The monthly active users of China mobile internet dropped to 1.136 billion in June 2019 from 1.138 billion in March 2019 according to data from QuestMobile. China’s mobile internet users grew by 46.07 million in 2018 and slowed down in the first half of 2019 with only 5.7 million additional active users. Daily time spent […]
WeChat MAU up 7% to 1.13 billion in Q2 2019; QQ MAU 808 mn
The monthly active users of WeChat (Weixin) reached 1,133 million during the second quarter of 2019, up 7% year-on-year according to Tencent’s announced financial results. Smart device MAU of QQ was 707 million.
China’s cross-border e-commerce users overview 2019
China’s cross-border e-commerce market saw 8.8 trillion yuan transactions in 2018, over 20% of which are import e-commerce sales. The top platforms are Tmall Global and Netease Kaola. 25-34 years-old are the largest user segment (48%). And, cross-border online shoppers are highly educated with high income. Cross-border e-commerce received significant funding in 2018, represented by […]
Quick comparison of Xiaohongshu, Netease Kaola cross-border e-commerce users
Besides Tmall Global and JD Worldwide, Xiaohongshu (Little Red Book, a.k.a. RED) and Netease Kaola are also leading platforms in China’s cross-border e-commerce market. Let’s take a look at a quick comparison of users on these two platforms including the demographic profile and geographic distributions. Xiaohongshu is way ahead of Netease Kaola in terms of […]
Netease performance highlights Q2 2019
Netease net revenues and net income attributable to the company’s shareholders increased by 15% and 46% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2019, according to its announced financial results.
Mobile apps trend in China in Q2 2019; short video apps saw 111 million new users
The top growing mobile app saw the largest increase in monthly active users in Jun 2019. Time spent on short video apps continued fast growth. The most frequently used apps by the average number of daily opens are social networking apps and short video apps. The top growing mobile app categories in terms of monthly […]
Sogou revenues up 1% in Q2 2019; Input app DAU grewed to 453 million
Chinese search engine Sogou’s search-related revenues totaled $276 million in Q2 2019, accounting for 91% of total revenues according to its announced financial results.
Dayparting ads on WeChat Moments
Tencent ads on WeChat Moment only supported daily volume buying with no shorter than 12-hour ad delivery. Last week, WeChat team announced a new type to allow a shortened ad delivery of minimum of four hours. It also shared quick case studies of Prada and Olay utilizing the new promotion mode. For the launch of […]
80% WeChat users use Official Accounts
Although 80% of WeChat users use Official Account, 73% of users followed less than 20 official accounts (OA), of which 24% followed less than 10 and nearly 50% only 10-20, according to data from QuestMobile.
How Becky built its e-commerce success on WeChat
In Becky’s initial WeChat e-commerce mini-program launch in December 2017, the transactions exceeded one million yuan in 7 minutes and nearly 3 million yuan sales in 113 minutes according to WeChat Advertising. Since then, it has been able to maintain a million transactions in the first minute of new product launches. For a direct e-commerce […]
ByteDance’s mini-program ecosystem on TikTok and Toutiao
Earlier this month, ByteDance announced that as of July 2019, the company’s total DAU has exceeded 700 million, with a total MAU of more than 1.5 billion. TikTok contributed 320 million DAU to the overall success. With a huge user base in a market like China, it’s not surprising to see ByteDance’s ambition and efforts […]
How a popular vlog celebrity in China expanded from online to offline retail
Millennial foodies in China are all familiar with “Cat’s Kitchen” (日食记). It is a popular food vlog that now has over 35 million subscribers with an average of 20 million views per episode. It first became popular following its hit video “Christmas Gingerbread Man” 5 years ago. Thanks to a rich storyline that focuses on […]
China mobile payment market overview 2019
The number of mobile payment users has reached a saturation point, and the growth is drawing to a close. According to an Ipsos survey, the penetration rate (i.e. ratio of users using the service within the last three months) is 95.1%. Although a relatively high growth rate as compared to the survey result of December […]
China’s top mobile payment apps compared: Alipay, Tenpay, Unionpay
The competition pattern of “duopoly” is still solid, while the competitiveness of UnionPay, a state-owned player, is improving. The penetration rates of Tenpay, inclusive of WeChat Pay and Mobile QQ Wallet, and Alipay are 89.2% and 69.5% respectively, with the number of estimated users reaching 940 million and 740 million respectively, according to an Ipsos […]
China enterprise live streaming service market to exceed US$321 million by 2021
Enterprise live streaming services reached 760 million yuan (US$110.49 mn), experiencing fast growth in the past 4 years when it first exceeded 100 million yuan in 2015. It’s expected to reach 1.14 billion yuan (US$165.73 mn) in 2019 and grow further to 2.21 billion yuan (US$321.29 mn) in the year 2021.