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Social Media Saudi Arabia
Social Media Habits
As mentioned earlier, Saudi Arabia has a very young and very rapidly increasing number of internet users. Given the fact that the many Saudi Arabian internet users have only recently (within the last three years) started using the internet, their internet habits have not reached a high level of sophistication.

From what we have gathered, most internet users in Saudi Arabia :
  1. Are very interested in the general news in the regions - They use the internet to read and comment on news websites
  2. Value their anonymity - They choose to chat with their friends within their own communities (Through a private messenger such as MSN messenger). This is opposed to using social networking sites such as facebook (as of the time of this writing, only about 3% of all Saudi Arabian Internet users were on Facebook which is the most popular social networking site in Saudi Arabia.)
  3. Prefer to converse in Arabic - as can be observed from their list of most popular websites.

Facts and Figures
  • Men are more likely to have access to Internet than the women
  • Majority of the Internet users are college and high school graduates and a large portion is concentrated in three major cities i.e., Riyadh, Dammam and Jeddah.
  • Majority of the users pay the cost of the Internet connection and regular users access it from home.
  • A large number of occasional users prefer public facilities.
  • Slow Internet speed, delay to download pages and cost of access are some of the major difficulties faced by the users.
  • Majority of the Internet users in Saudi Arabia are new to this medium.
  • More experienced users spend more time on-line than the new users.
  • Men spend more time on-line for work related activities
  • Women spend more time for fun related activities.
  • This medium is helping people to be more connected to like-minded people,in particular familymembers, people in the same profession and people sharing similar hobbies.
  • Internet use affects other social and personal patterns of behavior, in particular watching TV, reading books and talking on phone.
  • Majority of the Internet users in Saudi Arabia agree that eCommerce will make life easier.
  • In businesses, Internet is being used for training and development.
  • Currently majority of the users prefer not to take on-line courses on the Internet because these courses are not considered equivalent to regular courses in the country.
For the full comprehensive and detailed report, please proceed to the following link;
https://eprints.kfupm.edu.sa/102/1/Sait_SCI_July2002.pdf




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