Live commentaries, Hajj, Eid dates increased world’s interest in Hajj 2018 by 77.5% in the last 24 hours

This year Hajj is expected to begin in the evening of Sunday 19 August in Mina. Already, world’s eyes are on the city, where over 1 million Muslims across the world, will perform certain Islamic rites associated with the pilgrimage. Infoprations’ analysis has revealed that people in 44 countries have searched for Hajj 2018 and pilgrims in the last 24 hours, indicating their interest in understanding happenings on the annual global event.

Analysis shows that world’s interest in the event is being driven by live commentaries, understanding Hajj 2018, Hajj and Eid dates with 77.5%. Infoprations equally found that people developed interest in the event by seeking knowledge on it using pilgrims. The need to understand pilgrims, Hajj 2018 and pilgrims’ progress were found to be the significant factors that enhanced people’s interest in nationals of the participating countries.

Existing statistics indicates that 2.4 million pilgrims performed Hajj rites in 2017. However, the number of participants for this year is likely to be less because of various macro-economic challenges facing participating countries.