Social media has provided new ways for television channels to interact with their audiences: whether informing viewers about upcoming programmes, or enabling them to interact and comment on what they have just watched. We take a look at the Top 40 MENA television stations in terms of Twitter followers and Facebook Likes:
Al Arabiya (UAE)
7,199,798
Al Jazeera Arabic (Qatar)
5,411,288
MBC1 (UAE)
3,841,676
MBC2 (UAE)
3,622,497
Al Hadath (UAE)
3,218,361
MBC Action (UAE)
2,922,788
MBC Max (UAE)
2,913,570
Al Jazeera English (Qatar)
2,458,949
MBC4 (UAE)
2,354,740
ONTV (Egypt)
2,353,375
Al Jazeera Mubasher (Qatar)
2,134,110
Sky News Arabia (UAE)
1,878,340
MBC Drama (UAE)
1,617,430
BeIN Sports (Qatar)
1,605,377
MBC3 (UAE)
1,173,877
Alhurra (USA)
886,299
Alsumaria TV (Lebanon)
852,640
MBC Masr (UAE)
828,827
Medi 1 TV (Morocco)
697,006
MTV Lebanon (Lebanon)
686,121
Al Tahrir TV (Egypt)
681,105
Al Jadeed TV (Lebanon)
609,882
Al Baghdadia TV (Egypt)
510,751
LBC International (Lebanon)
492,008
Al Mayadeen TV (Lebanon)
467,820
Roya TV (Jordan)
363,521
OSN (UAE)
356,304
Abu Dhabi Sports (UAE)
329,974
Al Kass TV (Qatar)
325,871
Al Alam News Network (Iran)
297,789
Al Manar TV (Lebanon)
280,083
Fatafeat TV (UAE)
279,970
Dubai TV (UAE)
275,630
2M TV (Morocco)
253,026
Al Aqsa TV (Palestine)
246,138
Al Riyadiyah (Saudi Arabia)
245,294
Dubai Sports Channel (UAE)
231,701
Addounia TV (Syria)
230,862
Oman TV (Oman)
228,141
TEN Sports (UAE)
* Twitter followers on 31 January 2016
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Facebook Likes
Abu Dhabi TV (UAE)
56,092,485
National Geo Abu Dhabi (UAE)
15,463,503
Al Arabiya TV (UAE)
14,363,564
Al Jazeera Arabic (Qatar)
14,343,284
MBC1 (UAE)
14,199,162
MBC2 (UAE)
14,071,155
MBC Masr (UAE)
13,616,851
BeIN Sports (Qatar)
12,805,521
MBC4 (UAE)
11,580,980
Iqraa TV (Saudi Arabia)
10,609,422
Al Jazeera Mubasher (Qatar)
9,745,943
MBC Action (UAE)
8,149,233
Zee Aflam (UAE)
8,056,178
MBC3 (UAE)
7,953,463
MBC Bollywood (UAE)
7,907,564
Sky News Arabia (UAE)
7,829,531
Zee Alwan (UAE)
7,049,034
Al Jazeera Documentary (Qatar)
6,852,604
Alhurra (USA)
6,726,036
Al Jazeera English (Qatar)
6,601,770
MBC Drama (UAE)
5,768,318
Al Aan TV (UAE)
5,048,901
Mazzika TV (Egypt)
4,921,590
MBC Max (UAE)
4,721,914
Orient TV (UAE)
4,582,917
TEN Sports (UAE)
4,451,510
Al Alam News Network (Iran)
4,296,321
Fox Movies Middle East (UAE)
4,007,344
Nessma TV (Tunisia)
3,795,753
Medi 1 TV (Morocco)
3,444,451
Palestine TV (Palestine)
2,998,134
Al Baghdadia TV (Egypt)
2,967,034
Press TV (Iran)
2,945,971
MTV Lebanon (Lebanon)
2,751,917
Ettounsiya TV (Tunisia)
2,735,874
ONTV (Egypt)
2,614,592
Fatafeat TV (UAE)
2,462,639
Roya TV (Jordan)
2,437,687
OSN (UAE)
2,306,599
Wattan TV (Palestine)
2,306,593
Abu Dhabi TV (UAE)
* Facebook Likes on 31 January 2016