Facebook usage in the Middle East Rises

• Statistics released by comScorereport that Facebookgrowth in the Middle East and Africa was quite significant between June 2007 and June 2008
• In June 2008, there were 14.95 million Facebookusers in the Middle East, a 403% increase over the 2.97 million users in the previous year

Facebook users in Select Middle Eastern Countries

• Recent statistics show that Israel has one of the largest Facebookpopulations in the Middle East
• There are approximately 2.87 million Facebookusers in Israel, and about 2.25 million Facebookusers in Saudi Arabia Facebookusers in the UAE reached approximately 1.62 million
• Other countries with high Facebookusage include Lebanon and Jordan with a Facebookpopulation of 925,000