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Top short video, live streaming Chinese apps in global market in H1 2020

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Bytedance’s TikTok is the most popular mobile app in the first half of 2020 in the global markets outside China with close to 600 million downloads with an increase of 88.7% YoY. Half of the Top 20 are owned by three Chinese companies: Bytedance, Joyy, and Kuaishou (Kwai). Xiaomi’s app made it to Top 10. […]

Top Mobile Apps in China 2020 in 14 charts

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The top 20 mobile apps in China by total monthly active users in March 2020 are led by WeChat, QQ, Alipay, Taobao, iQiyi, Tencent Video, Baidu, Sogou Input, TikTok, Gaode Maps, and etc. Check out top mobile apps in delivery, social networking, travel, lifestyle, video, podcast, music, news, short video, and smart device management categories. […]

Mini Program platform compared: WeChat vs. Alibaba vs. Baidu

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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 […]

WeChat Mini Programs overview 2020

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Monthly active users (MAU) on WeChat Mini Programs grew to 849 million in April, an increase of 24% YoY. The number of mini programs with at least 1 million MAU has exceeded 1,214. Get an overview of the mini program categories trends on WeChat based on Q1 data. Games and Videos are the top 2 […]

China’s mobile apps market overview 2020 [updated]

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The number of mobile apps available in the market decreased to 3.67 million in China in 2019 from 4.52 million in 2018; Apple App Store accounts for over 40%. Find out the top mobile app categories by total number of apps, usage time, total users. And, check out the top growing mobile app categories by […]

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

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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.

How “Lite” apps help drive tech companies’ growth in China

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Alibaba launched a “Lite” version of its DingTalk, an enterprise communication and collaboration platform in early April 2020. And, ByteDance also launched a light version of its enterprise messaging app Feishu. Launching a “Lite” version of a mobile app is a common tactic in the Chinese companies’ competitions, which is a lightweight version of the […]

Mini Programs usage insights for Feb 2020; DAU exceeded 450 million

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The Daily Active Users (DAU) of mini programs in China has already surpassed 450 million, according to Aladdin’s report released in March 2020, a 3rd party mini program data platform. The number of available mini programs on the market reached 3.9 million, 600,000 more compared to 2 months earlier. As a comparison, Apple Store has only […]

Short video penetration over 70% in Q3 2019; 38% made a purchase

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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 […]

Mobile shopping users and top e-commerce apps in China in Q3 2019

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China’s online shopping users reached 370 million on desktop and over 1 billion unique mobile devices in September 2019. They use an average of 2.22 mobile apps and 6.3 hours on shopping. Missfresh beats Alibaba’s HemaFresh by total users in tier-1 cities. Also, check out the top mobile shopping apps by growth and total MAU. […]