The number of Facebook users in the country has reached 64 million by January 2024.
According to the PTA report, the number of male users of Facebook is 77 per cent and the number of female users is 24 per cent. By January 2024, the number of YouTube users in the country was recorded at 71.7 million.
The number of male YouTube users is 72 per cent and the number of female users is 28 per cent.
In January 2024, the number of TikTok users in the country was recorded at 54.4 million.
The number of male users using kat talk is 78 per cent and the number of female users is 22 per cent. As of January 2024, the number of Instagram users was recorded as 17.3 million.
64 per cent of Instagram users are male and 36 per cent are female. Additionally, action is being taken against those who commit fraud with mobile phone users.
In one year, 5,294 mobile numbers involved in fraud have been blocked while 4, 507 IEMIs involved in fraud and fraud have been blocked.
Last year, ID cards of 113 people involved in fraud were blocked. PTA issued warnings to 19, 000 mobile numbers in one year.
On the other hand, the country’s telecom sector has achieved a record total revenue of Rs956 billion during the financial year 2023-24.
