Top short video apps compared: Tik Tok vs. Kwai – Part 1 Platforms
As two representative platforms of the short video market in China, Kwai (Kuaishou) and Tik Tok have always been the focus of attention and discussion
China Internet Stats, Trends, Insights
Media & Entertainment
China online advertising to exceed US$90 bn in 2019, led by e-commerce, newsfeed, and search ads
China is to see internet advertising market exceed over US$90 billion by 2019, over 80% of which is from mobile advertising. The US$36.02 billion native
Top online video apps in Dec 2018
Online penetration in video entertainment grew by 4.2% to 71.3% in December. On average, 205.6 million users watched videos online daily. Tencent Video, iQiyi, and
China’s short video apps penetration up 76.7%
The short video has penetrated into 62.2% of Chinese internet users with an average DAUs of 313.2 million as of December 2018. Tik Tok retained
Top social media mobile apps in China in 2018
Social networking has been in part of life for 87.2% of internet users in China with WeChat being the most widely used one. Market penetration
Tencent apps had over 45% China mobile users’ attention share in 2018; ByteDance rising quickly
Chinese mobile internet users consumed an average of 3.17 billion hours a day on mobile apps. Time spent on Tencent affiliated apps were less in
China’s top live streaming mobile apps in 2018
The live streaming was cooling down in China as the market penetration of mobile apps sliding to 18.7%. Momo, Douyu, and Huya held the lead
Gen-Z video platform Bilibili MAU exceeded 101 million in Q1 2019
Video site Bilibili, popular among the young internet users in China, reported total revenues of 1.37 billion yuan in Q1 2019. Its monthly active users
China pan-entertainment market exceeded 500 billion yuan in 2018
Influenced by the booming short video and live streaming, the spotlight seems to turn back to traditional offline entertainment services, such as movie theatre, concert,
China’s digital reading market saw 463 million monthly unique devices in 2018
Digital reading has grown by 26% year-on-year to a market with over 460 million monthly unique devices as of December 2018. The two most popular
China internet usage overview 2019: desktop vs. mobile
The monthly unique visitors across the desktop devices dropped by 3.9% year-on-year to 509 million in 2018. Average time spent consuming media content on mobile
China digital video market overview 2019
Home to 1,240 million monthly unique devices in December 2018, video services’ market penetration reached 92.2%. The short video is one of the key driving
CIW eBooks
eBook: How a community based e-commerce startup managed to reach 60 cities and 10 million households in China
E-commerce startup Shihuituan has over 150 million GMV and reached 10 million households across 60 cities. It aims to be the Uber of convenience stores.
eBook: Brick & Mortar Retail’s Transformation with WeChat Pay Smart Store
In the past, consumers may need to open a mobile app, or a small program, which takes about four or five steps to complete payment.
eBook: The digital transformation of China’s largest wool and textile enterprise
In 1935, Heng Yuan Xiang invested in a factory to produce own wools to fight against the monopoly of imported goods. In 2017, the annual