Every statistic on this page comes from one source: the live inventory of the UAE’s largest mobile number marketplace, measured fresh on 19 July 2026, plus the data-study series this site has published across 2026. No estimates, no “industry sources say” — every figure is either counted directly from 31,000 active listings or verified in the linked study that first measured it.
This is the reference version: 30 citable statistics about UAE mobile numbers, grouped in six clusters, each with a one-line context and a link to the deep dive behind it. Journalists, researchers and fellow analysts: you are welcome to cite any figure here with attribution and a link — the citation note at the end covers the details.
TL;DR — The Five Most-Cited Numbers
- AED 1,050,000 — the highest asking price on the UAE market, a du number built on six zeros.
- −92% — the audience penalty for hiding a listing’s price (19.5 vs 233.5 average views).
- 1.87× — the prepaid premium: transfer-ready listings out-price postpaid ones nearly two to one.
- +52% — the faith premium on 786 numbers, the market’s strongest belief effect.
- 2.8× — what a 777 ending pays over the same triple mid-number: belief is performative.
How These Numbers Are Made
Method in three sentences: inventory figures are counted live across all active listings on MobileNumber.ae on the date shown; behavioural figures use the platform’s cumulative view counters; price figures are asking prices among publicly priced listings, never estimates of closed sales. Comparative claims follow the house method rules — neutral-substring controls, degenerate-case exclusions and publish-day recomputes — documented in the 13-test, the rhythm study and the superstition-economy study. Where a statistic condenses a full study, the link beside it is the primary source.
The Five Most-Cited Numbers, Explained
Before the full list, the five figures most likely to travel — each with the sentence of context that keeps it honest in print. AED 1,050,000 is an asking price, not a closed sale: the six-zero du number that tops the market defines the ceiling sellers believe in. −92% is the audience cost of a hidden price — the largest behavioural effect this site has measured, and the cheapest to reverse. 1.87× is a selection effect, not alchemy: owners of valuable numbers park them on prepaid because it transfers same-day, so the plan badge signals quality rather than creating it. +52% is what shared, scarce belief is worth — a hundred 786 listings chased by hundreds of thousands of believers. And 2.8× is the display premium on a 777 ending: buyers pay most for the digits other people will see. Five numbers, five studies, one market logic — scarcity and visibility set prices, folklore only helps when a crowd shares it.
Market Size & Structure (1–5)
The shape of the market itself — how many numbers are for sale, what they ask, and how much of the inventory hides from view.
- #1 — 31,000 active listings. The live size of the UAE’s secondary number market on 19 July 2026 — larger than most national used-plate markets. Context in the market guide.
- #2 — AED 5,049 average ask across the 21,544 listings with a public price — the market’s baseline for every premium measured below.
- #3 — AED 1,050,000: the record ask. A du 058 number built on six zeros — the ceiling of the record tier.
- #4 — 31% of the market hides its price. Roughly 9,500 POA listings form a shadow inventory invisible to every price filter — the hidden-price study maps it.
- #5 — 5.2 million cumulative listing views across the inventory — the behavioural dataset behind the attention study.
Prices, Tiers & Plans (6–10)
Where the money sits: the commercial tiers, the plan-state premium that quietly ranks sellers, and what a transfer actually costs.
- #6 — Three commercial tiers structure the market: golden from AED 5,000, premium from AED 50,000 (roughly 150 live listings), trophies to seven figures — the ladder from the premium-tier study.
- #7 — The prepaid premium is 1.87×. Transfer-ready prepaid listings average AED 8,142 against AED 4,343 for postpaid — the liquidity signal measured in the prepaid study.
- #8 — 68% of trophies above AED 50,000 sit on prepaid — the tier flip: everyday numbers live on contracts, assets live transfer-ready.
- #9 — 76% of all listings carry a 12-month commitment (23,489 lines) — most sellers are ordinary users whose contract came with the plan.
- #10 — Ownership transfers start at AED 29 and typically complete the same day at any carrier store — process in the transfer guide.
Patterns & Scarcity (11–16)
Structure is the market’s raw material — these six figures rank the families from the 41% commodity tier to the 22 rarest numbers alive.
- #11 — 41% of all listings contain a triple — three identical digits in a row is the entry ticket to pattern value, per the all-ten ranking.
- #12 — Mirrors are the value queens: 561 palindromic numbers average AED 16,199 — more than triple the market baseline. Deep dive: mirror numbers.
- #13 — The belief-free zero out-prices every lucky digit: 000-family listings average AED 12,390 — 2.45× market — on roundness alone.
- #14 — Only 100 786-numbers exist on the whole marketplace, averaging AED 7,670 — the scarcest lucky family, covered in the 786 guide.
- #15 — Exactly 22 six-deep numbers are live (six identical digits in a row) — eleven of them 4s, zero of them 5s, 7s or 9s.
- #16 — The cheapest true pattern is the Echo: ABAB tails average AED 3,734, 26% below market — the value shelf named in the rhythm study.
The Superstition Economy (17–21)
What faith is worth in dirhams — and the three famous fears that turned out to be free.
- #17 — A 777 ending pays 2.8× a mid-number 777 (AED 14,380 vs 5,201) — the market’s largest positional premium: belief is performative.
- #18 — The avoid-4 premium is +31%: triple-8 numbers free of any 4 average AED 6,517 against 4,971 with one — the purest belief signal measured.
- #19 — 666 carries no Western-stigma discount: it prices within about 1% of celebrated 888 — the multicultural pool absorbs every taboo, per the 666 study.
- #20 — 13 carries no “malas” discount either: tested against six neutral controls, it prices dead mid-pack — the 13-test.
- #21 — 999 is the paradox family: the highest triple average of the lucky set, the lowest ceiling (AED 150,000) — and a six-nine has never been listed. Full story: the forever number.
Attention & Behaviour (22–26)
Five million views, decoded — where eyes actually go, and the one seller habit that repels twelve of every thirteen browsers.
- #22 — The most-viewed listing has 1,303 views — and asks AED 18,000, not a million: attention lives mid-market.
- #23 — The AED 1.05M record has collected just 89 views — fifteen times fewer than the most-viewed listing at 1.7% of its price.
- #24 — Hiding the price costs ~92% of the audience: POA listings average 19.5 views against 233.5 for priced ones — the strongest behavioural effect on the site.
- #25 — Attention peaks in the golden band: listings between AED 5,000–50,000 draw roughly 248 views each — where covetable meets attainable.
- #26 — Mirrors are the most-stared-at family (237.6 views per listing, 1.4× market) — the only family topping both the price and attention tables.
Rules, Transfers & History (27–30)
The regulatory floor under every trade — age rules, transfer mechanics, and the numbering history that explains today’s prefixes.
- #27 — SIM ownership requires age 18+ under TDRA rules; children’s lines stay registered under a parent until then — details in the family-transfer guide.
- #28 — Transfers need both parties in person with original Emirates IDs (or a notarised POA) — and the number keeps working throughout: WhatsApp and bank OTPs never break.
- #29 — 999 is the UAE police emergency code (998 ambulance, 997 civil defence) — yet owning a 999-pattern number is fully legal, with zero misdial risk.
- #30 — Eight mobile prefixes are live today, from 050 (born with the region’s first GSM network in 1994) to the du ranges that hold every top ask — the full timeline in the history of UAE numbers.
What Makes This Market Unlike Any Other
Context for anyone citing these figures abroad: the UAE number market’s statistics are shaped by conditions few countries combine. Roughly 88% of residents are expatriates, so four numerological traditions — Chinese homophones, Indian digit-lore, Islamic Abjad values and Western superstition — bid on the same seven digits, which is why premiums exist and taboo discounts do not (the three laws). A famous plate-auction culture normalised paying six figures for registration numbers, and the habit spilled over to SIMs — the crossover is old enough to have its own comparison guide. And a strict, biometric transfer regime makes ownership genuinely provable, which is what lets a phone number behave like an asset at all. Import a UAE statistic into another market’s story without this paragraph and it will mislead; with it, the numbers make sense.
The Drift Log: What Moved Since the Studies
Live data drifts, and this page tracks it honestly rather than freezing history. Since the original studies published: cumulative views grew from 5.15 to 5.22 million; the most-viewed listing added five views to reach 1,303; and the AED 1.05M record climbed from 72 to 89 views — a 24% attention jump in three days that we attribute, with appropriate self-awareness, at least partly to this site writing about how few views it had. The structural findings — the −92% penalty, the 1.87× premium, the family rankings — have not moved by more than rounding. That stability is itself a statistic: the market’s big ratios are features of its structure, not snapshots of a lucky week.
How to Use This Page
Journalists: cite the figure, link this page as the freshness stamp, and lift the honesty clause that travels with each headline number — the top-five section pre-packages them. Buyers: read the statistics as a price education — family averages are your negotiation anchors, and the attention figures tell you where competition crowds. Sellers: treat #24, #7 and #26 as your to-do list — publish the price, go transfer-ready, name the pattern — and score the result against the Listing Score, the framework built from exactly these numbers.
Citing These Statistics
You are welcome to cite any statistic on this page with attribution to MobileNumber.ae and a link — the same terms as our study series. Figures are recomputed on the date shown at the top; for time-sensitive use, treat that date as the data’s freshness stamp. Media enquiries about the underlying datasets are answered via the contact page. Ready-made line: “According to MobileNumber.ae’s live market data, the UAE’s most expensive listed mobile number asks AED 1,050,000 — while hiding a listing’s price cuts its audience by roughly 92%.”
Frequently Asked Questions
How many mobile numbers are for sale in the UAE?
Around 31,000 active listings on MobileNumber.ae as of 19 July 2026, of which 21,544 carry a public asking price averaging AED 5,049. Roughly 31% of the market lists as POA with no public price.
What is the most expensive mobile number in the UAE?
The highest current asking price is AED 1,050,000 for a du 058 number built on six zeros. The trophy tier above AED 50,000 holds roughly 150 listings, two-thirds of them kept transfer-ready on prepaid.
What is the average price of a VIP number in the UAE?
The whole-market average is AED 5,049 among priced listings, but averages differ sharply by family: Echo rhythm tails average AED 3,734, 786 numbers AED 7,670, triple-zeros AED 12,390 and mirrors AED 16,199.
Which number pattern is the most valuable in the UAE?
By family average, mirrors (palindromes) lead at AED 16,199 across 561 listings, followed by the triple-zero family at AED 12,390. By single listing, the record belongs to a six-zero number at AED 1,050,000.
Do lucky numbers really cost more in the UAE?
Measurably yes, where belief is shared and supply is scarce: 786 numbers carry a +52% premium, 777 endings pay 2.8× mid-number placements, and 8-heavy numbers free of any 4 average +31%. Feared numbers, by contrast, show no discount at all.
Are unlucky numbers cheaper in the UAE?
No. 666 prices within about 1% of celebrated 888, and 13 sits mid-pack among neutral controls. The market’s multicultural buyer pool means every feared digit has another community that prizes or ignores it — so taboos never turn into discounts.
How much does it cost to transfer a mobile number in the UAE?
From AED 29 at the carrier store, typically completed the same day. Both parties attend with original Emirates IDs (or a notarised power of attorney), the buyer must be 18 or older, and postpaid balances and instalments must be settled first.
What share of UAE number listings hide their price?
31% — roughly 9,500 listings — and the behavioural cost is severe: hidden-price listings average 19.5 views against 233.5 for priced ones, a ~92% audience penalty, while also vanishing from every price-filtered search.
Why do prepaid numbers cost more than postpaid ones?
Selection, not magic: prepaid transfers same-day with no credit checks or instalment locks, so owners of valuable numbers park them there. The result is a 1.87× average gap — AED 8,142 vs 4,343 — and 68% prepaid share among trophies above AED 50,000.
What is the rarest number type on the UAE market?
Six-deep runs: only 22 numbers with six identical consecutive digits exist across the entire inventory — eleven of them 4s, and none at all for 5, 7 or 9. Among lucky families, 786 is scarcest at exactly 100 live listings.
How were these statistics collected?
By direct measurement of all active listings on MobileNumber.ae on the stated date — counts, asking prices and cumulative view counters — following the site’s published method rules: neutral controls for substring claims, exclusion of degenerate regex cases, and fresh recomputes on publish day. Figures are asks, not closed sales.
Can I use these statistics in an article or report?
Yes — cite MobileNumber.ae with a link to this page, which serves as the reference copy and freshness stamp. The linked studies behind each figure provide methodology detail, and media enquiries about underlying data are answered via the contact page.