WeChat may be the fiercest competitor of WhatsApp in the world. By August 2013, WeChat got 272 million monthly active users, and over 100 million oversea users. Now WeChat broke another 100 million mark: 100 million times download in Google Play. Poshu Yeung, the vice president of Tencent IBG (international business group), said in a […]
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Analysis on China’s Top Mobile Messenger Apps
According to Enfodesk, QQ got 325.71 million active users, ranked the first in mobile IM apps, followed by WeChat with 295.712 million. These two winner are both developed by Tencent, beating the others by a long shot. Momo took the third place with 13.43 million active users. ChatOn and Wangxin ranked the fourth and fifth, […]
Is Tencent’s Wechat Killing its Own QQ?
In the eyes of Tencent CEO Pony Ma, Wechat was opening a new way for Tencent. However, the real problem for Wechat was that in order to achieve, it would have to kill QQ. And this was happening.
China Mobile IM Market Accumulated Acccounts Hit 1.57b
According to EnfoDesk, China Mobile IM market accumulated accounts hit 1.57 billion in Q3 2013, increasing 6.1% quarterly.
Chinese Mobile IM Active Accounts Reached 770M in Q2 2013
According to Enfodesk, in Q2 2013, Chinese cumulative mobile IM accounts hit 1.48 billion, with a QoQ increase of 21.3%. Chinese mobile IM active accounts reached 770 million, 75% more than that of 2012. Mobile QQ was the top mobile IM app with 39.9% market share,, followed by Wechat with 29.1%. Together, QQ and Wechat […]
Mobile QQ and Wechat Own Over 60% of IM Accounts in Q1 2013
According to Enfodesk, the top three mobile IM in China by total number of cumulative accounts are mobile QQ with 38.07% market share, Weixin (Wechat) with 27.97%, and Fetion with 18.37%.