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.
China Top Mobile Apps: Stats, Trends, Insights
Statistics: China Apps list
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 […]
China online education market to exceed US$58 billion in 2020
China’s online education is estimated to be a 400.38 billion yuan (US$58.51 billion) market in 2020, with a growth rate of over 24%. The pandemic has a positive impact on the K12 sector but slows down territory education and vocational education due to the delayed or canceled examinations and overseas study. Affected by the epidemic […]
Top Mobile Apps in China 2020 in 18 charts [Updated]
WeChat remains the top mobile app in China in June 2020 and it’s the only mobile app with over 1 billion MAU. There are 7 mobile apps in the same period with over 500 million MAU: QQ, Taobao, Alipay, Weibo, Sogou Input, iQiyi, and Tencent Videos. Check out top mobile apps in delivery, social networking, […]
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 […]
China’s mobile internet records over 1.4 billion devices in June 2020
China’s mobile internet saw 1.426 billion unique devices in June 2020, an increase of 2.2% YoY, according to data from iResearch. Bookkeeping, Food delivery, and Productivity & Office saw the fastest growth in app usage in June 2020. The daily mobile internet usage in China reached 4.24 hours per device. The top three mobile app […]
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 […]
Top Chinese mobile apps in 2010s dominated by video apps
ByteDance-owned TikTok and UC Browser (Alibaba) top App Annie‘s most downloaded app list in 2010s, ranking the 7th and 8th respectively.