According to the Digital UAE Profile report released by the Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA), the UAE has the highest internet usage rate in the world, with active internet users accounting for 99% of the total population.
The UAE has the highest internet penetration rate in the world, with 99% of the population actively using the internet.
So far, the download speed of smartphones in the UAE has reached 161.15MbPS, an increase of 2.3% compared with the same period last year. The download speed of fixed Internet is even more significant, reaching 207.41MbPS, a large increase.
The number of social media users in the UAE has reached 1000 million, equivalent to 105.5% of the total population and 106.6% of the number of Internet users. The average daily usage time of netizens on social media is 2.33 hours.
Meanwhile, total app downloads reached 569 million, up 16.4% year-on-year, while app purchase spending reached AED 158.7 million, up 25.3%.
In 2022, the unified digital platform of the UAE Government (U.ae) welcomed 3000 million visits. The platform integrates 221 government entities and provides 2630 digital services.
It is understood that the search function of the National Unified Digital Platform has been significantly improved with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. With this improvement, search results have achieved major breakthroughs in speed and accuracy. In the first month after the search function was launched, the portal's search volume reached 6 times, and user satisfaction with the search results was as high as 98.5%.
In addition, the digital identity application UAE Pass has made remarkable progress. Currently, the number of registered users has reached 500 million, and the application also provides nearly 15000 electronic services.
The use of the domain name ".ae" in the UAE is also increasing, with more than 30 websites registered for this domain name. In 2022 alone, the number of newly registered domain names exceeded 46000, an increase of 20%.
