Media

Number of mass media registered in Azerbaijan (sources: information from organs of state (Presidentail Administration, Ministry of Justice), journalist organisation (“Yeni Nesil” Union, Press Council) accounts)

Number of functioning mass media and other media organizations in Azerbaijan (source: Information from organs of state (Presidential Administration, Ministry of Justice) accounts of journalist organizations (“Yeni Nesil” Union, Press Council)

Number of mass media / years		2018	2016	2014	2012	2010	2008
TV Channels	Nationwide	11	7	10	9	7	7
	Regional	13	14	14	14	14	14
	Satellite	4	1	1	1
	Cable	17	15	14	14		12
	İnternet	25
Radio channels		16	14	14	14	14	11
Information agencies		<50	<50	<50	<50	<50	<30
Online news websites and analytic websites		<250	300	>300	>100	<70	<40
Newspaper, journals	Published at least once a month	300	300	350	350	330	300
Newspaper, journals	Published daily	28	32	32	33	36	35
Journalist organizations		<50	<50	<50	53	50	>50

Number of newspapers and journals prints circulating via postal service in Azerbaijan (source: State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan)

Information society in Azerbaijan (main macro indications) 2018- 2019 (source: State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan)

Media, internet, phone commutation user statistics

Internet user distribution		2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Based on environment	Home	40,9	56,5	65,2	67,5	68,0	68,5
	Internet cafe	7,7	6,5	3,7	3,5	3,6	3,4
	Office	21,7	21,4	18,1	17,1	17,3	17,6
	Educational Institute	9,5	9,7	8,8	8,1	8,2	8,0
	Library	0,6	0,5	0,5	0,5	0,5	0,6
	Other	19,6	5,4	3,7	3,3	2,4	1,9

Based on frequency of usage	Daily	76,2	76,7	80,9	81,3	81,6	81,7
	Minimum once a week	21,0	20,7	16,6	16,4	16,1	15,9
	Minimum once a month	2,1	1,9	1,8	1,7	1,6	1,5
	Once every 3 months	0,7	0,7	0,7	0,6	0,7	0,9

Based on age group	>24	41,2	46,1	40,1	42,9	42,5	41,9
	25-34	21,1	23,1	25,1	24,7	25,0	25,2
	35-64	37,6	30,7	34,7	32,3	32,4	32,8
	>65	0,1	0,1	0,1	0,1	0,1	0,1

Based on education	Primary-secondary education	51,0	57,6	59,6	61,2	61,4	59,8
	Tertiary education	21,2	20,8	18,1	18,7	18,6	18,9
	Higher education	27,8	21,6	22,3	20,1	20,0	21,3

Based of purpose of use	Looking up information	29,6	29,1	29,0	29,4	30,4	29,7
	Contacting	29,7	29,8	29,7	29,8	29,1	29,6
	Education	7,0	7,3	6,9	6,7	6,8	7,0
	Entertainment (games, music)	20,3	19,6	18,7	18,1	18,3	17,6
	Buying/selling commodities	1,4	1,4	1,4	1,5	1,3	1,4
	Contact with the government	12,0	12,8	14,3	14,5	14,1	14,7

Social media user statistics in Azerbaijan in 2018-2019 (source: mobile, internet, social media, and e-commerce user statistics in Azerbaijan in 2019 – Hootsuite, We Are Social)

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