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If you thought Lebanese tweet a lot, think again. Twitter use is very much on the rise in the Arab world, but we are still way behind Bahrain, UAE, KSA and Kuwait in terms of Twitter Population Penetration and Nbr of Tweets per month. Kuwait leads the way with around 60 million tweets in the month of March only, followed by KSA with 49 million, Egypt with 19 million tweets, UAE with 15M, Bahrain with 8M and Qatar with 5M. Lebanon sent out 2,759,000 tweets in March 2012.
In terms of new Twitter users between September 2011 and March 2012, Lebanon got 26,429 additional users, with a 137% increase. Lebanon stands in fifth position behind UAE, Egypt, Kuwait and KSA in first place.
In total, the total number of active Twitter users in Arab countries is now up to 1,311,882, which means that Lebanon constitutes 3.5% of the total Twitter population. [Source]
Personally speaking, I set up a Twitter account back in September 2010 but only started using it a year later. My username is LeNajib.
How accurate is that? I am assuming its measured on the “location” field that is listed in your bio… but a lot of lebanese actually live in the UAE or Qatar, not to mention that some tweeps dont like to state where they live so they write something like “planet earth†or “somewhere over the rainbow”
I think it cannot be measured accurately as long as they dont add a drop down list when choosing a country as a start at least. Dont you think?
You are right but given the huge difference in numbers between each country, I think we can say it’s accurate to a certain extent.
A lot of Lebanese live in UAE or Qatar but they won’t make that much of a difference as they are not that numerous when compared to the population there, specially in countries like KSA or Egypt maybe.
Don’t forget those who put Kuwait while they live in Lebanon for example or vice versa. I say it’s around 75% accurate.
i also have a concern,
it’s not about how much you tweet it’s more about what you tweet about.
i have many followers from Egypt, KSA, UAE… do you know what do they tweet all day? ( can i know u better? can we meet for a coffee? how old are you? you look lovely…)
this really sucks, they don’t even know what twitter is and what is its purpose.
so if this statistic is counting such tweets and such members, well the numbers look very occurred.
Tweating??? what an old fashion, try burning some tires or kidnnaping few people, and your voice will reach the whole world without any account or email address