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The organizing committee of the Arab
Social Media Influencers Summit held
for the first time in Dubai in March 2015
under the patronage of His Highness
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Mak-
toum, UAE Vice-President and Prime
Minister and Ruler of Dubai, announced
that the summit had over quarter a bil-
lion contributions worldwide on social
media. Thus, the event was among the
top trending topics in the region and the
world through the discussions about the
summit on various social media sites.
This number indicates the great attention
the summit received from social media
users in the region and the world as well
as in other mainstream media, which was
keen to cover the summit, its agenda and
feedback from the public.
The hashtag of the Arab Social Media In-
fluencers Summit“#
( ”قمة_التواصل
English:
#ARABsmis) was the number one trend-
ing in the UAE and number four trend-
ing globally while the summit was taking
place. This contributed significantly in
achieving more than quarter a billion re-
lated posts.
The organizing committee thanked
various local and regional media chan-
nels that contributed in news coverage
amounting to over 800 local and regional
coverages, and rendering the event one
of the most prominent events on the me-
dia scene while taking place.
Following these significant statistics about
growing coverage of the summit on social
media and mainstream media channels,
the summit succeeded in achieving more
than 80,000 results on search engines.
This shows that social media users and
activists have positively perceived this
summit, which has no doubt filled a gap
in the field.
The organizing committee mentioned
that the summit’s website was visited
over 3 million times to view the summit
agenda, details of the speakers and de-
tails of the first edition of the social media
award, in addition to registration to attend
the summit.
The large number of visits over a short
period of time has drawn the attention of
social media specialists and enhanced
the impact of the summit in exploring the
future of social media channels, and their
latest trends and innovative methods to
use them.
Reports
3 million users check summit’s agenda on its website
Quarter billion contributions
on Dubai Social Media Summit’s channels