In 2020, the messenger application with the highest share of users in Saudi Arabia was WhatsApp at about 71 percent. It was followed by Snapchat at a share of about 45 percent. The total number of active social media users in the country for that year was about 25 million.
Share of messenger application users in Saudi Arabia in 2020, by app
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Global Media Insight. (September 8, 2020). Share of messenger application users in Saudi Arabia in 2020, by app [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1202776/saudi-arabia-share-of-messenger-app-users-by-app/
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Global Media Insight. (2020). Share of messenger application users in Saudi Arabia in 2020, by app. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1202776/saudi-arabia-share-of-messenger-app-users-by-app/
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