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Saudi Arabia

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148 articles accelerating

Saudi Arabia has appeared in 148 articles since 2015-05. Coverage peaked in 2025Q2 with 9 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Saudi, Twitter, UAE, Riyadh.

Articles
148
mentions
Velocity
+40.0%
growth rate
Acceleration
+0.844
velocity change
Sources
45
publications
The Denominator
Five sovereign tech programs from five different countries produced news in a single week. The capital going in is at historic highs. The independence coming ou...

Coverage Timeline

2023-12-03
The Verge

How Saudi Arabia's investments in gaming is remaking the industry, as the kingdom aims for social transformation by being a hub of game development and esports

Lewis Gordon / The Verge : X: @nitroslick . LinkedIn: Rafael Brown X: Fanbo Calrissian / @nitroslick : Oh, just a ruthless dictator slowly buying his way into and influencing another major entertainm...

2023-12-02
The Verge 1 related

How Saudi Arabia's investments in gaming is remaking the industry, as it aims for social transformation by being a hub of game development and esports

With avowed ‘massive gamer’ Mohammed bin Salman at the helm, the kingdom's insatiable appetite and bottomless riches are already remaking the global video game industry. X: @nitroslick . LinkedIn: Raf...

2020-08-30
Rest of World

A look at how Saudi Arabia's gaming scene has dramatically evolved, especially for women, as the country loosens gender restrictions on esports

Mehr Nadeem / Rest of World : Tweets: @mehrnadeem3 , @ahmed , @mehrnadeem3 , @telliotter , @mehrnadeem3 , @moncherrriii , @mehrnadeem3 , @cengizyar , @mehrnadeem3 , and @mehrnadeem3 Tweets: Mehr Nade...

2020-08-29
Rest of World

A look at how Saudi Arabia's gaming scene has dramatically evolved, especially for women, as the country loosens gender restrictions on esports

In April 2012, three college juniors — Felwa, Tasnim, and Najla — waited anxiously on the campus of Prince Sultan University in Riyadh. Tweets: @mehrnadeem3 , @telliotter , @mehrnadeem3 , @mehrnadeem3...

2019-11-07
Deadline 1 related

In a wide-ranging interview, Reed Hastings says Netflix's spending on content will grow and defends cutting an episode of Hasan Minhaj's show in Saudi Arabia

Netflix founder and CEO Reed Hastings tackled a wide array of issues surrounding the streaming giant during a packed 30-minute keynote session …

2018-10-28
Recode

How Saudi government-related funds, like the country's main tech university endowment and Aramco's Wisayah, invest in US VC firms, often confidentially

People talk about money from “the Saudis.”  But it's not that simple.  Who exactly are “the Saudis,” anyway? Tweets: @mattzeitlin , @amir , @ketchcast , @teddyschleifer , @ex67t20 , @teddyschleifer , ...

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Quarterly Coverage

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Saudi Arabia has appeared in 177 Techmeme articles since February 2016. The biggest stories include EA agrees to be acquired by Saudi Arabia's PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity for $210 per... and xAI raised a $6B Series B from Valor, Vy Capital, a16z, Sequoia, Saudi Arabia's Kingdom.... Frequently covered alongside PIF, Twitter, Bloomberg, Public Investment Fund, and Amazon. Coverage has shifted toward consumer, regulation themes and away from funding, enterprise.

Key Moments

2024Q2enterprise -29pts; developer +25pts; funding +7pts
2025Q1enterprise +25pts; developer -17pts; consumer +33pts
2025Q2enterprise +8pts; consumer -33pts; funding +8pts

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