Weimar Motors announced on 19 January 2021 that Weimar W6, jointly developed with Baidu Apollo, rolled off the production line at Weimar Hubei base today and will be delivered in the first half of this year. Weimar W6 can realize unmanned driving in specific scenarios through Baidu Apollo. In addition, Weimar Motors founder Shen Hui […]
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’s live streaming app saw 900 million monthly views in 2021
Baidu’s monthly live streaming views exceeded 900 million, according to an official report from Baidu last week.
Top search trends in China in 2020
The most searched 10 keywords on Baidu related to technology in 2020 are mask facial recognition, quantum computing, virtual human, brain-computer interface, driverless taxi, industrial Internet of Things, cloud server, industrial intelligence, artificial neural networks, smart traffic lights.
Baidu holds the most AI-related patents in China
Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU) holds the most AI-related patents and has filed the most AI-related patent applications of any company or organization in China, according to a recent study published by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). Baidu has been granted 2,682 AI-related patents and has filed a total of 9,364 AI-related patent applications […]
Baidu earns first permit for fully driverless road tests in Beijing
Baidu Apollo was granted permission by Beijing transportation authorities for five of its vehicles to conduct fully driverless road tests.
Mini Program platforms: 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.
Cloud computing market share: China vs. Global
A recent Forrester report used 33 criteria to rank JD Cloud & AI first in the areas of strategy layout, product capability covering AI and machine learning, infrastructure management and operation, as well as market performance for Q4 2020.
Mobile reach in 2020: Tencent, Alibaba, Baidu, ByteDance (Updated)
Tencent has the highest reach of 96.3% of China mobile internet users in Sept 2020. Alibaba and Baidu reach 95.3% and 91.0% mobile internet users respectively while ByteDance follows closely with over 67% reach.
China online advertising market overview in Q3 2020
China’s online advertising market saw the largest growth from short video ads (107.7%) and social ads (62.5%) in Q3 2020 while e-commerce ads had an increase of 14.9%. The short video platforms with the largest advertising revenue growth are Kwai (Kuaishou), Xigua (owned by ByteDance), and Haokan (owned by Baidu). Short video market trends in […]
Top 100 best Chinese brands in 2020, led by Alibaba and Tencent
In a year of exceptional pressure on growth, the BrandZ™ Top 100 Most Valuable Chinese Brands gained 12% in value, in the 10th edition of the ranking revealed by WPP and Kantar. The Top 100 best Chinese brands increased their worth by $106.8 billion to reach $996.4 billion, demonstrating the resilience of strong famous brands […]
Baidu won the bid for the largest domestic intelligent transportation project
Apollo intelligent travel technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Baidu Apollo, won the bid of “new infrastructure project of intelligent transportation for automatic driving and vehicle road coordination” in Guangzhou Development Zone, Huangpu District, Guangzhou.
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 […]