Technology

Top mobile applications in China by total time spent in Jun 2019

Instant messaging mobile apps take a significant chunk of China internet users’ time spent, accounting for 14.5%, followed by online video, short video, and online

Top Chinese Web Browsers in China

The top web browsers in China on PC are Chrome with close to half market share by traffic (45.19%), followed by IE 9, IE 11,

WeChat mini-programs can be accessed on Samsung phones outside WeChat

Mini programs competition is heating up with ByteDance building its own ecosystem on its leading apps short-video TikTok and news Toutiao. With Alipay and Baidu

Xiaomi in Q2 2019: smart hardware, IoT, AI, internet services

Xiaomi’s monthly active users (“MAU”) of MIUI reached 278.7 million, an increase of 34.7% YoY. AI assistant “ Xiao’ai ” had 49.9 million MAU; Xiaomi

Baidu highlights for Q2 2019; voice queries up 7.5 fold

Baidu delivered a solid second quarter in 2019 with revenues reaching RMB 26.3 billion, growing 9% QoQ, and Baidu Core revenues growing 12% QoQ. In

Top mini programs in H1 2019; WeChat vs. Alipay vs. Baidu

WeChat is not the only platform supporting the instant-launch light applications, which is widely known as mini-programs. Leading Chinese internet companies are building their own

Top mobile apps, app stores in China in H1 2019

China’s mobile internet users reached 1.14 billion in Jun 2019; and, Tencent, Alibaba, Baidu, and ByteDance dominate China’s mobile app stores in the first half

China’s mobile internet users overview H1 2019; top 4 companies compared

The monthly active users of China mobile internet dropped to 1.136 billion in June 2019 from 1.138 billion in March 2019 according to data from

Alibaba performance in Q2 2019; revenue up 42%

Alibaba had a strong quarter in Q2 2019, with revenue growing 42% and adjusted EBITDA growing 34% year-over-year, according to its official financial results. Alibaba

Tencent highlights in Q2 2019; revenues, games, digital content

Tencent’s total revenues were RMB88,821 million (USD12,920 million) in Q2 2019, an increase of 21% over the second quarter of 2018 according to its financial

China smartphone market share, shipments in Q2 2019

Smartphone shipments in China remained at 98 million units in the second quarter of 2019, down 6% from the same period last year according to

Apple’s smartphone active devices market share dropped to 23.5% in Q2 2019

The combined market share of the top four Chinese mobile brands’ active devices, including Huawei, Oppo, Vivo, and Xiaomi, further grew to 65.7% in Q2

Netease performance highlights Q2 2019

Netease net revenues and net income attributable to the company’s shareholders increased by 15% and 46% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2019, according to

Mobile apps trend in China in Q2 2019; short video apps saw 111 million new users

The top growing mobile app saw the largest increase in monthly active users in Jun 2019. Time spent on short video apps continued fast growth.

Sogou revenues up 1% in Q2 2019; Input app DAU grewed to 453 million

Chinese search engine Sogou’s search-related revenues totaled $276 million in Q2 2019, accounting for 91% of total revenues according to its announced financial results.