The top mobile apps by MAU growth are QQ Browser, Taobao, Pinduoduo, DingTalk, and TikTok Lite in September 2020. The top lifestyle mobile platforms are led by Meituan, Meituan Delivery, and Alibaba’s Ele.me including mobile apps and mini programs. Douyin (TikTok) remains the top short video app in China, followed by Kuaishou. Taobao saw over […]
China Top Mobile Apps: Stats, Trends, Insights
Statistics: China Apps list
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’s mobile internet overview 2020 (updated)
Top mobile app categories with the largest active user growth in Q3 2020 are Transportation, Finance, and Shopping. Instant Messaging remains the top segment among China’s social media apps in September 2020 with over 1 billion active users, followed by Weibo and Dating (330.57 million). K12 is the largest segment in China’s online education market […]
China online education market penetration exceeded 40% in 2020
The number of online education users in China skyrocketed in 2020 and reached 380.6 million as of June 30, accounting for 40.5% of internet users. Mobile online education users rose sharply and exceeded 400 million in 2020. China’s online education is estimated to be a 400.38 billion yuan (US$58.51 billion) market in 2020, with a […]
Top Chinese Web Browsers in China
Google Chrome browser still takes the first place in China’s desktop web browser market in August 2020, accounting for 58.22% of the market share, down 0.3% from July.
Meet China’s blue-collar mobile users
The monthly active mobile users of China’s blue-collar population has more than doubled from July 2016 to July 2020, from 15.48 million to 33.79 million, with an average annual growth of 21.5%. In the first and second-tier cities, the blue-collar is very active. However, the third and lower-tier cities also have great growth potential. The […]
China grocery e-commerce market overview; to grow over 39% in 2020
China’s grocery B2C e-commerce transactions totaled 544.94 billion yuan in 2019 and are estimated to exceed 1.38 trillion yuan by 2022. 74.8% of the market is dominated by mainstream e-commerce platforms such as Taobao, JD, Pinduoduo while the grocery vertical e-commerce platforms have a 25.2% market share. Grocery e-commerce’s penetration among China’s internet users has […]
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. WeChat Mini Program DAU exceeded 400 million […]
WeChat Mini Programs overview 2020 [updated]
As of August 2020, the number of daily active users of WeChat Mini Programs has exceeded 400 million, the GMV of mini-programs transactions has increased by 115% YoY, and the self-operated GMV of brand merchants has increased by 210% YoY, according to data shared at Tencent Global Digital Ecosystem Summit. Pinduoduo secured more younger users […]
Meet China’s Generation Z
China has the largest group of Generation Z (Gen Z) in the world with a population of 149 million. Gen Z is between 15 and 23-year-old and will account for 40% of consumption power in 2020. Their average time spend on mobile internet is 4.7 hours per day. And, they like Zhihu, Tantan, Xiaohongshu more […]
Top short video, live streaming Chinese apps in global market in H1 2020
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. […]
Popular mobile shopping apps for women in China
Mogujie is a very popular mobile shopping app among women in China with 2.43 million active users in March 2020 while Jumei app has 1.16 million MAU.
WeChat statistical highlights 2020; mini program DAU >300m
The number of monthly active users (MAU) of WeChat increased slightly and reached 1,206.1 million in the second quarter of 2020. The peak engagements are right before lunch and after work.
How “Lite” apps help drive tech companies’ growth in China
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
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 […]