Between 2017 and 2018, Arabic for the first time overtook French as the most used language in Algeria in two of the most used websites in the country: Facebook and Wikipedia. In 2014, 76% of Facebook users in Algeria posted in French, while 32% posted in Arabic; in 2016 68% used Facebook in French, while 43% used it in Arabic. [10] [11]

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Amid broad debate about French language’s place in France’s former African colonies, Algeria is denying that efforts to force Francophone private schools to adopt the country’s national curriculum constitute hostility toward French.

At the primary school level, Arabic, deemed a “backwards language,” was banned. Furthermore, French colons refused to allocate money towards maintaining madrasahs (Islamic schools) and mosques where most local children were educated.

With the escalation of political differences between Paris and Algeria, in the wake of President Emmanuel Macron's statements in which he doubted the existence of an "Algerian nation" before French colonialism, Algeria has taken advanced steps to get rid of the French language and replace it with Arabic or English.