Saudi paid streaming subscribers (Shahid)
~5 million Saudi paid subscribers on MBC's Shahid platform
محور Vibrant Society2 مصدراًآخر تحقّق 2026-05-18
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المؤشّر الرئيسي
Saudi paid streaming subscribers (Shahid)
~5M
2025~5 million Saudi paid subscribers on MBC's Shahid platform
من بين الناشرين: SPA · Arab News
القصّة
قبل
Arabic-language streaming was nascent. Saudi audiences relied heavily on imported content.
المبادرة
MBC, headquartered in Saudi, repositioned Shahid as a paid streaming platform with original Arabic content — approximately 40% Saudi-language originals.
النتيجة
Approximately 5 million paid Saudi subscribers now use Shahid. Direct Saudi-media employment is 50-70K workers.
للمواطنين
Saudi stories, in Saudi dialects, on Saudi screens. A media industry now produces and distributes content for and by Saudi audiences.
محطّات زمنيّة
2020
Shahid pivots to paid streaming
2025
~5M Saudi paid subscribers
مكتبة الأدلّة · 2 مصدراً
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المبادرة: MBC content strategy; Saudi-originals commissioning; Vision 2030 media reforms. فئة الأثر على المواطن: Cultural life.