On April 1 of this year, the American corporation Google launched a version of YouTube, designed specifically for the UAE. It is located on the Internet at YouTube.co.ae and is a video platform that is part of the world's largest free collection of videos available online.
On the Emirate’s YouTube version, users will see the most popular videos uploaded to the network from the UAE, as well as those that are becoming more popular with more views. Since the creation of YouTube, residents of the Middle East have been and continue to be one of the most active users of this service. They are actively watching and uploading videos.
Recall that in February of this year, even Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, opened a personal page on YouTube. According to the press service of Sheikh Mohammed, he did this in order to better interact with the public.
Over the past few years, the number of YouTube users in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has doubled. Note that in one minute they upload as many videos that can be viewed in an hour. The total number of YouTube video views per day by MENA residents is 167 million, which allows the region to take second place in the world in using this service after the United States and ahead of Brazil.
“We are witnessing a rapid increase in service users in the MENA region and expect their number to increase, especially now that we are launching the Emirate’s domain,” said Ari Kesisoglu, Google’s managing director in the region. “Our main goal is to support and stimulate regional users increase video download. "
In 2011, local versions of YouTube were launched in Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and Yemen.
