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07 May 2007

Distribution of Salafi/Jihadi Online, 01 January - 30 April 2007

The following is based on an analysis of 4,593 IP addresses (1,452 unique IP addresses). The IPs were acquired from 19 of the more prominent of the Salafist/Jihadist forums, including both Arabic and non-Arabic forums, from 01 January through 30 April of this year. For reasons of operational security we are not able to identify the specific sites sampled, except to note that the list of of sites will bear a striking resemblance to current or former "Top Sites" lists published at internet-haganah.org.

Major regions and select countries representing 1% or more
of the jihadis observed online
Unique IP addresses    All IP addresses
Region Percentage    Region Percentage
Europe 31.75    Europe 27.39
Gulf 21.14    Gulf 26.67
Maghreb 12.81    Maghreb 13.63
Levant 11.09    Levant 11.71
Egypt 10.33    Egypt 9.25
Americas 8.26    Americas 6.6
Asia-Pacific 2.62    Asia-Pacific 2.59




Countries representing 1% or more of the jihadis observed online
Unique IP addresses    All IP addresses
Country Percentage    Country Percentage
SA 13.5    SA 15.04
EG 10.33    MA 9.36
FR 8.95    EG 9.25
MA 7.92    DE 6.88
DE 5.58    AE 5.86
US 5.37    FR 5.42
GB 4.34    US 4.49
DZ 4.13    PS 3.77
PS 4.06    DZ 3.42
BE 2.82    KW 3.4
CA 2.69    GB 3.35
IL 2.55    IL 2.68
KW 2.48    SY 2.39
AE 2.41    JO 2.16
JO 2.34    CA 2.05
NL 1.72    BE 1.74
SY 1.52    SE 1.65
ES 1.38    NL 1.63
YE 1.31    AT 1.39
SE 1.24         
AT 1.03         

Posted on 07 May 2007 @ 07:50