An Unequal Arena: Where Hashtags Are Measured and Where Egyptians Read

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Advertising audience in Egypt, million users, January 2025

The advertising audience of X, where most hashtag campaigns are measured, is nine times smaller than Facebook's

Internet users

96.3

million, 81.9% penetration

Jan 2025

Freedom on the Net

28/100

"Not Free"

2025

Arbitrarily detained

119

over social media calls to protest

Jul 2024

Freedom House recorded the blocking of the Zawia3 website inside Egypt in February 2025, as part of the blocking of news sites by decision of the Supreme Council for Media Regulation

Source: DataReportal, Digital 2025: Egypt; Freedom House, Freedom on the Net 2025; Amnesty International, 18 July 2024