The short video has penetrated into 62.2% of Chinese internet users with an average DAUs of 313.2 million as of December 2018. Tik Tok retained its top position, followed by Kuaishou. Market penetration of short video kept growing momentum in the past year and reached 62.2%, an increase of 76.7% year-on-year. The average DAUs was […]
China’s top live streaming mobile apps in 2018
The live streaming was cooling down in China as the market penetration of mobile apps sliding to 18.7%. Momo, Douyu, and Huya held the lead and together accounted for over 85% of the total average DAUs in December 2018. Market penetration of live streaming is still very low as compared with other entertainment apps. It […]
China digital video market overview 2019
Home to 1,240 million monthly unique devices in December 2018, video services’ market penetration reached 92.2%. The short video is one of the key driving engines with 730 million monthly unique devices. 62.7% of online video users are under 35 years old. Youku is more popular among male users while MangoTV attracted more female users. […]
iQiyi’s total members grew by 58% in Q1 2019
The number of iQiyi’s total subscribing members reached 96.8 million as of March 31, 2019, 98.6% of whom were paying subscribing members. This compares to 61.3 million of total subscribing members as of March 31, 2018, up 58% year over year.
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.
China’s first listed game live streaming platform Huya saw 117M MAU in Dec 2018
Huya, a leading game live streaming platform in China, delivered non-GAAP net income for five consecutive quarters, reaching a record high of US$67.0 million for the fiscal year of 2018. The average mobile MAUs and MAUs reached 50.7 million and 116.6 million, respectively. Total paying users increased by 73.1% year-on-year to 4.8 million.
China’s video cloud market to grow by 37.5% in 2019
The cloud computing for video market in China reached US$46.5 million in 2018, with Alibaba Cloud being the biggest vendor (42.5%). 80% of China’s leading live streaming sites or apps are using Alibaba Cloud to power their operations. The cloud computing for video market totaled 3.12 billion yuan (US$466.13 million) market in 2018, an increase […]
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 […]
71.1% Weibo’s Miaopai users have a high purchasing power
The market penetration rate of short video increased from 49.8% to 67.7% with users reaching 744 million. Weibo-backed Miaopai was extremely popular among young users as nearly 50% of its users aged 25 years or younger. 55.3% of Miaopai users lived in tier-1 and tier-2 cities while that was 44.8% for overall short video users. The short […]
Top mobile video apps in China Sep 2018, led by Tencent Video, Tik Tok, Kwai
Market penetration of online video reached 80.4%, a 5.8% increase year-on-year. While the average daily active users decreased to 210 million. Both Tencent Video (116 million) and Tik Tok (118.7 million) saw the average daily active users of over 100 million in September 2018. Tencent Video, iQiyi, and Youku took the top three places with […]
WeChat launched its own version of “Facebook Stories”
WeChat launched two new sections -“Time Capsule” and “Top Stories”- and several news features for WeChat iOS 7.0 on December 21, 2018. That’s the biggest upgrade since version 6 four years ago and one big move into the short video market. The new version is not yet available for Android smartphone users.
Online video platform iQiyi saw 89% increase in paid subscribers in Q3 2018
Total revenues of iQiyi grew to RMB6.9 billion (US$1.0 billion) in Q3 2018, representing a 48% increase from the same period in 2017. Membership services revenue was RMB2.9 billion (US$415.3 million), representing a 78% increase from Q3 2017. Online advertising services revenue was RMB2.4 billion (US$348.9 million), down 4% YoY.
China’s top mobile video apps in Q2 2018
China’s online video market remains dominated by iQiyi, Tencent Video, and Youku. Short Video apps presented far stronger growth momentum in monthly active users than live streaming mobile apps in China’s Q2 mobile apps market. In June 2018, users totally spent 726.7 billion minutes in using short video apps, 4.7 times higher than 127.2 billion […]
Top live streaming apps in China in Q2 2018
Online live streaming market obtained a total of 398 million users in 2017, an increase of 28.4%, which is estimated to reach 460 million in 2018 and 507 million in 2019. This market showed signs of a slowdown since 2017.
Tik Tok overtook Kwai to lead China’s short video market in Q2 2018
The monthly active users of short video apps in China exceeded 500 million in June 2018, an increase of 45.6% year-on-year. Tik Tok saw its monthly active users exceeded 200 million, closely behind that of Kwai (231.09 million). Weishi showed a great potential with monthly active users growing by 266 times from 161 thousand to […]