The Q2 2020 worldwide cloud infrastructure services market continued to surge, as spending grew 31% to US$34.6 billion, according to Canalys.
Baidu News, Stats and Search Engine Marketing Insights
Baidu is China's dominant search engine, used by hundreds of millions of China internet users. Find out news and statistics on Baidu as well as Baidu advertising and marketing tips and insights.
The monthly active users of Baidu Mini Program users have exceeded 500 million as of May 2020. It has over 420,000 mini programs on its ecosystem, 220 of which have exceeded 1-million MAU.
Baidu may spin off its online storage business
Baidu recently plans to split multiple internal businesses, which may be listed independently, according to Business Data.
BrandZ Top global brands, top Chinese brands in 2020
BrandZ released its China version of Top 50 Global Brands list for 2020. Huawei is ranked as the top global brand from China, followed by Lenovo, Alibaba, ByteDance, and Xiaomi.
Mobile reach in Q1 2020: Tencent, Alibaba, Baidu, ByteDance
Tencent has the highest reach of 96.4% China mobile internet users in March 2020, an increase of 2.9% YoY. Alibaba and Baidu reach 93.3% and 86.2% mobile internet users respectively while ByteDance follows closely with 745 million unique users.
Mini Program platform compared: WeChat vs. Alibaba vs. Baidu
Mini Programs (MP) are light applications designed to run on top of a specific mobile app. Top technology companies in China have designed and run their own mini program framework; and, the most popular ones include WeChat platform, Alibaba (Alipay platform; Taobao platform), Baidu Smart Program, and QuickApp. WeChat Mini Program DAU have exceeded 400 […]
Top mini programs in 2019; WeChat vs. Alipay vs. Baidu
CIW » Mobile Apps » 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 ecosystem with Tencent’s WeChat, Alibaba’s Alipay, and Baidu’s smart program in the leading positions.
Baidu in Q1 2020; search App DAU 222 million, up 28%
Baidu’s total revenues declined just 7% year-over-year in Q1 2020, resulting from its diversified revenue streams, including marketing services for wide-ranging industries, new AI businesses, and iQIYI.
China’s mobile search market overview 2020
The number of mobile search users grew to 705 million in 2019 in China, according to a Chinese research company iiMedia. Baidu has the largest market share reaching over 70% mobile users in China, followed by Shenma and Sogou. The actual spending on search advertisements in China was 1.13 times higher than the budget. Over […]
Baidu starts offering free robotaxi service in Changsha
Baidu has started offering its Apollo “robotaxi” service in Changsha city of Hunan Province, becoming one of the first companies to carry passengers in autonomous vehicles in China.
Education trends in China amid COVID-19; K12 demand fastest growth
During the period of epidemic, the Internet has become the main source for people to acquire knowledge. Over the 30-day period from mid-Feb to mid-March, the average number of daily searches for knowledge content related to education on Baidu is over 350 million, an increase of 86% year over year. K12 and foreign languages are […]
Baidu launched cloud-based virtual smartphone
Baidu Smart Cloud officially released “Cloud Mobile Phone”. The so-called Cloud Mobile Phone is a virtual smartphone with all applications running on the cloud so that the performance of the mobile phones can no longer be limited by its hardware. Baidu Cloud Phone is a combination of ARM server, cloud computing, and Android OS. It […]
Cloud infrastructure services spend in China increased by 64% in 2019
China’s cloud infrastructure services market grew 66.9% and reached US$3.3 billion in total spending in Q4 2019, accounting for 10.8% and the second largest of the global market, according to data from Canalys.
Baidu highlights in Q4 2019; app DAU up 21% to 195M
Baidu App’s average daily active users (“DAUs”) reached 195 million, up 21% year over year, in December 2019. Baidu’s content network BJH publisher accounts for Baidu feed reached 2.6 million, up 38% year over year, in December 2019.
Short video penetration over 70% in Q3 2019; 38% made a purchase
Short video penetration exceeded 70% in Q3 2019 with 810 million active users in Sep. The growth is still strong with about 25% YoY increase in MAU. ByteDance dominates China’s short video segment with three mobile apps – TikTok (Douyin), Xigua, and Huoshan with a total penetration of 72.1% in Sep 2019. Kuaishou and Baidu […]
Who dominates China mobile app stores, Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, or ByteDance?
Tencent has the highest internet user penetration of 97.3% in China in September 2019, followed by Alibaba, Baidu, and ByteDance. But, ByteDance saw the largest increase of 18.6% YoY in internet user penetration.