La Fouine 9. Maitre Gims 10. RFI
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. UNICEF in Guinea 2. Canada en Guinée 3. N/A 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A 7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
Top YouTube Channels: 1. ETI SA 2. N/A 3. N/A 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A
7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
India
General
Demographics: Population- 1,317,841,000 Median Age- 26.6; Life Expectancy- 68.3 Urban/Rural- 33% / 67%
Top Languages: Hindi- 258,000,000 (L1 Speakers) 120,000,000 (L2 Speakers)
English- 200,000,000 (L2 Speakers) Bengali- 82,500,000
Religion: Christian- 2.1%, Unreached- 95% Persecution of Christians- 73 (on a scale of 1-100 with 100 being the worst)
Other: Adult Literacy- 71.4%, Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- $1,590
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 86.95% (2016) as a % of the Population: 14.52% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Android (65.9%) 2. Series 40/S40 (11.9%) 3. Windows (2.6%) 4. Samsung (2.4%) 5. Symbian/S60 (2.3%)
Top Handsets: 1. Google Nexus 5 (4.2%) 2. Nokia Asha 203 (2.2%) 3. Samsung Galaxy J2 (1.9%) 4. Samsung Galaxy J7 (1.6%) 5. Apple iPhone (1.5%) 6. Samsung Galaxy Star Pro (1.1%) 7. Samsung Galaxy Core 2 (1.0%) 8. Samsung Galaxy J5 (0.9%) 9. Samsung C3312 Duos (0.9%) 10. Lenovo A6000 (0.9%)
Top Free App 1. WhatsApp Downloads- 2. MyJio Android 3. Messenger (7/1-12/31/16) 4. JioTV Live Sports Movies Shows 5. JioJoin 6. Facebook
7. SHAREit: File Transfer, Sharing 8. UC Browser - Fast Download 9. JioCinema Movies TV Music 10. Hotstar TV Movies Live Cricket
Top Free App 1. WhatsApp Downloads- 2. SHAREit - Connect & Transfer iOS 3. Facebook (7/1-9/30/16) 4. Messenger 5. YouTube 6. MyJio 7. Prisma 8. JioCinema 9. JioTV - Live Sports Movies & Shows 10. Google Maps
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 25.55% (2016) 2.81% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 21.52% Desktop (September, 2017) 0.70% Tablet 77.79% Mobile
Internet Freedom: Partly Free
Top Websites: 1. Google.co.in 6. Amazon.in 2. Google 7. Wikipedia 3. YouTube 8. Flipkart 4. Yahoo 9. Online SBI 5. Facebook 10. India Times
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 5.5%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 2.48%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: WhatsApp
Top Social Media Site: Facebook
Facebook Penetration: 17.95% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. Facebook for Every Phone 2. Narendra Modi 3. Virat Kohli
4. Indian Cricket Team 5. Sachin Tendulkar 6. Yo! Yo! Honey Singh
7. Shreya Ghoshal 8. Kapil sharma 9. Salman Khan 10. Deepika Padukone
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. Narendra Modi 2. Amitabh Bachchan 3. Shah Rukh Khan 4. Salman Khan 5. Aamir Khan 6. Deepika Padukone 7. PRIYANKA 8. Hrithik Roshan 9. Akshay Kumar 10. PMO India
Top YouTube Channels: 1. T-Series 2. zeetv 3. Eros Now 4. SET India 5. CVS 3D Rhymes 6. YRF
7. Colors TV 8. Zee Music Company 9. Sony Music India 10. SAB TV
Indonesia
General
Demographics: Population- 257,233,000 Median Age- 28.4; Life Expectancy- 69.1 Urban/Rural- 54% / 46%
Top Languages: Indonesian- 122,800,000 (L1 Speakers) 175,000,000 (L2 Speakers)
Javanese- 84,300,000 Sundanese- 34,000,000
Religion: Christian- 12.8%, Unreached- 63.6% Persecution of Christians- 55 (on a scale of 1-100 with 100 being the worst)
Other: Adult Literacy- 93.7%, Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- $3,440
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 149.13% (2016) as a % of the Population: 28.02% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Android (62.8%) 2. Series 40/S40 (14.7%) 3. Blackberry (8.7%) 4. Samsung (5.2%) 5. Windows (3.2%)
Top Handsets: 1. Google Nexus 5 (2.6%) 2. Samsung Galaxy V Duos (2.3%) 3. Nokia X2-01 (1.9%) 4. Blackberry Curve 9320 (1.5%) 5. Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace (1.4%) 6. Nokia Asha 210 (1.4%) 7. Asus Zenfone C (1.3%) 8. Samsung Galaxy J5 (1.2%) 9. Samsung Galaxy Young 2 (1.2%) 10. Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 (1.2%)
Top Free App 1. BBM Downloads- 2. WhatsApp Android 3. Messenger (7/1-12/31/16) 4. SHAREit: File Transfer, Sharing 5. Facebook 6. Instagram 7. LINE: Free Calls & Messages 8. Facebook Lite 9. UC Browser - Fast Download 10. BIGO LIVE - Live Broadcasting
Top Free App 1. WhatsApp Downloads- 2. BIGO LIVE - Live Broadcasting iOS 3. Line (7/1-9/30/16) 4. Instagram 5. JOOX Music 6. BBM 7. Facebook 8. Prisma 9. YouTube 10. Pokemon Go
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 25.37% (2016) 4.76% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 22.73% Desktop (September, 2017) 1.72% Tablet 75.55% Mobile
Internet Freedom: Partly Free
Top Websites: 1. Google.co.id 6. Tokopedia 2. Google 7. Facebook 3. YouTube 8. LAZADA 4. Yahoo 9. Bukalapak 5. Detik 10. Tribunnews
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 34.7%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 1.13%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: BBM
Top Social Media Site: Facebook
Facebook Penetration: 47.81% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. Mario Teguh 2. DRAWING PENCIL 3. Prabowo Subianto
4. PERSIB Bandung 5. Kompas.com 6. Iwan Fals
7. OLX Indonesia 8. Dahsyat 9. TERIMA KASIH IBU 10. Tribunnews.com
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. AGNEZ MO 2. raditya dika 3. detikcom 4. Ramalan Indonesia 5. luna maya 6. Sherina Sinna 7. METRO TV 8. Afgan 9. S. B. Yudhoyono 10. kata kata bijak
Top YouTube Channels: 1. Lifia Niala 2. Musica Studio's 3. NAGASWARA Official Video 4. Trinity Optima Production 5. ABN Telugu 6. Netmediatama
7. KapanLagicomVideo 8. Sony Music Entertainment Indonesia 9. E-Motion Entertainment 10. TRANS TV Official
Iran
General
Demographics: Population- 79,783,000 Median Age- 29.5; Life Expectancy- 75.5 Urban/Rural- 73% / 27%
Top Languages: Persian (Iranian)- 48,700,000 Azerbaijani (South)- 12,100,000 Kurdish (Central)- 3,250,000
Religion: Christian- 0.9%, Unreached- 99.6% Persecution of Christians- 85 (on a scale of 1-100 with 100 being the worst)
Other: Adult Literacy- 90.6%, Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- $6,550
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 100.07% (2016) as a % of the Population: 21.68% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Android (52.0%) 2. Series 40/S40 (22.2%) 3. Symbian/S60 (7.7%) 4. Windows (5.1%) 5. Sony-Ericsson (2.5%)
Top Handsets: 1. Nokia 206 (4.4%) 2. Apple iPhone (2.1%) 3. Nokia X2-00 (1.2%) 4. Samsung Galaxy J5 (1.0%) 5. Nokia 208 (1.0%) 6. Samsung Galaxy Star Pro (0.9%) 7. Nokia X2-02 (0.9%) 8. Samsung S3850 Corby II (0.7%) 9. Nokia N8 (0.7%) 10. Nokia Asha 308 (0.7%)
Top Free App 1. N/A Downloads- 2. N/A Android 3. N/A (7/1-12/31/16) 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A 7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
Top Free App 1. N/A Downloads- 2. N/A iOS 3. N/A (7/1-8/31/16) 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A 7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 53.23% (2016) 8.76% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 52.89% Desktop (September, 2017) 1.54% Tablet 45.57% Mobile
Internet Freedom: Not Free
Top Websites: 1. Google 6. Wikipedia 2. Yahoo 7. BLOGFA آپارات .8 ورزش سھ .3 شاپرک .9 دیجی کاال .4 5. Instagram 10. Divar
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 10.7%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 1.84%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: Telegram
Top Social Media Site: Facenama فیس نما
Facebook Penetration: 21.24% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. Manoto TV 2. SHADMEHR AGHILI 3. Ebi
4. YAS 5. Dariush Eghbali 6. Shakira
7. Golshifteh Farahani 8. Siavash Ghomayshi 9. BBC Persian 10. Sami Beigi
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. Sami Yusuf 2. Hassan Rouhani 3. Javad Zarif 4. @alalam_news 5. VOA Farsi حسن روحانی .6 سعد الشریفي .7 8. payam zamani 9. 32TRadioFarda رادیوفردا 10. Khamenei.ir
Top YouTube Channels: 1. Arash 2. Iran 3. Media World 4. Less Than Five Minuets 5. PressTV Mobile 6. Velayat Tv
رجانیوز پالس .7 8. ? (listed Mitsubishi Ireland) 9. Digikala 10. Let's talk native
Iraq
General
Demographics: Population- 37,350,000 Median Age- 19.3; Life Expectancy- 68.9 Urban/Rural- 69% / 31%
Top Languages: Arabic (Mesopotamian)- 13,400,000 Arabic (N. Mesopotamian)- 7,570,000 Kurdish (Central)- 4,000,000
Religion: Christian- 1.4%, Unreached- 98.0% Persecution of Christians- 86 (on a scale of 1-100 with 100 being the worst)
Other: Adult Literacy- 79.5%, Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- $5,500
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 82.18% (2016) as a % of the Population: 33.30% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Android (67.6%) 2. Symbian/S60 (15.7%) 3. Series 40/S40 (7.8%) 4. iOS (6.5%) 5. Windows (0.7%)
Top Handsets: 1. Apple iPhone (7.6%) 2. Nokia N8 (6.3%) 3. Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo (5.7%) 4. Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo I (3.8%) 5. Samsung Galaxy Grand I9082 (2.8%) 6. Samsung Galaxy S Duos S7562 (2.5%) 7. Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 (2.1%) 8. Nokia Asha 310 (2.0%) 9. Nokia Asha 311 (2.0%) 10. Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 (1.8%)
Top Free App 1. N/A Downloads- 2. N/A Android 3. N/A (7/1-12/31/16) 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A 7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
Top Free App 1. N/A Downloads- 2. N/A iOS 3. N/A (7/1-9/30/16) 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A 7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 21.23% (2016) 0.95% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 17.39% Desktop (September, 2017) 4.31% Tablet 78.30% Mobile
Internet Freedom: N/A
Top Websites: 1. YouTube 6. NRT 2. Google.iq 7. Wikipedia 3. Facebook 8. Xendan 4. Google 9. Dwarozh 5. Yahoo 10. Pornographic
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 3.6%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 1.8%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: Viber
Top Social Media Site: Facebook
Facebook Penetration: 36.21% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. Zain Iraq 2. 32Tقناة البغدادیة AlBaghdadia 3. Asiacell
4. 32TKadim Al Sahir كاظم الساھر 5. MBC1 6. Samsung Mobile Levant
ثقف نفسك .7 8. Facebook for Every Phone 9. 32Tشبكة شكو ماكو ShakwMakw 10. Hussam Alrassam
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. كاظم الساھر 2. 32TAlsumariaTV-السومریة العربیة العراق .3 یونس محمود .4 الحرة عراق .5 6. Zain Iraq 7. Asiacell 8. Parwaz Hussein ستار سعد .9 10. Rudaw
Top YouTube Channels: 1. Basim Karbalaei 2. 32TAlbasheer Show - البشیر شو 3. 32Tالشایب Alshyeb 4. Kurdish Tube قناة افاق الفضائیة .5 6. Zainiraq
7. Hawre kurdi 8. asiacellconnect 9. 32Tالفرات Alforat بغدادیات .10
Israel (not including Palestinian Territories)
General
Demographics: Population- 8,157,000 Median Age- 30.3; Life Expectancy- 82.5 Urban/Rural- 92% / 8%
Top Languages: Hebrew- 4,380,000
Arabic (South Levantine)- 1,210,000 Russian- 750,000
Religion: Christian- 1.5%, Unreached- 99.0%
Persecution of Christians- N/A Other: Adult Literacy- N/A, Avg. Annual
Income (GNI) Per Person- $35,440
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 131.67% (2016) as a % of the Population: 124.34% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Windows (35.0%) 2. Android (32.8%) 3. iOS (5.6%) 4. Series 40/S40 (3.1%) 5. Symbian/S60 (0.8%)
Top Handsets: 1. Apple iPhone (4.8%) 2. Nokia 208 (2.3%) 3. Samsung Galaxy S5 (1.4%) 4. LG G3 (1.3%) 5. Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo I (1.0%) 6. Samsung Galaxy S4 (0.9%) 7. Samsung Galaxy S6 (0.8%) 8. Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo (0.7%) 9. Samsung Galaxy J7 (0.7%) 10. Samsung Galaxy J5 (0.6%) Top Free App 1. WhatsApp Downloads- 2. Messenger Android 3. Facebook (7/1-12/31/16) 4. Instagram 5. Snapchat 6. Waze- GPS, Maps & Traffic 7. Block! Hexa Puzzle 8. Rolling Sky 9. Houseparty - Beta 10. Pokémon GO Top Free App 1. Snapchat Downloads- 2. WhatsApp iOS 3. Rolling Sky (7/1-9/30/16) 4. iTunes U 5. Bitmoji Keyboard - Your Avatar Emoji 6. GeoPets 7. Flip Diving 8. Messenger 9. slither.io 10. GeoPets
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 79.78% (2016) 27.88% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 49.36% Desktop (September, 2017) 2.58% Tablet 48.07% Mobile
Internet Freedom: N/A
Top Websites: 1. Google.co.il 6. Wikipedia 2. Google 7. AliExpress 3. YouTube 8. Walla 4. Facebook 9. eBay 5. ynet 10. mako
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 56.06%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 1.25%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: WhatsApp
Top Social Media Site: Facebook
Facebook Penetration: 58.9% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. Texas HoldEm Poker 2. ynet 3. 32Tהצינור
4. 32Tוואלה! חדשות 5. 32Tידיעות אחרונות Yedioth Ahronoth 6. mako
7. 32TSuper-Pharm סופר-פארם 8. 32Tרשת 9. 32Tצה"ל - צבא ההגנה לישראל 10. CASTRO
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. Ron Shimshilashvili 2. Bar Refaeli عزمي بشارة .3 4. One Direction 5. Benjamin Netanyahu 6. Gal Gadot 7. IDF 8. Meital Dohan 9. Benny Hinn 10. PM of Israel
Top YouTube Channels: 1. EyalGolanOfficial 2. The Living Tombstone 3. 32Tעומר אדם - הערוץ הרשמי 4. 32Tדודו אהרון הערוץ הרשמי 5. HOT 6. reshettv
7. 32TSrutonim - שרוטונים 8. 32Tyes tv (יס) 9. SaritHadadOfficial 10. 32TThe Voice ישראל
Japan
General
Demographics: Population- 127,300,000 Median Age- 46.5; Life Expectancy- 83.7 Urban/Rural- 93% / 7%
Top Languages: Japanese- 127,000,000
Okinawan (Central)- 984,000 Korean- 905,000
Religion: Christian- 2.2%, Unreached- 97.8%
Persecution of Christians- N/A Other: Adult Literacy- N/A, Avg. Annual
Income (GNI) Per Person- $36,680
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 129.75% (2016) as a % of the Population: 78.52% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Windows (34.6%) 2. Android (33.2%) 3. iOS (28.0%) 4. Blackberry (1.4%) 5. Symbian/S60 (0.2%)
Top Handsets: 1. Apple iPhone (26.5%) 2. Google Nexus One (2.1%) 3. Blackberry Bold 9700 (0.7%) 4. Blackberry Bold 9780 (0.4%) 5. Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (0.2%) 6. Samsung Galaxy J7 (0.2%) 7. Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime (0.2%) 8. Lenovo A6000 (0.2%) 9. Google Nexus 5 (0.2%) 10. Blackberry Bold Touch 9900 (0.2%)
Top Free App 1. LINE: Free Calls & Messages Downloads- 2. SNOW - Selfie, Motion sticker Android 3. AbemaTV-無料インターネットテレビ局 (7/1-12/31/16) 4. Yahoo!天気 雨雲の接近や台風進路がわかる天気予報アプ
リ
5. GO Security, Antivirus AppLock 6. Pokémon GO
7. 白猫テニス 8. Yahoo! JAPAN 無料でニュースに検索、天気予報も
9. LINE POPChocolat 10. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links
Top Free App 1. スノー SNOW - 自撮り、顔認識スタンプ、ウケるカメラ Downloads- 2. iTunes U iOS 3. 白猫テニス (7/1-9/30/16) 4. Yahoo!天気 - 雨雲の接近や台風の進路がわかる無料の気象予報アプリ 5. Pokémon GO 6. AbemaTV 7. P-GO SEARCH 8. 全て無料（￥0）の音楽アプリ！ MusicShine (ミュージックシャイン) for YouTube
9. Line 10. 『有名人診断』顔をカメラで診断するアプリ！！
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 92.00% (2016) 68.69% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 69.64% Desktop (September, 2017) 4.42% Tablet 25.94% Mobile
Internet Freedom: Free
Top Websites: 1. Google.co.jp 6. Facebook 2. Google 7. Twitter 3. Yahoo 8. Fc2 4. YouTube 9. Rakuten 5. Amazon.co.jp 10. Wikipedia
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 126.44%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 1.11%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: Line
Top Social Media Site: Twitter
Facebook Penetration: 20.6% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. 楽天市場（Rakuten, Inc.) 2. Facebook 3. Facebook (Japan)
4. Facebook navi（フェイスブックナビ） 5. tickit 6. pairs - ペアーズ
7. サッカー日本代表 8. ソフトバンク（SoftBank） 9. DELISH KITCHEN 10. Amazon.co.jp (アマゾン)
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. 有吉弘行 2. きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅ 3. 松本人志 4. ROLA 5. スターバックス コーヒー 6. 小嶋 陽菜 7. 吉高由里子 8. はじめしゃちょー（hajime） 9. 孫正義 10. pad_sexy パズル＆ドラゴンズ公式
Top YouTube Channels: 1. avex 2. Kan & Aki's CHANNEL 3. はじめしゃちょー（hajime） 4. HikakinTV 5. せんももあいチャンネル Sen, Momo & Ai Channel 6. AKB48
7. UNIVERSAL MUSIC JAPAN 8. SeikinTV 9. 赤髪のとものゲーム実況チャンネル!! 10. Warner Music Japan
Jordan
General
Demographics: Population- 7,651,000 Median Age- 22.5; Life Expectancy- 74.1 Urban/Rural- 84% / 16%
Top Languages: Arabic (South Levantine)- 3,590,000 Arabic (Levantine Bedawi)- 3,830,000 Adyghe (i.e. Circassian)- 78,000
Religion: Christian- 2.1%, Unreached- 94.3% Persecution of Christians- 63 (on a scale of 1-100 with 100 being the worst)
Other: Adult Literacy- 94.5%, Avg. Annual
Income (GNI) Per Person- $4,680
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 196.31% (2016) as a % of the Population: 80.00% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Android (57.9%) 2. Series 40/S40 (20.2%) 3. Symbian/S60 (10.1%) 4. Blackberry (2.7%) 5. iOS (2.1%)
Top Handsets: 1. Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo (4.2%) 2. Nokia XL (3.7%) 3. Nokia C3 (3.0%) 4. Nokia Asha 311 (2.6%) 5. Nokia N8 (2.5%) 6. Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime (2.4%) 7. Nokia 500 (2.3%) 8. Nokia X2-01 (1.9%) 9. Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 (1.8%) 10. Apple iPhone (1.8%)
Top Free App 1. WhatsApp Downloads- 2. Messenger Android 3. Facebook (7/1-12/31/16) 4. Truecaller - Caller ID & Block 5. Instagram 6. imo free video calls and chat 7. Snapchat 8. Viber 9. BIGO LIVE - Live Broadcasting 10. Subway Surfers
Top Free App 1. Snapchat Downloads- 2. WhatsApp iOS 3. Messenger (7/1-9/30/16) 4. Facebook 5. Instagram 6. YouTube 7. imo free video calls and chat 8. Truecaller: Number Search & Spam ID 9. Pokemon Camp 10. Bitmoji - Your Personal Emoji
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 62.30% (2016) 13.87% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 36.09% Desktop (September, 2017) 1.87% Tablet 62.04% Mobile
Internet Freedom: Partly Free
Top Websites: 1. YouTube 6. Yahoo 2. Google.jo 7. الوكیل االخباري 3. Google 8. جراءة نیوز 4. Facebook 9. Instagram Live.com .10 وكالة أنباء سرایا .5
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 19.1%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 2.05%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: WhatsApp
Top Social Media Site: Facebook
Facebook Penetration: 60.93% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. Mohammad Al Wakeel 2. The Royal Hashemite Court 3. Ro'ya - رؤي
4. Queen Rania 5. Facebook for Every Phone الصفحة الرسمیة للشیخ د .6
ثقف نفسك .7 8. Ahmad AlShugairi - أحمد 9. Orange 10. Orange 2
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. Rania Al Abdullah 2. Ola Al Fares 3. Noor Al Hussein الرأي - أخبار األردن .4 لینة ملكاوي .5 رؤیا .6 جریدة الغد .7 8. Diana karazon Khaberni خبرني .9 10. Zain Jordan
Top YouTube Channels: 1. karameeshchannel 2. NOON Channel - قناة نون 3. N2OComedy 4. Roya TV 5. Visit Jordan 6. fooqalsada 7. Rihani Jordan
8. Toni Qattan 9. StreetJks 10. Android Basha | أندروید باشا
Kyrgyzstan
General
Demographics: Population- 5,970,00 Median Age- 25.1; Life Expectancy- 71.1 Urban/Rural- 36% / 64%
Top Languages: Kyrgyz 3,830,000 Uzbek (Northern) 773,000 Russian 482,000
Religion: Christian- 6.1%, Unreached- 90.9% Persecution of Christians- N/A
Other: Adult Literacy- 99.5%, Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- $1,170
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 131.38% (2016) as a % of the Population: 24.83% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Android (45.5%) 2. Series 40/S40 (27.0%) 3. Symbian/S60 (16.2%) 4. Windows (2.8%) 5. Windows Phone (2.1%)
Top Handsets: 1. Nokia 206 (3.8%) 2. Nokia 5228 (2.1%) 3. Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace (2.0%) 4. Nokia N8 (2.0%) 5. Nokia 500 (1.9%) 6. Nokia Asha 308 (1.7%) 7. Nokia 301 (1.7%) 8. Samsung Galaxy Star Pro (1.6%) 9. Nokia X2-01 (1.6%) 10. Nokia Asha 311 (1.6%)
Top Free App 1. WhatsApp Downloads- 2. OK.RU Android 3. Instagram (7/1-12/31/16) 4. imo free video calls and chat 5. SHAREit: File Transfer, Sharing 6. Lalafo buy & sell classifieds 7. Facebook 8. Subway Surfers 9. YouCam Perfect - Selfie Pro 10. Clash of Clans
Top Free App 1. WhatsApp Downloads- 2. Instagram iOS 3. YouTube (7/1-9/30/16) 4. Snapchat
5. Prisma 6. Музыка VK 7. Lalafo 8. Музыка.ВКонтакте 9. Guide for Pokemon Go 10. imo free video calls and chat
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 34.5% (2016) 12.31% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 68.33% Desktop (September, 2017) 1.63% Tablet 30.04% Mobile
Internet Freedom: Partly Free
Top Websites: 1. YouTube 6. Namba.kg
2. Google 7. Элькат 3. OK.ru 8. Yandex.ru 4. V Kontakte 9. Google.ru 5. Mail.ru 10. TS.kg
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 68.5%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 9.47%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: WhatsApp
Top Social Media Site: V Kontakte
Facebook Penetration: 5.87% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. AdME.ru 2. Zanoza 3. АКИpress
4. Azattyk Media 5. FISHKI.NET 6. Svetofor Интернет
7. O.kg 8. Омурбек Бабанов 9. Makataka 10. Samsung Mobile Kyrgyzstan
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. Город 312 2. Zanoza 3. U.S. Embassy Bishkek 4. Edil Baisalov 5. АКИpress 6. Roza Otunbayeva 7. Дастан Бекешев 8. K-News 9. AB (@abakiroff) 10. Kloop
Top YouTube Channels: 1. Azattyk 2. Showbiz KG 3. Новости Кыргызстана 4. Svetofor 5. My AUCA 6. USEmbassyBishkek 7. BeelineKG 8. Adver Production 9. Сиздин Депутат 10. HMC Kyrgyzstan
Laos
General
Demographics: Population- 6,893,000 Median Age- 21.9; Life Expectancy- 65.7 Urban/Rural- 39% / 61%
Top Languages: Lao- 3,070,000 (L1 Speakers) 800,000 (L2 Speakers)
Khmu- 614,000 Phu Thai- 187,000
Religion: Christian- 3.4%, Unreached- 81.5% Persecution of Christians- 64 (on a scale of 1-100 with 100 being the worst)
Other: Adult Literacy- 79.6%, Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- $1,730
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 55.39% (2016) as a % of the Population: 17.12% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Android (54.9%) 2. Series 40/S40 (18.7%) 3. iOS (15.8%) 4. Windows (3.0%) 5. Windows Phone (2.5%)
Top Handsets: 1. Apple iPhone (15.2%) 2. Nokia Asha 311 (3.6%) 3. Samsung Galaxy J2 (2.6%) 4. Nokia Asha 309 (1.7%) 5. Samsung Galaxy J7 (1.4%) 6. Samsung Galaxy Core Prime (1.3%) 7. Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 (1.2%) 8. Nokia Asha 306 (1.2%) 9. Samsung Galaxy V Duos (1.1%) 10. Samsung Galaxy J5 (1.0%)
Top Free App 1. N/A Downloads- 2. N/A Android 3. N/A (7/1-12/31/16) 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A 7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
Top Free App 1. WhatsApp Downloads- 2. Facebook iOS 3. Messenger (7/1-9/30/16) 4. BIGO LIVE - Live Broadcasting 5. WeChat 6. Line 7. YouTube 8. Pokemon Go 9. slither.io 10. Social Picket
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 21.87% (2016) 1.17% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 8.75% Desktop (September, 2017) 1.73% Tablet 89.52% Mobile
Internet Freedom: N/A
Top Websites: 1. YouTube 6. Yahoo 2. Google 7. Live.com 3. Google.la 8. Wikipedia 4. Facebook 9. Ask 5. Google.co.th 10. Kapook
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 14.16%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 4.12%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: WhatsApp
Top Social Media Site: Facebook
Facebook Penetration: 19.89% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. Una Studio - ຢູ່ນາສະຕູດິໂອ 2. ໂທລະໂຄ່ງ THOLAKHONG 3. Lao Food
4. Beerlao 5. ຄິດອອກ kidork.com 6. ສະເໜ່ເມືອງລາວ The Glory of Laos
7. ປະກາດ Pakaad 8. jirocomputer.com
9. Clip Ded Clip Dung - ຄລິບເດັດ ຄລິບດັງ 10. U.S. Embassy Vientiane
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. LaosInvestmentReview 2. ໂທລະໂຄ່ງ THOLAKHONG 3. 108Job.LA 4. ควายแดงเดียวดาย 5. Laos Pictures 6. La France au Laos 7. Thongloun Sisoulith 8. Yula.la 9. N/A (previous ranged from
only 63 to 980 followers)
Top YouTube Channels: 1. Laos Picturesຮູບພາບປະເທດລາວ 2. DIC laos 3. Chevrolet Laos 4. Tiger Beer Laos 5. revlon laos 6. Lao Ford City
7. N/A (previous entries ranged from 11,155 subscribers/3.5 million views to 19 subscribers/11,000 views)
Libya
General
Demographics: Population- 6,266,000 Median Age- 27.5; Life Expectancy- 72.7 Urban/Rural- 79% / 21%
Top Languages: Arabic (Libyan)- 3,220,000 Nafusi- 184,000 Sign Language (Libyan)- 38,000
Religion: Christian- 3.2%, Unreached- 90.1% Persecution of Christians- 78 (on a scale of 1-100 with 100 being the worst)
Other: Adult Literacy- 90.8%, Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- $6,030
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 119.78% (2016) as a % of the Population: 69.07% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Android (56.2%) 2. Series 40/S40 (18.2%) 3. Symbian/S60 (14.3%) 4. iOS (2.1%) 5. Windows (1.4%)
Top Handsets: 1. Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 (4.2%) 2. Nokia N8 (4.2%) 3. Nokia X2-02 (3.0%) 4. Samsung Galaxy S Duos S7562 (2.8%) 5. Samsung Galaxy Star Pro (2.7%) 6. Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo (2.0%) 7. Nokia C5 (2.0%) 8. Samsung Galaxy Grand I9082 (1.9%) 9. Nokia XL (1.8%) 10. Nokia 206 (1.8%)
Top Free App 1. N/A Downloads- 2. N/A Android 3. N/A (7/1-12/31/16) 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A 7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
Top Free App 1. N/A Downloads- 2. N/A iOS 3. N/A (7/1-9/30/16) 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A 7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 20.72% (2016) 4.30% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 35.59% Desktop (September, 2017) 4.14% Tablet 60.27% Mobile
Internet Freedom: Partly Free
Top Websites: 1. Google.com.ly 6. Yahoo 2. YouTube 7. كوورة 3. Facebook 8. Instagram
4. Google 9. Wikipedia لیبیا لالتصاالت و التقنیة .10 السوقا المفنوح .5
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: N/A
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 3.49%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: Viber
Top Social Media Site: Facebook
Facebook Penetration: 43.69% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. موقع عین لیبیا اإلخباري قناة العربیة .2 3. MBC1
Akhbar Al Aan - اخبار اآلن .4 5. Green Apple التفاح األخضر نصائح عامة .6
ثقف نفسك .7 سیدات لیبیا .8 لیبیا اآلن .9 لیبیا فقط .10
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. Libyan Youth Movmnt 2. U.S. Embassy - Libya 3. Dr.Mustafa Abushagur 4. World Music Awards 5. Libya Al Hurra محمود شمام .6 7. Dani Hernández قناة لیبیا .8 9. Hend Amry لیبیا اآلن .10
Top YouTube Channels: 1. zintan2011 2. Georges Khabbaz 3. Libya's Channel 4. Kasaad Libi العدالة والبناء .5 موقع ثورة لیبیا .6
7. Moomken Organization وزارة االتصاالت والمعلوماتیة لیبیا .8 9. N/A 10. N/A
Mali
General
Demographics: Population- 17,943,000 Median Age- 16.2; Life Expectancy- 58.2 Urban/Rural- 40% / 60%
Top Languages: Bamanankan- 4,000,000 (L1 Speakers) 10,000,000 (L2 Speakers)
Soninke- 1,280,000 Fulfulde (Maasina)- 1,040,000
Religion: Christian- 2.7%, Unreached- 91.5% Persecution of Christians- 59 (on a scale of 1-100 with 100 being the worst)
Other: Adult Literacy- 38.8%, Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- $790
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 120.31% (2016) as a % of the Population: 6.00% (2005)
Mobile Operating System: 1. “Other” (37.8%) 2. Android (35.7%) 3. Series 40/S40 (8.8%) 4. MTK/Nucleus (7.6%) 5. Samsung (2.6%)
Top Handsets: 1. MAUI (7.5%) 2. Nokia 6280 (3.5%) 3. Samsung GT-E2121 (3.0%) 4. Samsung C3050 Stratus (2.9%) 5. Samsung Ch@t 222 (2.7%) 6. LG T375 Cookie Smart (2.6%) 7. LG A390 (2.6%) 8. Google Nexus 5 (1.6%) 9. Samsung GT-E2232 (1.2%) 10. Tianyu A930 (1.1%)
Top Free App 1. N/A Downloads- 2. N/A Android 3. N/A (7/1-12/31/16) 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A 7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A
Top Free App 1. WhatsApp Downloads- 2. Messenger iOS 3. Facebook (7/1-9/30/16) 4. Viber 5. imo free video calls and chat 6. Xender, File Transfer, Sharing 7. Snapchat 8. Instagram 9. YouTube 10. Bitmoji Keyboard - Your Avatar Emoji
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 11.11% (2016) 0.73% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 3.38% Desktop (September, 2017) 0.39% Tablet 96.23% Mobile
Internet Freedom: N/A
Top Websites: 1. Google 6. Malijet 2. YouTube 7. Maliweb 3. Google.ml 8. Facebook 4. Yahoo 9. Cpasbien.cm 5. Google.fr 10. MSN
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 18.84%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 17.04%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: Viber
Top Social Media Site: Facebook
Facebook Penetration: 5.35% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. FRANCE 24 2. Malijet 3. Salif Keita
4. TRACE Urban 5. Iba One 6. RFI
7. Amy Sarr Fal 8. Samuel Eto'o 9. La Fouine 10. Football.fr
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. oxmO Puccino 2. Fred Oumar KANOUTÉ 3. Malijet 4. Mali Actu 5. Boukary Konaté 6. Salif Keita 7. Ibrahim B. Keita 8. aBamako 9. Orange Mali 10. Malitel
Top YouTube Channels: 1. Sidiki Diabaté Officiel 2. Malitel ml 3. N/A (first channel had
94,000+ subscribers while second had only 162)
Mauritania
General
Demographics: Population- 4,145,000 Median Age- 19.8; Life Expectancy- 63.7 Urban/Rural- 60% / 40%
Top Languages: Hassaniyya- 3,140,000 French- 5,000 (L1 Speakers)
700,000 (L2 Speakers) Pulaar- 233,000
Religion: Christian- 0.3%, Unreached- 99.6% Persecution of Christians- 55 (on a scale of 1-100 with 100 being the worst)
Other: Adult Literacy- 61%, Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- $1,370
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 86.52% (2016) as a % of the Population: 32.74% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Android (53.5%) 2. Series 40/S40 (20.0%) 3. Samsung (1.7%) 4. Symbian/S60 (1.6%) 5. Windows (1.0%)
Top Handsets: 1. Nokia X2-01 (4.3%) 2. LG T375 Cookie Smart (3.9%) 3. Samsung Ch@t 222 (2.0%) 4. Nokia XL (2.0%) 5. Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo (1.8%) 6. Nokia 110 (1.8%) 7. Samsung GT-E2121 (1.5%) 8. Nokia C3 (1.5%) 9. Nokia Asha 205 (1.5%) 10. LG Optimus L5 Dual E615 (1.5%)
Top Free App 1. N/A Downloads- 2. N/A Android 3. N/A (7/1-12/31/16) 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A 7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
Top Free App 1. WhatsApp Downloads- 2. Messenger iOS 3. Snapchat (7/1-9/30/16) 4. Facebook 5. Instagram 6. YouTube 7. Bitmoji Keyboard - Your Avatar Emoji 8. Bitmoji - Your Personal Emoji 9. imo free video calls and chat 10. Mauritanie BAC Résultats
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 18.00% (2016) 0.09% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 22.36% Desktop (September, 2017) 2.49% Tablet 75.15% Mobile
Internet Freedom: N/A
Top Websites: 1. Google 6. Google.fr 2. YouTube 7. newsاألخبار 3. Facebook 8. C.R.I.DE.M 4. Yahoo 9. ATLASINFO Sahara Media صحراء میدیا .Rim Now 10 موریتانیا اآلن .5
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 23.1%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 37.81%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: WhatsApp
Top Social Media Site: Facebook
Facebook Penetration: 18.0% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. محمد الحسن الددو الشنقیطي الصفحة الرسمیة للشیخ د. محمد العریفي .2 د. عائض بن عبدهللا القرني .3
قناة اقرأ الفضائیة .4 الدكتور فیصل القاسم .5 6. beIN SPORTS
د. سلمان بن فھد العودة .7 الحریة نت .8 9. Al Jazeera Channel - قناة الجزیرة 10. Mustafa Hosny
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. Baba Ould Deye 2. N/A 3. N/A 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A 7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
Top YouTube Channels: 1. Dis-Chem | Pharmacists who care 2. N/A 3. N/A 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A 7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
Mongolia
General
Demographics: Population- 2,968,000 Median Age- 27.3; Life Expectancy- 68.8 Urban/Rural- 72% / 28%
Top Languages: Mongolian (Halh) 2,600,000
Oirat 150,000 Kazakh 106,000
Religion: Christian- 2.3%, Unreached- 97.7%
Persecution of Christians- N/A Other: Adult Literacy- 97.1%, Avg. Annual
Income (GNI) Per Person- $3,830
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 113.63% (2016) as a % of the Population: 30.28% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Series 40/S40 (44.1%) 2. Android (41.2%) 3. iOS (4.3%) 4. Blackberry (2.9%) 5. Windows (2.0%)
Top Handsets: 1. Nokia 6300 (5.2%) 2. Nokia 3110 classic (4.4%) 3. Apple iPhone (3.8%) 4. Nokia 2730 classic (3.2%) 5. Nokia C3 (2.7%) 6. Nokia 5220 Xpress Music (2.7%) 7. Blackberry Bold Touch 9900 (2.4%) 8. Samsung Galaxy S II (2.3%) 9. Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo (1.8%) 10. Nokia 3500 classic (1.8%) Top Free App 1. N/A Downloads- 2. N/A Android 3. N/A (7/1-12/31/16) 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A 7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A Top Free App 1. Snapchat Downloads- 2. Messenger iOS 3. Facebook (7/1-9/30/16) 4. Prisma 5. ebarimt 6. tubidy 7. YouTube 8. Hi-Fi Music 9. MakeupPlus - Virtual Looks and Tips 10. Instagram
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 22.27% (2016) N/A (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 60.14% Desktop (September, 2017) 1.38% Tablet 34.48% Mobile
Internet Freedom: N/A
Top Websites: 1. YouTube 6. CAAK 2. Google.mn 7. ebarimt 3. Google 8. gogo 4. Facebook 9. UNEGUI.MN 5. Yahoo 10. XopoM
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 57.6%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 2.1%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: Facebook Messenger
Top Social Media Site: Facebook
Facebook Penetration: N/A
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. Аархал 2. Elbegdorj Tsakhia
3. Mobicom 4. iSmartStore
5. Unitel 6. Mongol TV 7. GEE
8. GEEKS 9. Аархуу Монгол 10. Jordan SHOP
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. KYR SP33DY 2. Цахиагийн ЭЛБЭГДОРЖ 3. Battulga Khaltmaa 4. Asashoryu 5. Zandaakhuu Enkhbold 6. Enkhbat Dangaasuren 7. Баабар 8. Ganhuyag Ch. Hutagt 9. Amarjargal 10. Baabar
Top YouTube Channels: 1. KYRSP33DY 2. iNeeMTGiiZaluu 3. TJ Entertainment 4. Rokit Bay 5. Minii Mongol pro 6. MONGOL TV
7. MASS Official 8. Evseg Mongol 9. KHEBI Mongolia 10. Unitel
Morocco
General
Demographics: Population- 34,574,000 Median Age- 28; Life Expectancy- 74.3 Urban/Rural- 60% / 40%
Top Languages: Arabic (Moroccan)- 19,800,000 (L1) 5,000,000 (L2)
French- 80,000 (L1), 10,300,000 (L2) Tachelhit- 3,890,000
Religion: Christian- 0.2%, Unreached- 100% Persecution of Christians- N/A
Other: Adult Literacy- 68.1%, Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- $3,040
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 120.72% (2016) as a % of the Population: 52.66% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Android (57.2%) 2. Series 40/S40 (15.1%) 3. Symbian/S60 (6.9%) 4. Blackberry (4.0%) 5. Samsung (3.2%)
Top Handsets: 1. Samsung Galaxy Trend Plus (4.1%) 2. Samsung Galaxy J1 (3.0%) 3. Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo (3.0%) 4. Nokia C3 (2.0%) 5. Nokia Asha 311 (1.3%) 6. Samsung Galaxy J2 (1.2%) 7. Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 (1.2%) 8. Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo (1.2%) 9. Nokia Asha 302 (1.1%) 10. Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace (1.0%)
Top Free App 1. N/A Downloads- 2. N/A Android 3. N/A (7/1-12/31/16) 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A 7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
Top Free App 1. N/A Downloads- 2. N/A iOS 3. N/A (7/1-9/30/16) 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A 7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 58.27% (2016) 19.77% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 50.72% Desktop (September, 2017) 2.70% Tablet 46.57% Mobile
Internet Freedom: Partly Free
Top Websites: 1. Google 6. كووورة 2. YouTube 7. Google.co.ma 3. Facebook 8. Google.fr 4. Hespress -9 ھسبریس. Chouftv.ma شوف تیفي 5. Avito.ma 10. Instagram
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 39.28%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 4.73%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: WhatsApp
Top Social Media Site: Facebook
Facebook Penetration: 34.05% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. HESPRESS 2. Chouf TV 3. Facebook for Every Phone
4. Medi1TV 5. Rachid Allali 6. Maher Zain
7. Douzi 8. alyaoum24.com ثقف نفسك .9 10. His Majesty the King, Mohammed VI
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. Hespress - ھسبریس 2. MarocTopNews 3. MEDI1TV سلمى رشید .4 5. HIT RADIO 6. Maroc Telecom 7. méditel 8. momo bousfiha 9. Saad Lamjarred 10. Shatha Hassoun شذى
Top YouTube Channels: 1. Saad Lamjarred | سعد لمجرد 2. 2MTV 3. Chouf TV | شوف تیفي 4. Medi1TV 5. Sofia Karlberg 6. Lartiste Officiel
Almohtarif channel | قناة المحترف .7 8. Hespress 9. Mohammed Nassib 10. méditel
Myanmar
General
Demographics: Population- 54,312,000 Median Age- 27.9; Life Expectancy- 66.6 Urban/Rural- 34% / 66%
Top Languages: Burmese- 32,000,000 (L1 Speakers) 10,000,000 (L2 Speakers)
Shan- 3.200,000 Karen (S’gaw)- 1,280,000
Religion: Christian- 8.9%, Unreached- 83.6% Persecution of Christians- 62 (on a scale of 1-100 with 100 being the worst)
Other: Adult Literacy- 93.1%, Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- $1,280
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 89.26% (2016) as a % of the Population: 0.42% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Android (94.5%) 2. Series 40/S40 (0.8%) 3. MAUI (0.7%) 4. Windows (0.7%) 5. iOS (0.7%)
Top Handsets: 1. Huawei Ascend G730 (6.3%) 2. Huawei G610s (2.9%) 3. vivo Y15 (2.2%) 4. Huawei Y625 (1.6%) 5. Huawei C8816 (1.5%) 6. Samsung Galaxy J7 (1.3%) 7. Huawei Ascend G620s (1.2%) 8. Huawei Honor 3C Play (1.1%) 9. Samsung Galaxy J2 (0.9%) 10. Huawei Ascend Y511 (0.9%)
Top Free App 1. N/A Downloads- 2. N/A Android 3. N/A (7/1-12/31/16) 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A 7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
Top Free App 1. N/A Downloads- 2. N/A iOS 3. N/A (7/1-9/30/16) 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A 7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 25.07% (2016) 0.18% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 25.95% Desktop (September, 2017) 1.59% Tablet 72.46% Mobile
Internet Freedom: Not Free
Top Websites: 1. Google 6. Facebook Wikipedia 2. YouTube 7. ChanelMyanmar 3. Google.com.mm 8. Wikipedia 4. Yahoo 9. Thit Htoo Lwin 5. pCloud 10. MYANMARLOAD
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 29.54%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): N/A
Social Media
Top Messaging App: Viber
Top Social Media Site: Facebook
Facebook Penetration: 20.05% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. 7Day News Journal 2. Eleven Media Group 3. Telenor Myanmar
4. BBC Burmese 5. MPT 6. The Irrawaddy - Burmese Edition
7. VOA Burmese News 8. Mizzima - News in Burmese 9. Yoyarlay 10. DVB TV News
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. Mizzima News 2. UK in Burma 3. Nang Khin Zay Yar 4. Telenor Myanmar 5. Ooredoo Myanmar 6. Sai Sai Kham Leng 7. BBG 8. Ah Moon 9. 7Day Daily 10. Sanctuary Retreats
Top YouTube Channels: 1. Eleven Broadcasting 2. RFA Burmese 3. 7Day TV 4. BBC Burmese 5. Telenor Myanmar 6. Tony Hollis
7. Ooredoo Myanmar 8. InformationMatrix 9. MyChat 10. 7Day Cars
Nepal
General
Demographics: Population- 28,735,000 Median Age- 23.1; Life Expectancy- 69.2 Urban/Rural- 19% / 81%
Top Languages: Nepali- 12,300,000 English- 2,030 (L1 Speakers)
7,000,000 (L2 Speakers) Maithili- 3,890,000
Religion: Christian- 0.9%, Unreached- 99.1% Persecution of Christians- N/A
Other: Adult Literacy- 65.6%, Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- $730
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 111.70% (2016) as a % of the Population: 4.51% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Android (49.6%) 2. Series 40/S40 (28.9%) 3. Symbian/S60 (5.5%) 4. Windows (1,6%) 5. Samsung (1.5%)
Top Handsets: 1. Nokia C1-01 (2.8%) 2. Nokia 5130 Xpress Music (1.9%) 3. Nokia 110 (1.9%) 4. Nokia C3 (1.6%) 5. Nokia C2-01 (1.5%) 6. Samsung Galaxy J2 (1.4%) 7. Nokia 2700 classic (1.4%) 8. Samsung Galaxy J1 (1.3%) 9. Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 (1.3%) 10. Nokia X2-02 (1.3%)
Top Free App 1. Messenger Downloads- 2. Facebook Android 3. Viber (7/1-12/31/16) 4. SHAREit: File Transfer, Sharing 5. Facebook Lite 6. imo free video calls and chat 7. Opera Mini web browser 8. WhatsApp 9. Clash of Clans 10. Instagram
Top Free App 1. Messenger Downloads- 2. Facebook iOS 3. SHAREit - Connect & Transfer (7/1-9/30/16) 4. Viber 5. YouTube 6. Instagram 7. Prisma- Art Photo Editor 8. imo free video calls and chat 9. Doodle Army 2 : Mini Militia 10. Xender, File Transfer, Sharing
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 19.69% (2016) 1.14% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 34.12% Desktop (September, 2017) 2.52% Tablet 63.36% Mobile
Internet Freedom: N/A
Top Websites: 1. YouTube 6. eKantipur 2. Google 7. Yahoo 3. Google.com.np 8. Wikipedia 4. Facebook 9. News24Nepal 5. Onlinnekhabar 10. Myway
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 21.1%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 7.45%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: Facebook Messenger
Top Social Media Site: Facebook
Facebook Penetration: 21.92% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. Facebook for Every Phone 2. eKantipur 3. BBC Nepali
4. Ncell 5. Taja Khabar 6. Radio Kantipur
7. Rekha Thapa 8. People's Daily, China 9. DCnepal 10. CCTVNews
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. Baburam Bhattarai 2. Lokman Singh Karki 3. Annapurna Post 4. Nepal Police 5. narayan wagle 6. U.S. Embassy Nepal 7. Ujyaalo 8. Nepali Times 9. PahiloPost 10. Ncell
Top YouTube Channels: 1. Music Nepal 2. HighlightsNepal 3. SongsNepal 4. ChannelGulmiResunga 5. Dhaulagiri Cassette Center 6. Rebel Entertainment
7. Sajha Sawal 8. GXSOUL 9. AAYUSH RIMAL 10. LaureMusic7
Niger
General
Demographics: Population- 20,521,000 Median Age- 14.8; Life Expectancy- 61.8 Urban/Rural- 19% / 81%
Top Languages: Hausa- 8,080,000 Zarma- 3,120,000 French- 6,000 (L1 Speakers)
2,170,000 (L2 Speakers)
Religion: Christian- 0.6%, Unreached- 98.2% Persecution of Christians- 53 (on a scale of 1-100 with 100 being the worst)
Other: Adult Literacy- 36.1%, Avg. Annual
Income (GNI) Per Person- $390
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 48.87% (2016) as a % of the Population: 3.53% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Android (53.6%) 2. Series 40/S40 (14.0%) 3. Symbian/S60 (5.3%) 4. MAUI (3.5%) 5. Samsung (0.6%)
Top Handsets: 1. Tecno T605 (1.4%) 2. Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 (1.4%) 3. Nokia 206 (1.3%) 4. Nokia 6120 classic (1.3%) 5. Nokia X2-01 (1.0%) 6. Nokia C2-01 (1.0%) 7. TECNO TECNO-C8 (0.9%) 8. Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime (0.9%) 9. Samsung Galaxy Grand I9082 (0.9%) 10. Nokia C5 (0.8%)
Top Free App 1. N/A Downloads- 2. N/A Android 3. N/A (7/1-12/31/16) 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A 7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
Top Free App 1. WhatsApp Downloads- 2. Messenger iOS 3. Facebook (7/1-9/30/16) 4. Xender, File Transfer, Sharing 5. Instagram 6. Snapchat 7. imo free video calls and chat 8. Viber 9. YouTube 10. tubidy
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 4.32% (2016) 0.29% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 10.91% Desktop (September, 2017) 1.37% Tablet 87.72% Mobile
Internet Freedom: N/A
Top Websites: 1. Google 6. Google.ne 2. Yahoo 7. Actuniger.com 3. YouTube 8. NigerEmploi.com 4. Google.fr 9. Facebook 5. Wikipedia 10. Myway
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 1.84%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 91.11%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: WhatsApp
Top Social Media Site: Facebook
Facebook Penetration: 1.29% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. Airtel Niger 2. Mahamadou Issoufou 3. FRANCE 24
4. RFI 5. Amy Sarr Fall 6. Jeune Afrique
7. VOA Afrique 8. aNiamey.com 9. La Fouine 10. BBC Afrique
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. a girl has no name🌝🌝 2. AKPORORO 3. Otimkpu of Umuajaji 4. Lagos Countdown 5. LGAfrica 6. Mahamadou Issoufou 7. aNiamey 8. Amman Imman 9. Orange Niger 10. Airtel Niger
Top YouTube Channels: 1. airtelniger 2. Tadaaz - Cards for Happy Moments
3. MOOV NIGER 4. N/A (above channels ranged
from 376 subscribers/99,000 views to 19 subscribers/726 views)
Nigeria
General
Demographics: Population- 185,976,00 Median Age- 17.9; Life Expectancy- 54.5 Urban/Rural- 48% / 52%
Top Languages: English- 68,000,000 (L2 Speakers) Hausa- 18,500,000 (L1 Speakers) 15,000,000 (L2 Speakers)
Pidgin (Nigerian)- 30,000
Religion: Christian- 50.6%, Unreached- 33.2% Persecution of Christians- 78 (on a scale of 1-100 with 100 being the worst)
Other: Adult Literacy- 59.2%, Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- $2,820
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 81.82% (2016) as a % of the Population: 22.55% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Series 40/S40 (35.5%) 2. Android (26.8%) 3. Blackberry (12.6%) 4. Symbian/S60 (3.7%) 5. MAUI (1.4%)
Top Handsets: 1. Nokia 200 (5.1%) 2. Nokia X2-01 (2.6%) 3. Blackberry Curve 9320 (2.5%) 4. Nokia 6280 (2.3%) 5. Nokia Asha 210 (2.2%) 6. Nokia C3 (2.0%) 7. Nokia C1-01 (1.9%) 8. Nokia 2700 classic (1.8%) 9. Nokia Asha 205 (1.7%) 10. Nokia 201 (1.6%)
Top Free App 1. WhatsApp Downloads- 2. Messenger Android 3. Facebook (7/1-12/31/16) 4. Instagram 5. Opera Mini web browser 6. imo free video calls and chat 7. Xender: File Transfer, Sharing 8. Turbo Cleaner - Boost, Clean 9. BBM 10. Facebook Lite
Top Free App 1. WhatsApp Downloads- 2. Instagram iOS 3. Messenger (7/1-9/30/16) 4. Facebook 5. Snapchat 6. imo free video calls and chat 7. Uber 8. Xender, File Transfer, Sharing 9. BBM 10. Bitmoji Keyboard - Your Avatar Emoji
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 25.67% (2016) 5.55% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 16.98% Desktop (September, 2017) 2.71% Tablet 80.31% Mobile
Internet Freedom: Partly Free
Top Websites: 1. Google 6. Facebook 2. Google.com.ng 7. JUMIA 3. YouTube 8. Nairaland Forum 4. Yahoo 9. Bet9ja 5. MMM Office 10. Instagram
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 20.95%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 5.4%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: WhatsApp
Top Social Media Site: Facebook
Facebook Penetration: 8.34% (of total population. 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. Facebook for Every Phone 2. GTBank 3. MTN Nigeria
4. Naij.com 5. INFORMATION NIGERIA 6. Basketmouth
7. PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE 8. Vanguard News 9. Airtel Nigeria 10. AY COMEDIAN
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. Wizkid 2. Channels Television 3. DON JAZZY 4. Tiwa Savage 5. D'banj D Kokomaster 6. The Punch Newspapers 7. IG: @official2baba 8. Banky Wellington 9. Vanguard Newspapers 10. Linda Ikeji
Top YouTube Channels: 1. MavinRecords 2. MarkAngelComedy 3. Channels Television 4. Banky W & EME 5. projectfametv 6. irokotv | NOLLYWOOD
7. Naijas Craziest 8. Airtel NG 9. MNEKVEVO 10. globacomlimited
Oman
General
Demographics: Population- 4,126,000 Median Age- 29.0; Life Expectancy- 76.6 Urban/Rural- 78% / 22%
Top Languages: Arabic (Omani Spoken)- 720,000 Arabic (Gulf Spoken)- 441,000 Balochi (Southern)- 130,000
Religion: Christian- 2.7%, Unreached- 93.6% Persecution of Christians- 53 (on a scale of 1-100 with 100 being the worst)
Other: Adult Literacy- 87.8%, Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- $16,920
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 159.22% (2016) as a % of the Population: 71.16% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Android (69.8%) 2. Symbian/S60 (22.0%) 3. iOS (4.2%) 4. Windows (1.4%) 5. Windows Phone (1.1%)
Top Handsets: 1. Nokia C5 (8.4%) 2. Nokia E5 (4.8%) 3. Apple iPhone (3.9%) 4. Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace (3.0%) 5. Samsung Galaxy J1 (2.5%) 6. Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime (2.2%) 7. Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime 4G (2.0%) 8. Nokia E72 (2.0%) 9. Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 (1.7%) 10. Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo (1.7%)
Top Free App 1. WhatsApp Downloads- 2. imo free video calls and chat Android 3. SHAREit: File Transfer, Sharing (7/1-12/31/16) 4. Facebook 5. Messenger 6. SuperPN Free VPN Client 7. Instagram 8. imo beta free calls and text 9. iTel Mobile Dialer Express 10. BIGO LIVE - Live Broadcasting
Top Free App 1. WhatsApp Downloads- 2. Snapchat iOS 3. iTunes U (7/1-9/30/16) 4. Instagram 5. Bitmoji Keyboard - Your Avatar Emoji 6. Bitmoji - Your Personal Emoji 7. YouTube 8. Prisma منو معاي - بدون اعالنات نھائیاً – ھویة .9 المتصل نمبربوك - من المتصل تروكولر 10. Free VPN - Onavo Protect
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 69.82% (2016) 8.30% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 27.44% Desktop (September, 2017) 2.11% Tablet 70.45% Mobile
Internet Freedom: N/A
Top Websites: 1. Google 6. Wikipedia 2. YouTube 7. Live.com 3. Google.om 8. Instagram 4. Yahoo 9. ONCLKDS.COM (virus) 5. Facebook 10. سبلة عمان
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 73.7%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 0.92%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: WhatsApp
Top Social Media Site: Facebook
Facebook Penetration: 31.63% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. Times of Oman 2. Lulu Hypermarket 3. Lulu Hypermarket 2 4. Ooredoo Oman 5. Oman Air 6. Rtv
7. Support Nobel Peace Prize for His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al-Said
8. Omantel 9. Ahmad AlShugairi 10. BBC Bangla
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. دعاء 2. Ali Al-Habsi طور ذاتك .3 oman news|أخبار عمان .4 شبكةاألخبار العمانیة .5 6. Muhammed Tariq األرصاد العمانیة .7 حامد البراشدي .8 9. Al Wisal - الوصال شؤون عمانیة .10
Top YouTube Channels: 1. OmanTvGeneral وزارة الزراعة والثروة السمكیة .2 3. Ooredoo Oman 4. Omantel 5. Times of Oman 6. OmanLover عاشق عمان 7. KIA OMAN مجلس الشورى سلطنة عمان .8 9. pacp oman 10. Oman Sail
Pakistan
General
Demographics: Population- 191,552,000 Median Age- 22.5; Life Expectancy- 66.4 Urban/Rural- 39% / 61%
Top Languages: Urdu- 14,700,000 (L1 Speakers) 94,000,000 (L2 Speakers)
Punjabi (Western)- 88,500,000 Sindhi- 22,100,000
Religion: Christian- 0.7%, Unreached- 99.2% Persecution of Christians- 88 (on a scale of 1-100 with 100 being the worst)
Other: Adult Literacy- 59.9%, Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- $1,440
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 71.39% (2016) as a % of the Population: 21.45% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Android (53.8%) 2. Series 40/S40 (21.9%) 3. Symbian/S60 (6.1%) 4. MAUI (3.9%) 5. Windows (2.5%)
Top Handsets: 1. Nokia 206 (3.3%) 2. Nokia X2-02 (1.8%) 3. Nokia 110 (1.4%) 4. MAUI (1.3%) 5. Google Nexus 5 (1.2%) 6. Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime (1.1%) 7. Nokia C5 (1.1%) 8. Nokia E5 (1.0%) 9. Nokia C3 (1.0%) 10. Samsung Galaxy J5 (0.9%)
Top Free App 1. WhatsApp Downloads- 2. Messenger Android 3. Facebook (7/1-12/31/16) 4. imo free video calls and chat 5. UC Browser - Fast Download 6. Zapya - File Transfer, Sharing 7. MX Player 8. Facebook Lite 9. SHAREit: File Transfer, Sharing 10. Subway Surfers
Top Free App 1. WhatsApp Downloads- 2. Facebook iOS 3. Messenger (7/1-9/30/16) 4. YouTube 5. imo free video calls and chat 6. Instagram 7. Prisma 8. Snapchat 9. Uber 10. Prisma – Art Filters and Photo Effects
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 15.51% (2016) 6.50% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 27.88% Desktop (September, 2017) 2.22% Tablet 69.90% Mobile
Internet Freedom: Not Free
Top Websites: 1. YouTube 6. Wikipedia 2. Google.com.pk 7. Live.com 3. Facebook 8. Daraz.pk 4. Google 9. Urdupoint 5. Yahoo 10. JavedCh.Com
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 13.02%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 1.31%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: WhatsApp
Top Social Media Site: Facebook
Facebook Penetration: 13.72% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. Facebook for Every Phone 2. ARY News 3. PTV Sports
4. Express News 5. Samaa TV 6. Allama Iqbal
7. Pakistan Defence 8. HUM TV 9. UrduPoint.com 10. Imran Khan
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. Imran Khan 2. Gen Asim Bajwa 3. Hamid Mir 4. Mubasher Lucman 5. Wasim Akram 6. Maryam Nawaz Sharif 7. PTI 8. Asad Umar 9. Shehbaz Sharif 10. Sheikh Rashid Ahmad
Top YouTube Channels: 1. HUM TV 2. samaatvnews 3. Rohail Hyatt 4. Coke Studio 5. Talk Shows Central 6. RahatFAKhanVEVO
7. geonews 8. Dunya News 9. A Plus Entertainment 10. Enzar Gul
Palestinian Territories
General
Demographics: Population- 4,500,000 Median Age- 19.3; Life Expectancy- N/A Urban/Rural- 75% / 25%
Top Languages: Arabic (South Levantine)- 1,600,000 Arabic (Modern Standard)- ? (de facto
nat’l language) Arabic (Levantine Bedawi)- 10,000
Religion: Christian- 2.4%, Unreached- 98.5% Persecution of Christians- 64 (on a scale of 1-100 with 100 being the worst)
Other: Adult Literacy- 96.2%, Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- $3,090
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 76.81% (2016) as a % of the Population: 22.58% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Android (48.4%) 2. Symbian/S60 (22.2%) 3. Series 40/S40 (14.3%) 4. Blackberry (7.4%) 5. Windows (3.0%)
Top Handsets: 1. Nokia N8 (8.6%) 2. Samsung Galaxy Grand I9082 (6.5%) 3. Blackberry Curve 9380 (3.7%) 4. Blackberry Curve 9360 (3.2%) 5. Nokia 701 (3.1%) 6. Nokia C3 (3.0%) 7. Nokia Asha 310 (2.5%) 8. Apple iPhone (2.4%) 9. Nokia C7 (2.2%) 10. Samsung Galaxy J7 (2.1%)
Top Free App 1. N/A Downloads- 2. N/A Android 3. N/A (7/1-12/31/16) 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A 7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
Top Free App 1. N/A Downloads- 2. N/A iOS 3. N/A (7/1-9/30/16) 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A 7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 61.18% (2016) 18.41% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 53.85% Desktop (September, 2017) 1.37% Tablet 44.78% Mobile
Internet Freedom: N/A
Top Websites: 1. طقس فلسطین .6 دنیا الوطن 2. Google.ps 7. شو بدك من فلسطین 3. YouTube 8. القدس Facebook .9 سما االخباریة .4 5. Google 10. تلفزیون نابلس
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: N/A
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): N/A
Social Media
Top Messaging App: Facebook Messenger
Top Social Media Site: Facebook
Facebook Penetration: 34.49% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. JawwaL 2. Shehab News Agency شبكة قدس اإلخباریة .3
4. Paltel 5. Wataniya Mobile Palestine Mohammed Assaf محمد عساف .6
ثقف نفسك .7 alquds - القدس .8 Palestine tv تلفزیون فلسطین .9 د . ناصر اللحام .10
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. W.Khanfar وضاح خنفر محمد عساف .2 عبد الباري عطوان .3 محمود درویش .4 یاسر الزعاترة .5 6. Tamim Al-Barghouti شبكة قدس اإلخباریة .7 مرید البرغوثي .8 العالم العربي .9 د. عدنان إبراھیم .10
Top YouTube Channels: 1. Alfalstiniah TV 2. Jawwal - جوال شبكة قدس االخباریة .3 4. XxXIBraHIMoXxX 5. Wataniya Mobile Palestine محمد ربعي .6
7. A. Sbitany & Sons Co. Ltd. 8. ANajahUni 9. RawabiCity 10. Bashir Siksik
Saudi Arabia
General
Demographics: Population- 31,890,000 Median Age- 28.3; Life Expectancy- 74.5 Urban/Rural- 83% / 17%
Top Languages: Arabic (Najdi Spoken)- 8,000,000 Arabic (Hijazi Spoken)- 6,000,000 Arabic (Gulf Spoken)- 200,000
Religion: Christian- 4.4%, Unreached- 91.2% Persecution of Christians- 76 (on a scale of 1-100 with 100 being the worst)
Other: Adult Literacy- 89.3%, Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- $23,550
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 157.60 % (2016) as a % of the Population: 77.64% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Android (90.2%) 2. iOS (3.3%) 3. Symbian/S60 (2.0%) 4. Blackberry (1.7%) 5. Windows (1.1%)
Top Handsets: 1. Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime (8.0%) 2. Apple iPhone (3.1%) 3. Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo I (3.0%) 4. Samsung Galaxy J5 (2.7%) 5. Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo (2.7%) 6. Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 (2.4%) 7. Samsung Galaxy J7 (2.2%) 8. Samsung Galaxy J1 (2.0%) 9. Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo (2.0%) 10. Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace (1.8%)
Top Free App 1. WhatsApp Downloads- 2. imo free video calls and chat Android 3. Facebook (7/1-12/31/16) 4. Messenger 5. Instagram 6. Snapchat 7. WhatsCall - Free Global Calls 8. BIGO LIVE - Live Broadcasting 9. SOMA free video call and chat 10. LINE: Free Calls & Messages
Top Free App 1. Bitmoji Keyboard - Your Avatar Emoji Downloads- 2. iTunes U iOS 3. Snapchat (7/1-9/30/16) 4. SOMA Messenger 5. Jalsah جلسة 6. Line 7. Google Maps 8. Bitmoji - Your Personal Emoji 9. Free vpn proxy by VPN Master & unblock sites 10. WhatsApp
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 73.75% (2016) 19.46% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 29.65% Desktop (September, 2017) 2.77% Tablet 67.58% Mobile
Internet Freedom: Not Free
Top Websites: 1. Google.com.sa 6. Yahoo 2. YouTube 7. Twitter 3. Google 8. Wikipedia 4. Facebook 9. صحیفة سبق 5. Live.com 10. Instagram
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 99%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 0.85%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: WhatsApp
Top Social Media Site: Facebook
Facebook Penetration: 55% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. Facebook for Every Phone الصفحة للشیخ د. محمد العریفي .2 3. Panda بنده
4. Jarir Bookstore مكتبة جریر 5. STC االتصاالت السعودیة ثقف نفسك .6
Al Arabiya قناة العربیة .7 8. eXtra Stores - معارض اكسترا د. عائض بن عبدهللا القرني .9 10. Mobily موبایلي
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. د. محمد #العریفي أحمد الشقیري .2 د. #عائض_القرني .3 سلمان العودة .4 صحیفة سبق .5 ھاشتاق السعودیة .6 أخبار السعودیة .7 أ. د. طارق الحبیب .8 عبدالرحمن بن مساعد .9 سلمان بن عبدالعزیز .10
Top YouTube Channels: 1. صاحي Sa7i 2. EyshElly | ایش اللي قناة كناري الفضائیة .3 4. mmoshaya 5. ARAM TV - آرام تي في التمساح .6
7. STC االتصاالت السعودیة 8. Saudi Gamer - سعودي جیمر قناة نادي الھالل السعودي .9 10. MrMrSnB2
Senegal
General
Demographics: Population- 15,546,000 Median Age- 18; Life Expectancy- 66.7 Urban/Rural- 44% / 56%
Top Languages: Wolof- 5,210,000; French- 47,000 (L1 Speakers)
3,870,000 (L2 Speakers) Pulaar- 3,450,000
Religion: Christian- 5.1%, Unreached- 80.9% Persecution of Christians- N/A
Other: Adult Literacy- 57.9%, Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- $1,000
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 98.68% (2016) as a % of the Population: 25.75% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Android (38.9%) 2. Series 40/S40 (15.6%) 3. Samsung (4.6%) 4. Symbian/S60 (3.4%) 5. Blackberry (1.0%)
Top Handsets: 1. Samsung Ch@t 222 (2.3%) 2. LG T375 Cookie Smart (2.3%) 3. Samsung GT-E2232 (1.9%) 4. Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace (1.8%) 5. Samsung Star II (1.6%) 6. Samsung GT-E2121 (1.2%) 7. Nokia 2730 classic (1.2%) 8. Samsung C3050 Stratus (1.1%) 9. Nokia C3 (1.1%) 10. Samsung Galaxy J1 (0.9%)
Top Free App 1. N/A Downloads- 2. N/A Android 3. N/A (7/1-12/31/16) 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A 7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
Apps Free App 1. WhatsApp Downloads- 2. Messenger iOS 3. Facebook (7/1-9/30/16) 4. Snapchat 5. imo free video calls and chat 6. YouTube 7. Instagram 8. Bitmoji Keyboard - Your Avatar Emoji 9. Viber 10. NBA LIVE Mobile
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 25.66% (2016) 5.61% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 38.08% Desktop (September, 2017) 2.69% Tablet 59.24% Mobile
Internet Freedom: N/A
Top Websites: 1. YouTube 6. Senego 2. Google 7. Facebook 3. Google.sn 8. Live.com 4. Seneweb 9. Google.fr 5. Yahoo 10. MSN
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 23.7%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 11.57%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: WhatsApp
Top Social Media Site: Facebook
Facebook Penetration: 14.32% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. Seneweb.com 2. SeneJet 3. Orange (1)
4. Orange (2) 5. Tigo 6. Canabasse
7. Amy Sarr Fall 8. FRANCE 24 9. wiwsport.com 10. DAARA J FAMILY
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. Macky SALL 2. seneweb.com 3. Khalifa SALL 4. Odak Noktası 5. Cathy Guetta 6. Gorgui Dieng 7. kebetu 8. ibrahima mbaye 9. Orange Sénégal 10. canabasse
Top YouTube Channels: 1. Senepeople.com 2. 2stvsenegal 3. JT Rappé 4. LES TEACHERS DU NET 5. Orange Sénégal
6. Mamadou Mansour Diop 7. LmorLive Urban
8. wiwsport.com 9. Tigo Sénégal 10. expressosenegal
Somalia
General
Demographics: Population- 11,044,000 Median Age- 16.5; Life Expectancy- 55.0 Urban/Rural- 40% / 60%
Top Languages: Somali- 6,460,000 Maay- 1,500,000 English & Arabic (Modern Standard)- ?
(statutory national languages)
Religion: Christian- 0.3%, Unreached- 99.9% Persecution of Christians- 91 (on a scale of 1-100 with 100 being the worst)
Other: Adult Literacy- N/A; Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- N/A
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 58.12% (2016) as a % of the Population: 6.33% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Android (61.8%) 2. Series 40/S40 (20.6%) 3. Windows (1.6%) 4. Symbian/S60 (1.5%) 5. Windows Phone (0.6%)
Top Handsets: 1. Nokia 206 (3.8%) 2. Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 (3.6%) 3. Nokia C3 (2.9%) 4. Samsung Galaxy J1 (2.5%) 5. Huawei Ascend Y520 (2.4%) 6. Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo I (2.3%) 7. Nokia Asha 2102.3%) 8. Google Nexus 5 (2.3%) 9. Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo (2.1%) 10. Samsung Galaxy Grand I9082 (2.0%)
Top Free App 1. N/A Downloads- 2. N/A Android 3. N/A (7/1-12/31/16) 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A 7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
Top Free App 1. N/A Downloads- 2. N/A iOS 3. N/A (7/1-9/30/16) 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A 7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 1.88% (2016) 1.10% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 13.39% Desktop (September, 2017) 1.22% Tablet 84.85% Mobile
Internet Freedom: N/A
Top Websites: 1. YouTube 6. Facebook 2. Google 7. Wikipedia 3. Google.so 8. Caasimada Online 4. Live.com 9. Laacib.net 5. Yahoo 10. Livescore
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: N/A
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): N/A
Social Media
Top Messaging App: WhatsApp
Top Social Media Site: Facebook
Facebook Penetration: N/A
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. BBCSomali 2. Abdirizak Atosh 3. VOASomali
4. Nimco Dareen 5. Celebrate Somaliland 6. Dahir Alasow
7. Dr. Bilal Philips 8. Dr Zakir Naik 9. Al Jazeera English 10. Hormuud Telecom
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. K'naan Warsame 2. AMISOM 3. UNSOM 4. France in Somalia 5. Suhaib Abdirahman 6. Know Somalia 7. Somali O Committee 8. somtel 9. greenpeaceSomalia 10. N/A (previous entry had
only 48 followers)
Top YouTube Channels: 1. VOA Somali 2. Amisom Somalia
3. Qolka Somalia Islamic Cilaajka Jinka Sixirka Center
4. N/A (previous entries ranged from 7,400 subscribers/4,360,000 views to 27 subscribers/10 views)
Sri Lanka
General
Demographics: Population- 20,580,000 Median Age- 32.3; Life Expectancy- 74.9 Urban/Rural- 18% / 82%
Top Languages: Sinhala- 14,000,000 (L1 Speakers) 2,000,000 (L2 Speakers)
Tamil- 4,960,000 English- 10,000 (L1 Speakers)
1,900,000 (L2 Speakers)
Religion: Christian- 2.0%, Unreached- 98.1% Persecution of Christians- 55 (on a scale of 1-100 with 100 being the worst)
Other: Adult Literacy- 92.5%, Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- $3,800
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 118.49% (2016) as a % of the Population: 26.88% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Android (59.6%) 2. Series 40/S40 (9.0%) 3. Windows Phone (5.1%) 4. Windows (3.0%) 5. Symbian/S60 (2.9%)
Top Handsets: 1. Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace (3.2%) 2. Samsung Galaxy J2 (2.4%) 3. Samsung Galaxy J1 (2.1%) 4. Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime (2.0%) 5. Samsung Galaxy Core Prime (1.7%) 6. Microsoft Lumia 535 (1.7%) 7. Apple iPhone (1.7%) 8. Samsung Galaxy J7 (1.6%) 9. Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 (1.5%) 10. Huawei Honor Bee (1.3%)
Top Free App 1. imo free video calls and chat Downloads- 2. Viber Android 3. Facebook (7/1-12/31/16) 4. Messenger 5. WhatsApp 6. Facebook Lite 7. SHAREit: File Transfer, Sharing 8. Helakuru Sinhala Keyboard 9. Prisma 10. SUPO Cleaner (Super Power)
Top Free App 1. WhatsApp Downloads- 2. Facebook iOS 3. Viber (7/1-9/30/16) 4. Messenger 5. imo free video calls and chat 6. YouTube 7. Prisma- Art Photo Editor 8. Instagram 9. Google Maps 10. Social Picket
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 32.05% (2016) 2.54% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 23.90% Desktop (September, 2017) 1.69% Tablet 74.41% Mobile
Internet Freedom: Partly Free
Top Websites: 1. Google.lk 6. lkman.lk 2. Google 7. Facebook 3. YouTube 8. Gossip Lanka News 4. Hiru FM 9. Blogger 5. Yahoo 10. Hiru News
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 15.77%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 0.97%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: Viber
Top Social Media Site: Facebook
Facebook Penetration: 20.09% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. Facebook for Every Phone 2. Dialog Axiata 3. HIRU FM
4. Hiru News 5. Kumar Sangakkara 6. Gossip-Lanka
7. Mobitel 8. Sri Lanka Cricket 9. Mahinda Rajapaksa 10. Maithripala Sirisena
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. Jacqueline Fernandez 2. Kumar Sangakkara 3. Mahela Jayawardena 4. Sri Lanka Cricket 5. Russel Arnold 6. Ravindu Fernando 7. DailyMirror 8. Theshan Alwis 9. Dialog Axiata 10. Mahinda Rajapaksa
Top YouTube Channels: 1. MIAVEVO 2. TV Derana 3. Music.lk 4. Newsfirst Sri Lanka 5. Hiru TV 6. Kabi
7. Sirasa Originals 8. Hiru News 9. Swarnavahini TV 10. HiruTV Sri Lanka
Tajikistan
General
Demographics: Population- 8,626,000 Median Age- 22.5 ; Life Expectancy- 69.7 Urban/Rural- 27% / 73%
Top Languages: Tajiki- 6,380,000 Uzbek (Northern)- 927,000
Kyrgyz- 60,100
Religion: Christian- 1.3%, Unreached- 98.5% Persecution of Christians- 58 (on a scale of 1-100 with 100 being the worst)
Other: Adult Literacy- 99.7%, Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- $1,240
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 106.68% (2016) as a % of the Population: 30.92% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Android (53%) 2. Series 40/S40 (21.5%) 3. Symbian/S60 (14.4%) 4. Windows (2.6%) 5. Windows Phone (2.1%)
Top Handsets: 1. Nokia 5228 / 5233 (5.3%) 2. Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo (3.3%) 3. Nokia Asha 311 (3.2%) 4. Nokia N8 (1.8%) 5. Nokia 5230 Nuron (1.8%) 6. Nokia Asha 305 (1.7%) 7. Nokia 6300 (1.4%) 8. Nokia Asha 308 (1.4%) 9. Nokia Asha 300 (1.3%) 10. Samsung Galaxy J5 (1.2%)
Top Free App 1. N/A Downloads- 2. N/A Android 3. N/A (7/1-12/31/16) 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A 7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
Top Free App 1. imo free video calls and chat Downloads- 2. Hotspot Shield Free Unlimited VPN iOS 3. Viber (7/1-9/30/16) 4. SHAREit - Connect & Transfer 5. WhatsApp 6. Instagram 7. Facebook 8. Retrica 9. OK.RU 10. Prisma
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 20.47% (2016) 3.77% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 30.24% Desktop (September, 2017) 3.19% Tablet 66.57% Mobile
Internet Freedom: N/A
Top Websites: 1. Google.com.tj 6. OK.ru 2. Google 7. Google.ru 3. YouTube 8. Somon.TJ 4. Mail.ru 9. Topvideo.tj 5. Yandex 10. Tajfile.tj
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 12.08%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 16.44%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: Viber
Top Social Media Site: Odnoklassniki
Facebook Penetration: 0.94% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. Ozodi 2. Рамзан Кадыров 3. Islam today
4. AdMe.ru 5. U.S. EMBASSY, DUSHANBE 6. ASIA-Plus Media Group
7. FISHKI.NET Facebook 8. В мире чудес 9. НТВ 10. Milano Moda
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. TONIGHT.TJ 2. Radioi Ozodi 3. Ahmadali Tojiddinov 4. US Embassy Dushanbe 5. Emomali Rahmon 6. Suhrob Niyozov 7. Diar Dushanbe 8. Tcell 9. Bonduelle Тоҷикистон 10. N/A
Top YouTube Channels: 1. Ozodivideo 2. Sabrinisso Valdosh
3. Барномаи "Матрица"- Тоҷикистон
4. Bonduelle Тоҷикистон 5. N/A 6. N/A
7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
Thailand
General
Demographics: Population- 68,050,000 Median Age- 38; Life Expectancy- 74.9 Urban/Rural- 50% / 50%
Top Languages: Thai- 20,020,000 (L1 Speakers) 40,000,000 (L2 Speakers)
Thai (Northeastern)- 15,000,000 Thai (Northern)- 6,000,000
Religion: Christian- 1.3%, Unreached- 98.6% Persecution of Christians- N/A
Other: Adult Literacy- 95.2%, Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- $5,620
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 172.65% (2016) as a % of the Population: 60.90% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Android (74.6%) 2. iOS (14.2%) 3. Windows (9.1%) 4. Windows Phone (0.8%) 5. Series 40/S40 (0.5%)
Top Handsets: 1. Apple iPhone (11.7%) 2. Samsung Galaxy J7 (5.2%) 3. Samsung Galaxy J2 (3.0%) 4. Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 (2.2%) 5. Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime (1.1%) 6. Samsung Galaxy J1 (0.9%) 7. Samsung Galaxy Core Prime (0.9%) 8. Samsung Galaxy A5 (0.9%) 9. Samsung Galaxy Note II (0.9%) 10. Samsung Galaxy Core Prime (0.8%)
Top Free App 1. Messenger Downloads- 2. Facebook Android 3. LINE: Free Calls & Messages (7/1-12/31/16) 4. 4shared 5. JOOX Music 6. Facebook Lite 7. Instagram 8. Slither.io 9. Camera360 10. Pokémon GO
Top Free App 1. JOOX Music Downloads- 2. Line iOS 3. Messenger (7/1-9/30/16) 4. Facebook 5. YouTube 6. LINE 熊大農場 7. Pokémon GO 8. Super Adventures World HD 9. Metal Slug : Contra Rambo 10. Instagram
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 47.50% (2016) 17.16% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 29.41% Desktop (September, 2017) 3.86% Tablet 66.73% Mobile
Internet Freedom: Not Free
Top Websites: 1. Google.co.th 6. Lazada.co.th 2. YouTube 7. Live.com 3. Facebook 8. Yahoo 4. Google 9. Sanook 5. Pantip 10. Kapook
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 79.9%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 1.38%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: Line
Top Social Media Site: Facebook
Facebook Penetration: 67.35% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. Facebook for Every Phone 2. ตัน ภาสกรนที 3. YouLike (คลิปเด็ด)
4. เร่ืองเลาเชานี ้ 5. Khaosod - ขาวสด 6. บิณฑ บรรลือฤทธิ ์
7. สิ่งเลก็ๆท่ีเรียกวารัก 8. Take Me Out Thailand 9. BBTV Channel7 10. Thairath
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. นิชคุณ Buck หรเวชกุล 2. WOODY 3. Stamp 4. เตอ ฉันทวิชช 5. cuttO 6. joeyboy 7. V.Vajiramedhi 8. Opal Panisara 9. JS100 10. vip
Top YouTube Channels: 1. GMM GRAMMY OFFICIAL 2. Genierock 3. RsiamMusic : อารสยาม 4. rsfriends 5. TV3 Official 6. welovekamikaze
7. ชอง one 8. WorkpointOfficial
9. GMM GRAMMY GOLD 10. VRZOchannel
Tunisia
General
Demographics: Population- 11,347,000 Median Age- 31.2; Life Expectancy- 75.3 Urban/Rural- 67% / 33%
Top Languages: Arabic (Tunisian Spoken)- 10,800,000 French- 11,000 (L1 Speakers), 5,890,000 (L2 Speakers); Shilha Berber- 50,000
Religion: Christian- 0.4%, Unreached- 99.2% Persecution of Christians- 61 (on a scale of 1-100 with 100 being the worst)
Other: Adult Literacy- 82.6%, Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- $3,970
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 125.82% (2016) as a % of the Population: 72.23% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Series 40/S40 (47.8%) 2. Android (18.1%) 3. Symbian/S60 (6.6%) 4. Samsung Proprietary (5.0%) 5. Blackberry (1.6%)
Top Handsets: 1. Nokia Asha 311 (3.7%) 2. Nokia 200 (3.1%) 3. Nokia 110 (2.9%) 4. Nokia X2-02 (2.2%) 5. Nokia 206 (2.2%) 6. Nokia Asha 205 (2.2%) 7. Nokia 112 (2.0%) 8. Nokia C1-01 (1.9%) 9. Nokia 2700 classic (1.9%) 10. Nokia Asha 210 (1.8%)
Top Free App 1. Messenger Downloads- 2. Facebook Android 3. Facebook Lite (7/1-12/31/16) 4. Instagram 5. Viber 6. Candy Camera 7. Dlilek Mlak 8. Messenger Lite 9. Subway Surfers 10. WhatsApp
Top Free App 1. Messenger Downloads- 2. Facebook iOS 3. Instagram (7/1-9/30/16) 4. YouTube 5. Viber 6. Snapchat 7. WhatsApp 8. Pokémon Camp 9. Lumyer - Free Live Photo Editor 10. Colouring Book for Me
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 50.88% (2016) 12.99% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 63.92% Desktop (September, 2017) 2.42% Tablet 33.66% Mobile
Internet Freedom: Partly Free
Top Websites: 1. YouTube 6. Yahoo 2. Google.tn 7. Wikipedia 3. Facebook 8. Instagram 4. Google 9. Tayara.tn 5. Google.fr 10. 365planetwinall.net
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 47.6%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 1.68%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: Messenger
Top Social Media Site: Facebook
Facebook Penetration: 50.45% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. Facebook for Every Phone 2. Mosaique FM 3. Elhiwar Ettounsi
4. Jawhara FM 5. Nessma تقف نفسك .6
7. Orange (1) 8. Orange (2) 9. Ooredoo Tunisie 10. Shems FM
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. صابر الرباعي 2. Radio Mosaïque FM 3. Nawaat 4. Fakhri Ezzina محمد المنصف المرزوقي .5 6. ShemsFm 7. Radio Expressfm 8. Haythem El Mekki 9. Tunivisions 10. Tuniscope
Top YouTube Channels: 1. Elhiwar Ettounsi 2. Klay BBJ Official Channel 3. Attessia TV 4. SHEMS FM 5. Latifa Al Tunisia 6. Sanfara Topolino 09
7. Yosra Mahnouch یسرا محنوش 8. Nawaat 9. Zoom Tunisia 10. infostunisie
Turkey
General
Demographics: Population- 79,418,000 Median Age- 28.8; Life Expectancy- 75.8 Urban/Rural- 73% / 27%
Top Languages: Turkish- 66,500,000 Kurdish (Northern)- 8,130,000 Zazaki Southern)- 1,500,000
Religion: Christian- 0.4%, Unreached- 99.5% Persecution of Christians- 57 (on a scale of 1-100 with 100 being the worst)
Other: Adult Literacy- 95.5%, Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- $9,950
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 96.87% (2016) as a % of the Population: 76.64% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Android (53.4%) 2. Symbian/S60 (11.4%) 3. Series 40/S40 (10.5%) 4. Windows (4.7%) 5. Blackberry (3.7%)
Top Handsets: 1. Apple iPhone (3.3%) 2. Samsung S5610 (2.4%) 3. Samsung Galaxy Ace (2.1%) 4. Nokia C3 (2.0%) 5. Samsung Galaxy SIII Mini (1.8%) 6. Nokia 500 (1.8%) 7. Nokia N8 (1.5%) 8. Nokia C5 (1.5%) 9. Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 (1.3%) 10. Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo (1.3%)
Top Free App 1. WhatsApp Downloads- 2. Messenger Android 3. Facebook (7/1-12/31/16) 4. Instagram 5. Snapchat 6. letgo: Buy & Sell Used Stuff 7. Turkcell Hesabım 8. AliExpress Shopping App 9. Subway Surfers 10. 360 Security - Antivirus Boost
Top Free App 1. WhatsApp Downloads- 2. Instagram iOS 3. Messenger (7/1-9/30/16) 4. Facebook 5. Snapchat 6. YouTube 7. Prisma 8. Bitmoji Keyboard - Your Avatar Emoji 9. Google Maps - Navigation & Transport 10. Taxi Sim 2016
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 58.35% (2016) 18.24% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 31.46% Desktop (September, 2017) 3.00% Tablet 65.54% Mobile
Internet Freedom: Partly Free
Top Websites: 1. Google.com.tr 6. Hürriyet 2. YouTube 7. Instagram
3. Google 8. Milliyet 4. Facebook 9. Sabah 5. Sahibinden 10. Live.com
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 42.7%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 0.95%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: WhatsApp
Top Social Media Site: Facebook
Facebook Penetration: 59.69% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. Facebook for Every Phone 2. Galatasaray 3. Fenerbahçe
4. Baho 5. Cem Yılmaz 6. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
7. 101 YüzBir Okey Plus 8. Beşiktaş 9. Arkadaşım Hoşgeldin 10. Hikmet Anıl Öztekin
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. Cem Yılmaz 2. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 3. Abdullah Gül 4. Galatasaray SK 5. atademirer 6. NTV 7. okan bayulgen 8. NTV Spor 9. Demet Akalin Kurt 10. Fenerbahçe SK
Top YouTube Channels: 1. netd müzik 2. KanalD 3. Poll Production 4. OHA diyorum 5. YAPYAP 6. NDNG - Enes Batur
7. Kiralık Aşk 8. Show TV 9. FOX 10. Düşyeri
Turkmenistan
General
Demographics: Population- 5,385,000 Median Age- 26.4; Life Expectancy- 66.3 Urban/Rural- 50% / 50%
Top Languages: Turkmen- 3,430,000 Uzbek (Northern)- 317,000 Balochi (Western)- 28,000
Religion: Christian- 3.1%, Unreached- 95.7% Persecution of Christians- 66 (on a scale of 1-100 with 100 being the worst)
Other: Adult Literacy- 99.7%, Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- $7,510
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 157.87% (2016) as a % of the Population: 4.82% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Android (70.3%) 2. Series 40/S40 (17.1%) 3. Windows (7.7%) 4. iOS (2.1%) 5. Symbian/S60 (1.4%)
Top Handsets: 1. Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace (2.6%) 2. Nokia 2700 classic (2.4%) 3. Nokia C2-01 (2.0%) 4. Nokia Asha 305 (2.0%) 5. Apple iPhone (2.0%) 6. Samsung Galaxy J5 (1.9%) 7. Samsung Galaxy J2 (1.6%) 8. Nokia X2-02 (1.5%) 9. Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge (1.4%) 10. Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo (1.3%)
Top Free App 1. N/A Downloads- 2. N/A Android 3. N/A (7/1-12/31/16) 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A 7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
Top Free App 1. Speedify - Faster, More Reliable Internet Downloads- 2. Line iOS 3. FREE VPN For iPhone And iPad (7/1-9/30/16) 4. SHAREit - Connect & Transfer 5. Prisma 6. Unlimited Free VPN by Hexatech 7. Free VPN Proxy by Snap VPN 8. N/A (Pornographic) 9. VPN HexaTech - Free Proxy VPN 10. Flip Diving
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 17.99% (2016) 1.32% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 19.42% Desktop (September, 2017) 2.18% Tablet 78.40% Mobile
Internet Freedom: N/A
Top Websites: 1. OK.ru 6. Google.ru 2. Yandex 7. VK 3. Mail.ru 8. YouTube 4. Google.tm 9. AliExpress 5. Google 10. Wikipedia
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: N/A
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 3.06%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: Line
Top Social Media Site: Odnoklassniki (OK.ru)
Facebook Penetration: 0.27% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. Turkmenistan 2. U.S. Embassy, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
3. Azatlyk Radiosy 4. SalamTurkmen
5. Turkmen Cafe 6. Телеканал ТНТ
7. Turkmenistan Airlines 8. Turkmen Dostluk 9. Интерны 10. Polimeks
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. N/A 2. N/A 3. N/A 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A 7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
Top YouTube Channels: 1. N/A 2. N/A 3. N/A 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A
7. N/A 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
United Arab Emirates
General
Demographics: Population- 9,216,000 Median Age- 33.3; Life Expectancy- 77.1 Urban/Rural- 86% / 14%
Top Languages: Arabic (Gulf Spoken)- 2,880,000 Pashto (Northern)- 598,000
Balochi (Southern)- 468,000
Religion: Christian- 3.3%, Unreached- 91.4% Persecution of Christians- 55 (on a scale of 1-100 with 100 being the worst)
Other: Adult Literacy- 92.8%, Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- $43,170
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 204.02% (2016) as a % of the Population: 113.20% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Android (86.7%) 2. iOS (7.1%) 3. Windows (1.6%) 4. Windows Phone (1.1%) 5. Blackberry (0.9%)
Top Handsets: 1. Apple iPhone (6.6%) 2. Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime (5.0%) 3. Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 (2.7%) 4. Samsung Galaxy J5 (1.8%) 5. Samsung Galaxy J1 (1.8%) 6. Lenovo A6000 (1.6%) 7. Samsung Galaxy J7 (1.5%) 8. Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (1.3%) 9. Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace (1.2%) 10. Samsung Galaxy Core Prime (1.1%)
Top Free App 1. WhatsApp Downloads- 2. imo free video calls and chat Android 3. Messenger (7/1-12/31/16) 4. Facebook 5. SHAREit: File Transfer, Sharing 6. Skype - free IM & video calls 7. TP Smart 8. imo beta free calls and text 9. Free Dialer 10. SuperVPN Free VPN Client
Top Free App 1. iTunes U Downloads- 2. WhatsApp iOS 3. Snapchat (7/1-9/30/16) 4. Bitmoji Keyboard - Your Avatar Emoji 5. imo free video calls and chat 6. Snap VPN-Free VPN proxy 7. Instagram 8. Prisma 9. Google Duo 10. Google Maps
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 91.60% (2016) 52.00% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 37.06% Desktop (September, 2017) 3.00% Tablet 59.94% Mobile
Internet Freedom: Not Free
Top Websites: 1. Google.ae 6. Live.com 2. YouTube 7. Souq.com 3. Google 8. Wikipedia 4. Facebook 9. Dubizzle 5. Yahoo 10. LinkedIn
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 91.99%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 0.84%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: WhatsApp
Top Social Media Site: Facebook
Facebook Penetration: 85.1% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. Facebook for Every Phone Facebook 2. AWOK.com 3. Etisalat UAE
4. Souq.com 5. HRH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum 6. Emirates
7. Samsung Mobile 8. Facebook 9. New Jobs in Dubai 10. Carrefour UAE
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. العربیة عاجل قناة العربیة .2 3. HH Sheikh Mohammed 4. Ahlam - احالم قناة الحدث .5 6. Mustafa agha العربیة ریاضة .7 8. Aljassmi 7@) حسین الجسمي F.A فارس عوض .9 10. Sky News Arabia
Top YouTube Channels: 1. AlAanTV 2. AlArabiya 3. Star Academy Arabia 4. Hussain Al Jassmi 5. Visit Dubai 6. ArabGT.com
سكاي نیوز عربیة .7 8. alishanmao 9. ETMinternational 10. The du Channel
Uzbekistan
General
Demographics: Population- 30,237,000 Median Age- 26.3; Life Expectancy- 69.4 Urban/Rural- 36% / 64%
Top Languages: Uzbbek (Northern)- 21,300,000 Russian- 4,070,000 Tajiki- 1,260,000
Religion: Christian- 4.5%, Unreached- 93.0% Persecution of Christians- 71 (on a scale of 1-100 with 100 being the worst)
Other: Adult Literacy- 99.6%, Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- $2,150
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 77.33% (2016) as a % of the Population: 9.61% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Android (39.2%) 2. Series 40/S40 (38.1%) 3. Symbian/S60 (9.0%) 4. Windows (3.7%) 5. iOS (2.6%)
Top Handsets: 1. Nokia X2-00 (2.7%) 2. Nokia C2-01 (2.6%) 3. Apple iPhone (2.4%) 4. Nokia 206 (2.3%) 5. Nokia Asha 311 (2.2%) 6. Nokia 6303 classic (2.1%) 7. Nokia 2700 classic (2.1%) 8. Nokia 6300 (1.9%) 9. Nokia Asha 300 (1.7%) 10. Samsung Galaxy S II (1.5%)
Top Free App 1. Telegram Downloads- 2. SHAREit: File Transfer, Sharing Android 3. imo free video calls and chat (7/1-12/31/16) 4. WhatsApp 5. Instagram 6. OK.RU 7. Facebook 8. OLX.uz 9. UC Browser - Fast Download 10. Messenger
Top Free App 1. Telegram Downloads- 2. imo free video calls and chat iOS 3. Instagram (7/1-9/30/16) 4. Prisma 5. SHAREit - Connect & Transfer 6. Facebook 7. Messenger 8. Files - File Browser & Manager 9. WhatsApp 10. Pokemon Dam - Free game
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 46.79% (2016) 6.39% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 47.14% Desktop (September, 2017) 1.70% Tablet 51.16% Mobile
Internet Freedom: Not Free
Top Websites: 1. Google 6. Yandex 2. OK.ru 7. Mover.uz 3. YouTube 8. OLX (Uzbekistan) 4. Mail.ru 9. AliExpress 5. VK 10. Google.ru
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 23.9%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 3.83%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: Telegram
Top Social Media Site: Odnoklassniki
Facebook Penetration: 1.72% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. Ozodlik Radiosi 2. Sevara Nazarkhan 3. Beeline Uzbekistan
4. AdMe.ru 5. Ucell 6. Рамзан Кадыров
7. BBC Uzbek 8. Kun.uz 9. В мире чудес 10. U.S. Embassy Tashkent
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. Peter Odemwingie 2. Milana Vayntrub 3. Beeline Uzbekistan 4. Googoosha 5. Ozodlik Radiosi 6. U.S.Embassy Tashkent 7. Daryo 8. Ucell 9. Uz.CA-News 10. UzDaily.uz
Top YouTube Channels: 1. Ozodlik Radiosi 2. BBC Uzbek 3. ucellofficial 4. Beeline Uzbekistan 5. Хасан Мамасаидов 6. Bonduelle Oʻzbekiston
7. vkurseuz 8. N/A 9. N/A 10. N/A
Yemen
General
Demographics: Population- 27,397,000 Median Age- 19.3; Life Expectancy- 65.7 Urban/Rural- 35% / 65%
Top Languages: Arabic (Sanaani)- 7,600,000 Arabic (Ta’izzi/Adeni)- 6,760,000 Arabic (Hadrami)- 300,000
Religion: Christian- 0.2%, Unreached- 99.6% Persecution of Christians- 85 (on a scale of 1-100 with 100 being the worst)
Other: Adult Literacy- 70.2%, Avg. Annual Income (GNI) Per Person- $1,300
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions 67.17% (2016) as a % of the Population: 14.41% (2006)
Mobile Operating System: 1. Android (80.6%) 2. Series 40/S40 (4.9%) 3. Symbian/S60 (4.8%) 4. Windows (4.1%) 5. iOS (2.8%)
Top Handsets: 1. Samsung Galaxy S3 CDMA (9.4%) 2. Samsung Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch (6.1%) 3. Apple iPhone (2.7%) 4. Samsung Galaxy S4 CDMA (2.2%) 5. ZTE Source (1.5%) 6. Samsung Galaxy Discover (1.5%) 7. Samsung Galaxy S5 (1.3%) 8. Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 (1.2%) 9. Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo (1.2%) 10. Samsung Galaxy Stellar 4G I200 (1.1%)
Top Free App 1. WhatsApp Downloads- 2. Facebook Android 3. Messenger (7/1-12/31/16) 4. imo free video calls and chat 5. Facebook Lite 6. UC Browser - Fast Download 7. Twitter 8. Psiphon Pro 9. AppLock 10. 7Nujoom-Live Stream Video Chat
Top Free App 1. imo free video calls and chat Downloads- 2. WhatsApp iOS 3. Facebook (7/1-9/30/16) 4. Zapya - Best file transfer tool 5. Messenger 6. TubeMate HD 2.2.6 ذكرني با� .7 8. Video Downloader & Music Player Manager ادعس یا شنب .9 10. Free Video Player for Clouds
Internet
% of Population Using the Internet: 24.58% (2016) 1.25% (2006)
Internet Access by Device Type: 23.71% Desktop (September, 2017) 1.72% Tablet 74.57% Mobile
Internet Freedom: N/A
Top Websites: 1. Google 6. Wikipedia 2. YouTube 7. Live.com 3. Yahoo 8. كووورة 4. Facebook 9. اكوام Blogger .10 یمن نت .5
Mobile High Speed Internet (Broadband) Access: 5.85%
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): 12.19%
Social Media
Top Messaging App: WhatsApp
Top Social Media Site: Facebook
Facebook Penetration: 7.11% (of total population, 2017)
Top Facebook Accounts: 1. المشھد الیمني الشیخ د. محمد العریفي .2 3. SabaFon
قناة العربیة .4 5. LT Mobile 6. Al Jazeera Channel - قناة الجزیرة
د. عائض بن عبدهللا القرني .7 الدكتور فیصل القاسم .8 9. Amr Khaled 10. MTN Yemen
Top Twitter Accounts: 1. توكل كرمان مأرب برس #الیمن .2 عین الیمن األخباریة .3 مدري غال وال محبھ .4 المصدر أونالین .5 علي البخیتي .6 یمن برس #الیمن .7 8. Ahmed Alshalfi 9. Jamal Benomar شباب الُسنة في الیمن .10
Top YouTube Channels: 1. اغاني الیمن الروح والفن أحلى فیدیو .2 روابط .3 فیدیو مشكل .4 5. Hemmat Shabab 6. Sabafon Yemen
7. Yemen Kuwait Bank 8. Gamenker قیمنكر 9. ustchannel 10. MTN Yemen
Appendix A
Data Sources
General
Demographics: Population: https://joshuaproject.net/global_list/countries
Median Age: https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/publications/files/key_findings_wpp_2015.pdf
Life Expectancy: http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.688
Urban/Rural: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS
Languages: https://www.ethnologue.com/browse/countries
Religion: % Christian/Unreached: https://joshuaproject.net/global/countries
Persecution of Christians: https://www.statista.com/statistics/271002/persecution-of-christians-worldwide/
Alternatively, freedom of religion can be found at: http://www.pewforum.org/files/2016/06/Restrictions2016appendixE.pdf
Other: Adult Literacy: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/Documents/literacy-statistics-trends-1985-2015.pdf
Average Annual Income: http://databank.worldbank.org/data/reports.aspx?source=2&type=metadata&series=NY.GNP.PCAP.CD
Mobile
Mobile Phone Subscriptions as a % of the Population: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.CEL.SETS.P2
Mobile Operating System Percentages: https://partner.buzzcity.com/campaignplanner.php (choose country via
dropdown box on bottom right. Under map click on “Platform / OS”)
Top Handsets: https://partner.buzzcity.com/campaignplanner.php (choose country via
dropdown box on bottom right. Under map click on “Handset Model”)
Top Free Google Play Store (Android) https://www.appannie.com/apps/google-play/top-chart/ (requires free
App Downloads: registration to use site. Free version limits users to viewing one day’s
downloads at a time)
Top Free iOS App Downloads: https://www.appannie.com/apps/ios/top-chart/ (requires free registration to
use site. Free version limits users to only being able to view one day’s
downloads at a time)
Appendix A
Data Sources (continued)
Internet % of Population Using the Internet: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS
Internet Access by Device Type: http://gs.statcounter.com/#desktop+mobile+tablet-comparison-DZ-monthly-
201602-201701 (change date range and country as needed)
Internet Freedom: https://freedomhouse.org/report/table-country-scores-fotn-2016
Top Websites: You can find most of the listings of top 50 websites by country at Alexa’s or
Similar Web’s country listing pages (http://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries
and https://www.similarweb.com/country). That said, there are a number of
countries that Similar Web and Alexa have details for but which are not listed
on those pages. If you do not see your country of interest listed, use a search
engine and do a search for the country name, “websites” and “Similar Web”
and/or “Alexa” to find the ranked listing of the top 50 websites being accessed
in that country.
Due to differences in results presented by Alexa and Similar Web, it was
decided combine the “scores” of websites listed in the top 20 on both sites and
then use the top ten scoring sites from that for the top ten websites listing in
this document. Scoring was done by reverse scoring the top 20 sites (i.e. give
the #1 site a score of 20 and the #20 site a score of 1) on both Alexa and
Similar Web and adding the two separate scores for each website together
(when listed on both Alexa and Similar Web) to find the highest scoring sites.
Mobile High Speed Internet http://www.broadbandcommission.org/Documents/reports/bb-annualreport2016.pdf (Broadband) Access: (see Annex 3, pages 92-3)
Cost of 500MB Mobile Broadband https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/publications/misr2016/MISR2016-w4.pdf (prepaid) as % of Income (GNI): (see Table 4.8, page 136)
Appendix A
Data Sources (continued)
Social Media
Top Messaging App: https://www.similarweb.com/blog/popular-messaging-apps-by-country
Top Social Media Site: Follow the same methodology as used in “Top Websites” (previous page) to find the
top scoring social media site. Check sites you are unfamiliar with- sites like Weibo and
VK are actually very popular social media sites and may beat more widely known sites
like Facebook in certain countries.
Facebook Penetration: Internet World Stats http://www.internetworldstats.com/ provides relatively up-to-date
figures on the number of Facebook users per country. Countries are found in their
respective continent listings -
Africa http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats1.htm
Americas http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats2.htm
Asia http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats3.htm
Europe http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats4.htm
European Union http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats9.htm
Middle East http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats5.htm
Oceania http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats6.htm
Top Facebook Pages: https://www.socialbakers.com/statistics/facebook/ (you will want to create a free
personal account in order to be able to sort country results by “Fans from Chosen
Country”)
Top Twitter Accounts: https://www.socialbakers.com/statistics/twitter/
Top YouTube Channels: https://www.socialbakers.com/statistics/youtube/
Appendix B
On-the-Ground Media Assessment
1. Ask several people from your target audience the following:
a) What kind of phone do you have? Why did you get that phone? (particular features, cost, etc.)
b) What do you do on your phone? (talk, text, browse the internet, play games, social media, view/listen to media, take pictures, etc.)
c) How much do you get online? How do you get online (do they use their phone, wifi or cellular data, etc.)? Are you able to do it as much as you would like? (if not, ask what keeps them from doing more online) Is there anywhere you can go to get free or low-cost internet access? (is there an internet cafe, public hotspot, do they have to travel to the big city, etc.)
d) What do you do online- what websites do you like to visit?
e) Do you listen to music or watch videos online? (try to find out how easy/expensive it is- is the internet too slow? Does it cost too much? What kind of videos do they like and where do they view them?)
f) How do you get media onto your phone so you can listen/watch it offline? Where do you get it from?
g) What apps do you use? Which ones do you like and use the most? (if they don’t use apps ask what apps other people use).
h) Do you own a tablet or computer? (if so- What kind? What do they do with it?) Do many people own a tablet or computer?
2. Visit two or three local telephone sales stores and ask:
a) Which phones do you sell the most of? Why?
b) What are the most important things customers want in a new phone (battery life, price, screen size, memory, etc.)?
c) Do you have any information for the different phone companies’ pre-paid and post-paid phone line rates that I could have?
d) Do you sell media that people can put on their phones? (if so ask what kind of media is popular. If not, ask how people get media onto their phones)
Appendix B
On-the-Ground Media Assessment (continued)
3. With the information you gain from #1 and #2 fill in the following information:
a) Share three or more phones that are typically used by people in your target audience and reasons for their popularity (capabilities, price, etc.). If you would like more information about phones’ features and their operating system you can find that information here.
b) On a scale of 1 to 5 (with 1 being not at all and 5 being always) how much do people use their phones to:
1. Talk
2. Text
3. Browse the Web
4. Use social media
5. Use apps
6. Take pictures
7. Share pictures (receiving and/or sending)
8. Listen to/watch audiovisual media
9. Create audio or video recordings?
10. Share audiovisual media (receiving and/or sending)
11. Download audio/visual media from the web
c) Voice Calling
1. Is the cost of calling a factor in how much they make/receive voice calls?
2. What other factors do they mention related to making voice calls?
d) Texting
1. Is the cost of texting a factor in how much they text?
2. Is literacy a factor?
3. Are there any other factors that they mention related to how much they text?
Appendix B
On-the-Ground Media Assessment (continued)
e) Web Usage
1. Is the cost of phone-based browsing a factor to how much they use it?
2. Is access to internet service a factor to how much they use it?
3. Are there any other factors they mention that either enable them to browse the
web or prevent them from doing so?
4. What websites are popular/mentioned frequently?
5. Do people listen to/view audiovisual media online using their phones? Download it
from the web onto their phones?
f) Social Media Usage
Which social media platforms/chat messaging apps seem to be the most
mentioned/used?
g) Apps Usage
Which apps do they mention as their favorites? The ones they use the most?
h) Audio/Visual Media
1. What kind of photos do people tend to enjoy/share? Are there any commonalities
in subject matter, stylizing, etc.?
2. How do people obtain the audio/visual media they have on their phones? Are there
particular websites, individuals or locations they go to in order to get audio/visual
media?
3. How do they share audio/visual media they have on their phone with others? (i.e.
show it to others, Bluetooth it to others, transfer via microSD, file sharing app, etc.)
4. Are there any commonalities to the media that they tend to have on their
phones/share with others? (i.e. genre, style, content focus, etc.)
i) How common is it for people to own a tablet? Computer?
