There are now more Facebook users in the Arab world than newspaper readers, according to research by Dubai-based Spot On Public Relations.
It finds there are more than 15m subscribers to the social networking site while the total number of newspaper copies in Arabic, English and French is just under 14m.
The survey of 17 countries showed that the largest number of Facebook members are in Egypt, with 3.5m users, followed by conservative Saudi Arabia.
The findings should come as no surprise because the majority of the region's more than 300m people is young and internet use is on the rise.
Sources: SpotOn PR/BBC/CyberJournalist
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