In 2022, the main reason for social media usage in the UAE was to keep in touch with friends and family accounting for 53.4 percent, followed by filling spare time accounting for 34 percent. The total number of active social media users in the country for that year was about 9.98 million.
Reasons for social media usage in the United Arab Emirates in 2022
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Global Media Insight. (June 13, 2022). Reasons for social media usage in the United Arab Emirates in 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1317225/uae-reasons-for-social-media-usage/
Global Media Insight. "Reasons for social media usage in the United Arab Emirates in 2022." Chart. June 13, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1317225/uae-reasons-for-social-media-usage/
Global Media Insight. (2022). Reasons for social media usage in the United Arab Emirates in 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1317225/uae-reasons-for-social-media-usage/
Global Media Insight. "Reasons for Social Media Usage in The United Arab Emirates in 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Jun 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1317225/uae-reasons-for-social-media-usage/
Global Media Insight, Reasons for social media usage in the United Arab Emirates in 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1317225/uae-reasons-for-social-media-usage/ (last visited June 01, 2024)
Reasons for social media usage in the United Arab Emirates in 2022 [Graph], Global Media Insight, June 13, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1317225/uae-reasons-for-social-media-usage/