Top 10 CIW Articles in 2016
Check out our Top 10 most-read articles published in 2016.
China Internet Stats, Trends, Insights
Technology
China smartphone usage insights 2016
Chinese smartphone vendors have a combined possession ratio of 59% in 2016, led by Huawei (24%). 67% of China’s local smartpone brands owners are very
How Alibaba fights counterfeit with big data
With big data analytics and other information, Alibaba could identify the counterfeiters online and assist law enforcement authorities in holding these bad actors accountable for
iOS accounted for 17.1% of smartphone sales in urban China in Oct 2016
iOS accounted for 17.1% of smartphone sales in urban China during the three-month period ending in October 2016 due to iPhone 7 and iPhone 7
Top Baidu keywords in 2016
Baidu released lists of top searched keywords in 2016. Rio Olympics is the top keyword in 2016; VR the most popular technology trend on Baidu;
Baidu version of Google AMP
Baidu launched Mobile Instant Page (“MIP”) in August 2016, a similar technology to Google’s AMP.
China mobile app market insights for Q3 2016
The number of monthly active users (“MAU”) of China’s mobile internet market has reached 1 billion as of September 2016 according to QuestMobile, among which
Mobile social network Momo net revenues increased 319% in Q3 2016
Momo, one of the top mobile social networking app in China, had Monthly Active Users (“MAU”) of 77.4 million in September 2016, compared to 73.0
China’s mobile search market overview Q3 2016
The number of mobile search users in China reached 628 million in Q3 2016, an increase of 1.29% QoQ according to iiMedia Research.
China’s mobile internet market overview for Q2 2016
China’s mobile internet market reached RMB 197.22 billion (USD 29 billion) in Q2 2016, an increase of 113% YoY or 22.7% QoQ according to iResearch.
China surpassed the U.S. as the largest iOS App Store market
China has surpassed the United States as the largest market in the world for iOS App Store revenue earning over $1.7 billion in Q3 2016
Android Pay launched in Hong Kong
Google launched Android Pay yesterday in Hong Kong to speed through purchases in stores and in apps.
iOS fell to 13.5% of China smartphone sales in August 2016
iOS declined in Urban China, falling to 13.5% of smartphone sales according to Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. Android dropped 1.7 percentage points in the US.
Top 10 mobile apps by MAUs in Sep 2016
The monthly active users (“MAU”) of WeChat reached 818 million in September 2016 with an increase of 32.8% YoY according to QuestMobile. Its daily active users
Top 3 smartphone brands in Sep 2016: Huawei, Vivo, Oppo
The top three smartphone brands in September 2016 are Huawei (22%), Vivo (15%), and Oppo (13%) according to Dixintong, China’s largest mobile phone retailer.
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