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Arabic music's big summer on Anghami: Hamaki's 71m streams, and what the numbers don't say
Anghami says summer 2026 was one of its strongest for Arabic music, led by Mohamed Hamaki's album with 71 million streams and 18 of its Top 20 chart slots. Behind the charts is a company whose US$99.3m revenue and 3.5 million paid subscribers include a video service, and whose growth runs through telcos, device bundles and exclusives. Here is what that means for independent Arabic artists.
16 Sept 2026Industryvia Anghami Inc. via SEC EDGAR
The 2026 global music map: Latin America +17.1%, MENA and sub-Saharan Africa +15.2%, the US +3.5%
IFPI says recorded music revenue grew 6.4% to US$31.7bn in 2025, with growth in every region and Latin America fastest at 17.1%. The percentages point to the Global South, but the dollars still mostly come from the US, Canada and Europe, and the fast-growing regions grew more slowly than a year earlier. Here is how an independent artist should read the map.
18 Mar 2026Industryvia IFPI

Arabic music's big summer on Anghami: Hamaki's 71m streams, and what the numbers don't say