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Analyzing a shift in music consumption in COVID-19 times in the Middle East

By Elie Habib, Co founder & Chairman, Anghami

Anghami wanted to get a status check on how the Middle East has been consuming music during the Covid19 pandemic and ensuring social distancing & work from home shifts. They have analyzed streams between March 1 and April 1 across territories and have discovered many new patterns. Here is what they shared:

Driving while listening to music started dropping in Lebanon as of March 10, in Saudi Arabia, Egypt & Kuwait as of March 13, in Iraq as of March 18, USA as of March 23 and Australia as of March 26 – average a whooping 65% drop. The dates almost match the restrictions introduced by the governments of the respective countries. Some people are still driving albeit less frequently.

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