2. Background
According to TKP, Internet Users In Nepal Increases Rapidly, Internet Penetration
Reaches 125% Percent.
Around 95.62 percent of people live within the coverage area of mobile tower.
23 ISPs provide internet in Nepal.
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5. Nepal Internet Users
Internet Users in Nepal :16,190,000
Total Population : 29.3 million
Share of World Internet Users: 0.8 %
Internet Users in the World: 4,208,571,287
6. Top 5 internet service providers in Nepal
Rank Internet service provider Price
1. World link 13800 per year
2. WIMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for
Microwave Access)
19110 per year
3. Classic Tech 21588 per year
4. VIANET 18999 per year
5. NCELL 40 paisa per MB
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8. Availability of Internet in urban and rural
areas
In the city areas, there are telecom operators, ISP in both wireless and Fixed
technology.
But in remote areas, the slow 2G in either GSM or and CDMA technology is
available.
The most of the rural areas still awaits high speed 3G, 4G and other broadband
services.
The internet reach can increase significantly and of good use, if such high speed
internet services reach all of the places in Nepal.
9. Number of household using internet in
rural and urban area.
Mobile phone is currently used by about 85.8% households in Nepal, mostly urban
(93.3%) as well as rural (80.8%).
Line telephones are used only by 7.5%. Cable TV is used by 37.9% households.
Although, internet and emails are the easiest communication media to get
worldwide information, currently only 11.9% households use internet,19.8% in urban
and 6.4% in rural.
13. Total Number of Social Media Users in Nepal
Social media Total number of users
Instagram 1,200,000
Twitter 2,30,0000
YouTube 3,80,0000
Pinterest 5,00,000
LinkedIn 5,40,000
15. Total Number Of Facebook Users In Nepal
Facebook Users In Nepal : 9,500,000(around 5-6 million monthly active users in
Nepal)
Some cities Facebook Users In Nepal
Facebook Users In Kathmandu : 5,400,000
Facebook Users In Butwal : 670,000
Facebook Users In Pokhara : 590,000
Facebook Users In Bharatpur : 350,000
Facebook Users In Lumbini Zone : 690,000
16. Top 3 Pages on Facebook in Nepal
Top Brand : Ncell 2409111 Fans
Top Celebrity : Rekha Thapa 3114404 Fans
Top Community : DC Nepal 2597391 Fans
Top Media : BBC Nepali 3169334 Fans
Top in Sports : Cricket Association in Nepal 504670 Fans
BBC Nepal 3 169 334 Fans
Ekantipur 3 148 964 Fans
Rekha Thapa 3 114 404 Fans
19. YouTube Nepal
Registered Users : 5.4 Million Users
Daily Visit on YouTube In Nepal : 22 Million Users
Daily Video Views on YouTube In Nepal : 100 Million Users
• Top Brand on YouTube in Nepal :NCELL
• Top Celebrity Channel on YouTube in Nepal :Music Nepal
• Top Community on YouTube in Nepal :Highlights Nepal
20. Top Channels in YouTube Nepal
Rank Channel in YouTube
Nepal
Subscribers Total uploaded videos
1 Music Nepal 710 806 views 841 318 834
2 Highlights Nepal 459 823 views 328 871 183
3 Songs Nepal 292 884 views 194 631 496
23. Top 10 popular Instagram public figures
Rank Name Followers Instagram Id
1. Promise Tamang widely known
as “The Human Chameleon”.
938k followers. @promisetamang
2. Prabal Gurung 363k followers @prabalgurung
3. Priyanka Karki 251k followers @priyanka.karki
4. Shristi Shrestha 189k followers @shristishrestha
5. Namrata Shrestha 170k followers. @namrataashrestha
6. Aditi Budhathoki 109k followers @aditi_budhathoki
7. Lemi Tamang 80.6k followers :@__lemii__
8. Tenzin Lhakyila 77.3k followers @lhakyila
9. Ayushman D.S.Joshi 46.2k followers @yatzee
10. Paramita Rana 46.7k followers @paramita_parker_rana
24. Top 3 Accounts on Twitter in Nepal
Baburam Bhattarai : 699 398 Followers
Annapurna Post :413 297 Followers
Nepal Police :365 355 Followers
• Top Brand in Nepal : Ncell 34059 Followers
• Top Celebrity in Nepal : Lok Man Singh Karki 359566 Followers
• Top Community in Nepal : Pahilo Post 229432 Followers
• Top Media in Nepal : Annapurna Post 413297 Followers
30. Conclusion
Mobile phones, the most common communication device in Nepal today has an
overwhelming majority of 96% respondents owning one at the household level, and
individually owning 90%.
Of these, slightly more than half were smartphones, and only 18% of used laptops,
desktops or tablets at home.
An estimated 8 million Nepalese are said to be on Facebook, and is popular with
both literate as well as illiterate people.
31. Conclusion
Among Internet users, Facebook was the highest (81%) with Messenger, IMO,
YouTube, Viber and WhatsApp trailing close behind.
In the 16-24 age group, Facebook use was 86%.
An overwhelming 86% of TV viewers watch programs in the evenings, and more
women watch television than men in the evenings.
The men watch more TV in the mornings. This is true across variables such as age,
province, ecological regions, caste, education and occupation.