al-Qaeda Arabian Peninsula's (AQAP) al-Malahim Audio/Video Annual Release Rate Up 286% from 2019 in 2020

Al-Qaeda Arabian Peninsula's (AQAP) al-Malahim audio/video annual release rate is up 286% from 2019 in 2020. It had 27 releases in 2020 at a rate of one every 13.52 days compared to 2019 when it released seven at a rate of one every 52.14 days. The 2020 increase puts it just off by 10% of its average annual release rate of 30 per year for 2016 to 2020. It is 29% off its average annual release rate of 38 per year for 2009 to 2020.

Al-Malahim had 458 audio/video releases since the formation of AQAP in 2009 to 2020. The group favors video releases with 382 being videos and 76 audio only. Total releases amount to more than 125 hours of material with an average runtime of 0:16:33. The shortest video was 0:00:29 and the longest was 1:38:39.