WeChat just launched Search and Top Stories
WeChat launched Search and Top Stories sections in the updated WeChat iOS 6.5.8. These two sections are not yet available for Android smartphone users.
China Internet Stats, Trends, Insights
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China advertising, online ads markets forecast 2017-2019
This article shows forecast statistics of the year 2017 through 2019 on China’s advertising market, online advertising market structure, online video ad market, mobile marketing market,
China mobile search market overview for Q1 2017
Baidu has 78.2% share of China’s mobile search market by the total number of mobile search queries in the first quarter of 2017.
Weibo monthly active users reached 340M in Q1 2017
Weibo had a strong first quarter in 2007 with 67% YoY growth of revenues to $199.2 million; its monthly active users increased to 340 million.
China search engine market share in Apr 2017
StatCounter data shows Baidu’s market share was 76.05% in China search engines market in April 2017, followed by Shenma (8.78%), 360 Search (7.87%), Sogou (3.31%), and
China search engine market overview Q1 2017 (Updated)
China search engines market totaled 18.76 billion yuan (US$2.72 bn) in Q1 2017, with a decrease of 8.6% compared to Q4 2016 and an increase
Top mobile music apps in China in March 2017
Kugou, QQ Music, and Kuwo are the top three online music mobile apps in China by MAU in March 2017. Kugou has close to 229 million
Top mobile video apps in China in March 2017
Tencent Video and Baidu’s iQiyi are the top two mobile video apps by the number of monthly active users in China in March 2017. Both
Meet Weibo Stories, similar to Facebook Stories
Weibo is testing a Facebook Stories-alike feature called Weibo Stories to gain more shares in China’s short video market.
A snapshot of WeChat Economy in 2016
WeChat has driven information consumption of 174.3 billion yuan (US$25.3 bn) in 2016, an increase of 26.2%. It accounted for 4.54% of total information consumption
Top digital video mobile apps in China in Feb 2017
iQiyi ranks on top in China’s mobile video category with 245.61 million active users in Feb 2017, followed by Tencent Video, Youku, Letv, and Mango
WeChat becoming a threat to Baidu in mobile search?
WeChat has included external sources in in-app search results pages (SERP) while it previously only searches chats, WeChat Moments, and Official Accounts. Some users start
Top 10 public companies by game revenues in 2016
Tencent is the number one public company ($10.2 bn) in the world by game revenues in 2016, followed by Sony ($7.88 bn) according to Newzoo.
China online gaming market overview 2011-2019
China online gaming market reached 177 billion yuan (US$25.7 bn) in 2016 and is estimated to grow to exceed 232 billion yuan (US$33.69 bn) in
Use WeChat Index to monitor the trend on WeChat
WeChat quietly launched WeChat Index, a tool integrating search and browsing behavior data on WeChat and Official Accounts to show the brand trend on WeChat
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