The top 10 Chinese mobile apps by UVs are WeChat, QQ, Taobao, iQiyi, Sogou Input, Alipay, Weibo, QQLive, Baidu Search, and Amap according to data from iResearch for March 2019. Check out the chart below for the top 30. The top two mobile apps are instant messenger apps from Tencent. WeChat’s monthly UV exceeded 1.1 […]
China Top Mobile Apps: Stats, Trends, Insights
Statistics: Top 500 Mobile Apps in China
Have you utilized live video broadcasting for your China e-commerce sales?
Live video broadcasting has proven to be a fun, engaging way to connect with followers and grow the audience. 78% of online viewers are watching video on Facebook Live as of 2018. In China, live streaming has stepped up the game and become a useful tool to drive e-commerce traffic and sales.
How one utilizes Alipay mini-programs to acquire new users
Alipay recently introduced a new feature Sports on its mini-programs platform and opened beta testing to some developers. It has helped promote brand exposure and user acquisitions. Previously, Alipay mini-programs has opened over 600 functions including face recognition to developers. Alipay, the leading online payment platform owned by Ant Financial and affiliated with Alibaba Group, […]
Top 30 WeChat Mini-Programs in March 2019
The number of WeChat online shopping mini-programs surpassed mini-games in the top 100 rankings for the first time. 71% of the top 100 came from companies based in tier-1 cities. Kuaishou has established a closed social e-commerce loop with the help of WeChat Mini-Programs. WeChat Mini-Programs daily visits per user increased by 54% year-on-year as […]
China’s mobile internet overview 2019
The internet and mobile internet have a user base of 829 million and 817 million, respectively, as of December 2018, according to the 43rd statistical report from the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC). Both of them saw a net increase of 56.53 million and 64.33 million users, respectively, from the prior year. Noteworthy, user growth […]
Apple’s App Store accounts for over 40% apps in China mobile apps market
With 4.49 million apps available for download in app stores, each Chinese internet user on average downloaded 39 apps on their mobile devices. The 15- to 19-year-olds were the most active with each of them downloading 59 apps a month. There were 4.49 million mobile apps available in China’s app stores as of December 2018. […]
WeChat Mini-Programs overview 2019, part 1; 2.3M apps led by retail & shopping
The launch of Mini-Game “Jump” (Tiaoyitiao) made WeChat Mini-Programs an instant hit in early 2018. On average, 230 million users used WeChat Mini-Programs daily, 60 million more than 2017. It is estimated to exceed 350 million by the end of 2019. WeChat’s Mini-Programs has covered over more than 200 industries and provided over 100 billion […]
WeChat Mini-Programs overview 2019 – Part 2: usage scenarios
53% of users use WeChat Mini-Programs mainly for temporary usage, 40% didn’t want to download mobile apps, 33% are automatically redirected to it after scanning QR code or clicking, and 31% just want to give a try. If you missed part 1, you can find it here. User profile & usage preference Among WeChat Mini-Programs […]
China’s payment and online banking mobile app market overview in 2018
China’s top 3 online banking players accounted for 36.7% of the total monthly active users of the online banking industry in December 2018. UnionPay QuickPass saw a high growth of 289.9% in monthly active users. Alipay’s daily active users grew by 20.2% to 320 million thanks to its Wufu campaign. Both online banking and payment & […]
Top 20 Chinese video mobile apps in overseas market
In January 2019, Tik Tok took the first spot of the top 20 most downloaded video/live streaming apps list with nearly 75 million downloads from App Store and Google Play overseas. Roughly 46% of its downloads came from India. The downloads of the top 20 apps grew by 167% to reach 164 million, with 55% coming […]
Resorts World Sentosa enhances Chinese traveler experience with Alipay mini-program
Alipay and Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) have deepened their strategic partnership to enhance the travel experience of Chinese visitors with the launch of a new RWS mini-programme available on the Alipay mobile application platform – the first of its kind in Singapore. RWS is also the first integrated resort outside of China to offer a […]
How China’s short video app Kuaishou grew its DAU by 40M in 5 months
China’s short video market saw explosive growth in the past year. The success of Tik Tok (or Douyin in Chinese) soon attracted Tencent, Baidu, and Alibaba to join in the competition. In a short span of time, several hundred short video apps appeared in the market. In the short video market, competition is growing fierce […]