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Abstract Residents of Majene Regency especially young peoples today like to acces information sites on internet so digital media literacy skills was needed among the young peoples. The research aimed (1) to review and discribe digital media literacy-s level in the Majene Regency and (2) to review and discribe the relationship digital media literacy level and hierarchy regional development of Majene Regency. The research was classified as explanatory research with quantitative approach. Determination of samples by probability sampling. Data were collected with qestionnaire and document study method. The data were then analysed using the scoring method with Likert-s scale and scalogram analysis with Gutmann-s scale. The research result indicated that in general digital media literacy-s level young in the Majene Regency was classified as moderate, the capacity of their technical skills were categorized as high, their crtical understanding capacity as well as their communicativie abilities were categorized as moderate. The correlation between the development of Majene Regency area the literacy level of the youth had siginificant correlation. The regions which had a higher hierarchy in digital media literacy of the youth would be categorized as high, while the regions which had lower hierarchy in digital media literacy would be categorized as low.