The transactions of online payment in China totaled exceeded US$3 billion in 2017, with a decrease of 0.5% from 2016. China’s mobile payment had 562 million users in 2017, up by 21.6% over 2016. It is estimated to reach 650 billion users by the end of 2018. The transactions of online payment totaled 20.751 billion yuan […]
q1 2018
China online travel market insights Q1 2018, led by Ctrip, Qunar, and Fliggy
The transactions of China’s online travel market reached US$32.94 billion in the first quarter of 2018. Ctrip and Qunar combined accounted over half of the whole market, followed by Alibaba affiliated Fliggy. Online transportation remains the major part of the online tourism market, compared with accommodation and vacations. The total transactions of China’s online travel market reached […]
Top mobile banking apps in China in Q1 2018
The mobile banking apps in China obtained 27.98 million DAUs in Q1 2018, up 12.6% over the previous quarter. ICBC, CCB, and mobile banking of ICBC took the top three places with average DAUs of 6.313 million, 4.342 million, and 4.327 million respectively. While seeing from the number of average daily app launches, ICBC took the […]
China third-party mobile payment market Q1 2018; dominated by Alipay and WeChat
The total transactions of third-party mobile payment reached 40.36451 trillion yuan (US$6.08 Tn) in Q1 2018, up by 6.99% over Q4 2017 and dominated by Alibaba affiliated Alipay (54%) and Tencent Finance. Alipay continued to lead this market with a share of 53.76%, followed by Tencent Finance (38.96%), they combined accounted for 92.71% of the […]
Top Public Cloud in APAC in Q1 2018; Alibaba, Tencent among top 5
Within public cloud services market, Alibaba Cloud ranked second in the APAC region and fourth worldwide. In China, the top five cloud providers are all local companies. China now accounts for a third of the total APAC market and its share of the regional total is increasing each quarter. 81% of WeChat users playing Mini-Games […]
China online education market fell by 11.3% QoQ in Q1 2018
China’s online education market generated 68.2 billion yuan (US$10.33 bn) in Q1 2018, declined by 11.3% from Q4 2017 while increased by 48.9% from Q1 2017. Primary and secondary education and childhood education are still the primary focus of online education in China and keep steady growth partly because the term examination and winter vacation […]
China’s advertising market bounced back in Q1 2018; finance saw fastest growth in digital
China’ full media advertising spending bounced back in Q1 2018 from a growth rate of -2.5% in Q1 2017 to 14.6%, partly driven by the revival of traditional media spending. TV and broadcast saw a high rise of 16.5% and 15.8% respectively in media advertising spending. The full media advertising spending was significantly increased on […]
Maternal & child e-commerce GMV in China grew by 54.3% in Q1 2018
Within the online retail B2C market, maternal and child sector saw a high growth of 54.3% in GMV to 63.48 billion yuan in Q1 2018.
China online retail B2C market overview Q1 2018
The GMV of China’s online retail B2C market totaled 952.85 billion yuan (US$148.18 billion) in Q1 2018, up by 32.2% from Q1 2017. In Q1 2018, Tmall GMV up by 41.2% over Q1 2017, taking the largest market share of 59.6% in China’s retail e-commerce sales. JD.com was next with a share of 25.3% and GMV […]
China’s social mobile app Momo generated $435 mn in Q1 2018, 85% from live video
Momo announced its net revenues totaled US$435.1 million in Q1 2018, an increase of 64% from Q1 2017. Net income attributable to Momo Inc. increased by 59.6% to $129.9 million in Q1 2018 from $81.2 million in Q1 2017.
Top cross-border import e-commerce platforms in China in Q1 2018
The retail sales of China’s cross-border import e-commerce down by 21.9% to 82.1 billion yuan (US$12.86 billion) from Q4 2017. Tmall Global remains in the top spot with a market share of 27.8% followed closely by NetEase Kaola. This quarter didn’t see much change in the ranking of cross-border B2C platforms in China. Tmall Global […]
Apple’s App Store made US$3.5 bn in China in Q1 2018, up 29% YoY
In Q1 2018, Apple App Store generated 22.4 billion yuan (US$3.49 bn) from China, up 29% over Q1 2017. Mobile gaming apps took the largest share of 79% in revenues, but only saw an 18% increase year-on-year, well off that of entertainment apps (138%). The total number of downloads reached 2.5 billion in Q1 2018, representing […]
China’s FMCG sales growth decelerates in Q1 2018
China’s growth of FMCG sales is weaker in Q1 2018 compared with previous quarters, while new retail accelerates the online and offline integration. Kantar Worldpanel reports that the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market in the first quarter of 2018 was relatively weak with value growing by just 2.3% in the latest 12 weeks compared to […]
Tencent platforms overview in Q1 2018; WeChat MAU exceeded 1 bn
Tencent announced total revenue of USD11.693 bn for Q1 2018, an increase of 48% from Q1 2017. Monthly active user accounts (“MAU”) of QQ was 805.5 million, a decrease of 6.4% YoY. Smart device MAU was up by 2.4% year-on-year to 694.1 million. WeChat MAU exceeded 1 billion.
Weibo monthly active users reached 411M, 93% from mobile in Q1 2018
With ad budget in China shifting toward mobile, social and video, Weibo saw its revenues benefiting from this secular trend. Its business with advertising and marketing revenue grew 79% year over year in Q1 2018 to $302.9 million, accounting for 86.6% of its total net revenues ($349.9 million, an increase of 76% YoY) according to […]