China has by far the world’s most active social-media population, with 91% of respondents saying they visited a social-media site in the previous six months, compared with 30% in Japan, 67% in the United States, and 70% in South Korea, according to a McKinsey survey results released this April.
China EDM Average Performance by Industry in 2011
Web Power, an email marketing service provider with a presence in China, shared some data of average EDM performance in China in 2011.
CHARTS: Credit Card Payment in China
China Banking Association recently released a study “Chinese Credit Card Industry Development Blue Book 2009-2011” showing that total credit card transactions in 2011 totaled 7.56 trillion yuan (about USD 1.2 trillion).
China Online Shopping Market in Q1 Reached 228.2 Billion Yuan
China’s first quarter online shopping transactions was 228.2 billion yuan, down 0.8% over the previous quarter but up 40.9% over the same period last year.
China Mobile Market Update for Q1 2012
The first quarter China mobile market in 2012 totaled 15.87 billion yuan (USD 2.5 billion).
China Online Travel Market Update for Q1 2012
Total online travel market revenue reached 440 billion yuan (USD 70bln) in the first quarter of 2012 in China, 78% of which went to air tickets booking and 13.8% to hotel booking. The total estimated revenue of China OTAs in Q1 was about 23%, down 0.5% from the previous quarter but up 20.4% on YoY […]
China Search Engine Market Share by Revenue Q1 2012
Analysis International, a China Internet research company, released search engine market data for the first quarter in 2012. Total revenue in Q1 has grown by 70.4% (YoY) to 5.53 billion yuan (USD$877 million) though it’s dropped by 4.7% compared to the previous quarter.
Sina Weibo Downstream Traffic in March 2012
7.7% of clicks on Sina Weibo shortened links went to Taobao last month, followed by Tudou, YouKu and Baidu.
Sina Weibo Launched A Platform For News Tips Submission
Sina Weibo launched a platform for Weibo users to submit news to any Sina news media partners. Sina Weibo users can click on the corresponding region of events, select a media and submit news tips. By default, the information will also be published through this citizen journalist’s Sina Weibo account unless she chooses not to.
China Will Have Nearly Twice the Number of Internet Users as the U.S. and Japan
According to Boston Consulting Group’s latest report “China Digital Generations 3.0”, China will reach an Internet population of over 700 million users—double the combined number of the U.S. and Japan. The same report predicts that China online retail sales will triple to more than $360 billion.
China Mobile Internet User Age Distribution
According to a recent iResearch survey, almost sixty percent of China mobile Internet users are between 18 to 34 years old and those below 18 also represent almost 20% of total China mobile Internet users. There are 356 million mobile Internet users in China according to CNNIC data released this January.
Market Share of Top Social Shopping Sites in China
According to Hitwise data released last month, Mogujie and Meilishuo are leading players in China’s social shopping websites. Downstream visits go to Taobao (over 17%) and Taobao Mobile (3.1%), followed by Baidu (2.12%) and Tmall (2.05%).
Over Half of Total iOS Devices in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Zhejiang & Jiangsu
Shanghai-based Stenvall Skoeld & Company calculated the iOS penetration rate (Apple’s iPhone and iPad, not including iPod touch) in all Chinese provinces and municipalities; and, their estimate puts the total number of iPhones and iPads in China at end of 2011 at 21 million active devices, distributed as shown above. More than half of all iOS devices […]
Taobao Launched Pinterest-like Website Wantu
Social shopping websites like Meilishuo and Mogujie are gaining popularity and about a quarter of downstream visits go to Taobao. Why doesn’t Taobao simply make one of its own? It just did. Wantu, or naughty rabbit, is launched but not as good as Meilishuo or Mogujie. Users can only login with Taobao ID at the […]
Chart: Tencent’s Social Media Empire
The latest financial report revealed that Tencent’s QQ has over 700 million users, more than the total of China Internet users reported by CNNIC. Tencent launched various social media applications like Qzone, Pengyou, Tencent Weibo and most recent Weixin which all have grown very fast with its huge user base of QQ.