CIW » Archives for Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Charts: Internet Usage – HK v.s. SEA

According to Nielsen’s report on Hong Kong digital behavior, 87% of Hong Kong consumers have used the Internet in the past 12 months, compared to neighboring markets such as Singapore (67%), Malaysia (38%), Thailand (31%), Philippines (30%) and Indonesia (19%).

Sina Weibo Has Over 2 Million Users in Hong Kong

Sina announced a milestone of 2 million users in Hong Kong at its official Weibo account this morning. And, Sina released an app for its users in Hong Kong using Facebook Connect to to share their presence at Sina Weibo with up to 15 Facebook friends per day. Sina Weibo has made a custom design [...]

China Internet Usage Led by Web Portals as Social Networking Remains Smaller Segment of the Market

A recent comScore study reveals that portals commanded the largest share of online minutes, accounting for 24.4% of total time in Greater China (including Taiwan and Hong Kong), followed by the Entertainment (9%), Search/Navigation (6.2%), Social Networking (5.5%) and Retail (5%)site categories. These five categories combined accounted for half of all time spent online in [...]

Nearly 9 out of 10 Internet Users in Hong Kong View Online Video

Thumbnail image for Nearly 9 out of 10 Internet Users in Hong Kong View Online Video

comScore last week released its March 2010 rankings of the top video properties in Hong Kong based on data from its comScore Video Metrix service. The report found that 88.5% of Hong Kong’s Internet population viewed video online in March, with visitors averaging more than 10 hours of video viewing per person during the month.

Yahoo Enhanced Search Suggestion for Taiwan and Hong Kong Market

Yahoo has enhanced search suggestion in Web search for Yahoo! Taiwan (Yahoo! Kimo) and Yahoo! Hong Kong. This feature helps users easily enter queries in traditional Chinese in the search box using Changjie and Cantonese Pinyin, which are language input systems used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, respectively. For example, to search for “Shanghai World’s [...]

Hong Kong Internet user spends over 25 hours online per month

ComScore released its first report on web usage in Hong Kong. The report provided an overview of the most visited properties in Hong Kong and what activities captured the largest share of visitors’ time online. Yahoo! Sites reigned as the most visited Web property in August, while Instant Messenger sites captured the largest share of [...]

Top Commercial Airline Websites in Hong Kong 26/09/2009

According to Hitwise, these are the top sites by visits in Hong Kong for the week ending 26/09/2009: Emirates Airlines www.emirates.com Jetstar www.jetstar.com Tiger Airways www.tigerairways.com Singapore Airlines www.singaporeair.com AirAsia www.airasia.com SilkAir www.silkair.net Cathay Pacific www.cathaypacific.com Malaysia Airlines www.malaysiaairlines.com Cebu Pacific Air www.cebupacificair.com Qantas Airways www.qantas.com.au

Active Facebook Users in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong

Hong Kong people are the most passionate about Facebook among the Greater China region (mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau), shown in a recent research conducted by O’Reilly, “Facebook Demographic Trends”. It seems Facebook has a very hard time in mainland China.

7 Things About Hong Kong Netizens

You can find the following statistics with regard to Hong Kong people’s living habits interesting: More than 80% of men will spend time each week playing video games. Hong Kong women spent an average of about HKD 1019 per month to buy clothes and accessories; and men less than HKD 1,000 a month. Women are [...]