TikTok’s first socio-economic report in Saudi Arabia reveals its rising function in Imaginative and prescient 2030, including SAR 3.9bn ($1.04bn) to GDP in 2024 and supporting 25,000 jobs.
The platform can also be driving SMB development, shopper spending, and cultural id throughout the Kingdom.
In accordance with the research, a couple of million creators and 170,000 small and medium-sized companies (SMBs) at the moment are energetic on TikTok, making it a key driver of Saudi Arabia’s digital and artistic economic system.
TikTok in Saudi Arabia
In 2024 alone, TikTok-enabled SMB exercise contributed SR3.9bn ($1.04bn) to GDP and supported over 25,000 jobs nationwide.
TikTok is intently aligned with Imaginative and prescient 2030’s goal of elevating SMBs’ GDP contribution to 35 per cent.
Its promoting instruments and free providers generated a further SR3bn ($800m) in SMB income, with 61 per cent of Saudi SMBs reporting improved model visibility.
Almost half of companies stated TikTok helped them launch new choices, whereas 42 per cent famous vital time saved on advertising and marketing.
Greater than half of creators (54 per cent) stated TikTok enabled them to succeed in their target market, making it the best platform for neighborhood constructing.
The report additionally discovered that 55 per cent of SMBs consider TikTok encourages youth entrepreneurship, whereas 23 per cent of feminine entrepreneurs stated the app impressed them to begin their enterprise.
Dr. Hatem Samman, Govt Director, Authorities Relations and Public Coverage for Saudi Arabia, TikTok stated: “TikTok’s affect in Saudi Arabia extends properly past leisure. The platform is fostering entrepreneurship, enabling job creation, and strengthening cultural id.
“We’re inspired by the speedy development of content material creation and digital innovation within the Kingdom, that are paving the best way for brand new industries and financial alternatives.”
TikTok additionally performed a central function in shopper spending, influencing SR110bn ($29.3bn) in purchases and delivering SR19bn ($5.1bn) in shopper surplus in 2024.
Past economics, the platform is strengthening nationwide cultural id. The report discovered that 88 per cent of Saudis consider TikTok fosters nationwide satisfaction, whereas 42 per cent stated it helped them uncover new home locations.
Globally, 30 per cent of TikTok customers stated Saudi content material impressed them to go to the Kingdom.
