The latest EMS figures released by IPSOS show CNN as the topmost news brand in the Middle East and Africa, reaching a larger audience than all direct news competitors in every metric across both regions on TV, digital and cross-platform. Every month, CNN reaches 59% of Africas upscale population and 37% of affluents in the Middle East […]
The latest EMS figures released by IPSOS show CNN as the topmost news brand in the Middle East and Africa, reaching a larger audience than all direct news competitors in every metric across both regions on TV, digital and cross-platform.
Every month, CNN reaches 59% of Africas upscale population and 37% of affluents in the Middle East via TV and digital platforms*. It weekly reach is also impressive with 52% in Africa and 24% in Middle East, and respective daily reach at 32% and 11%. This puts CNN ahead of direct international news competitors such as the BBC, Sky, CNBC, Euronews and Bloomberg in every cross-platform metric**, and follows CNN being named the international news brand with highest cross-platform monthly reach in the EMS Europe survey.
In TV, CNN International is the number one international news channel in both Africa and the Middle East, well ahead of BBC, Sky, CNBC, Euronews and Bloomberg in both regions. CNNs Africa reach is 55% monthly, 48% weekly, and 28% daily, whilst Middle East reach is 32% monthly, 19% weekly and 9% daily.
CNN Digital (combined CNN.com, CNN Money, and in the Middle East CNN Arabic) also tracks ahead of international news competitors in both markets, with 11% monthly reach in the Middle East and 23% monthly reach in Africa. CNNs mobile performance in Africa is particularly strong, with 10% of all the continents affluents using CNN on mobile every month.
CNN is also unrivalled amongst international news competitors in reaching all key affluent audiences of Business Decision Makers (71% cross platform monthly reach in Africa; 40% Middle East), Opinion Leaders (79% Africa, 41% Middle East), C-Suites (63% Africa, 44% Middle East), High Income Earners (75% Africa, 35% Middle East), and International Business Travellers (76% Africa, 40% Middle East).
Africa and the Middle East continue to be strategically important regions for all news channels given the coverage of stories arising from them, said Rani R. Raad, Chief Commercial Officer, CNN.
Equally, from a commercial perspective, CNN has an unrivalled track record across these regions as we build successful long-standing partnerships and relationships across all sectors. Even though business leaders and opinion formers can choose from an ever greater number of content providers, this latest data shows that they are coming to CNN more than anyone else for unparalleled, unrivalled and objective news and information.
