Renren’s monthly unique log-in users was about 35 million in September 2016, compared to 45 million in September 2015 with an decrease of 22% YoY. The login users’ monthly average time spent increased 17.5% year-over-year.
q3 2016
China online travel market overview Q3 2016
Total transactions of China’s online travel market reached 162.76 billion yuan (US$23.59 billion). OTA revenues totaled 8.19 billion yuan (US$1.19 billion).
China social media ads market overview Q3 2016
China social media advertising and marketing market reached 6.38 billion yuan, an increase of 17.7% QoQ.
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 Android and iOS exceeded 700 and 280 million respectively.
China online shopping platforms market share Q3 2016
Total transaction value of China online shopping market reached 1.15 trillion yuan (US$166.85 billion) in Q3 2016, up 23.6% YoY or 2.6% QoQ, according to data from iResearch.
Weibo MAUs grew 34% YoY to 297 million in Sep 2016
Weibo’s Monthly active users (“MAUs”) grew 34% year over year to 297 million in September 2016, 89% of which were mobile users.
Top travel apps in China in Sep 2016
Qunar was ranked the top generic travel booking app by coverage in September 2016 according to data from TalkingData, followed by Ctrip and LY.com apps.
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 million in September 2015 according to its unaudited financial results.
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 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 according to App Annie.