Total MAU of WeChat grew by 11% year-on-year to approximately 1,098 million by the end of 2018. Around 80% of the top 500 enterprises in China are now registered as WeChatWork corporate users. Tencent’s total digital content subscription counts exceeded 100 million by the end of 2018, up 50% year-on-year. The total daily payment transaction […]
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Top platforms for financial ads in China 2018, led by Baidu News Feed, Toutiao & Tencent
Financial transactions via mobile devices in China is projected to be hit US$497.52 billion by 2019. Ads concerning debit and credit products took the largest share of 41% in total financial ads placements. Only 3% of ads were placed for insurance products. Baidu News Feed is the most popular platforms among advertisers, with 22% of financial ads placements […]
Alibaba Cloud owns 43% China’s public cloud market in 2018
The top 5 public cloud services providers in China are all local companies, with Alibaba taking a disproportionally large share of 43%. Roughly 40% of the top 500 enterprises and 50% of listed companies in China are using Alibaba Cloud.
China’s home to 186 US$ billion unicorns in 2018
186 companies joined China’s US$1 billion unicorn club in 2018, with a combined valuation exceeding 5 trillion yuan (US$741.97 billion). Sequoia Capital owns stakes in 49 unicorns of the 186 unicorns. 30 unicorns are affiliated with Tencent, 21 with IDG, and 17 with Alibaba. Hangzhou is home to 18 unicorns and surpasses Shanghai (42 unicorns valued at […]
Top mobile apps in China by total downloads & earnings in Oct 2018
Tik Tok topped the ranking of mobile apps with most downloads on Apple App Store in China in October 2018. PUBG, iQiyi, Tencent Video, and Xiaohongshu all retained their positions. Toutiao, Qutoutiao, and Xianyu made big progress. Tencent’s Honor of Kings still earned most. Eight out of the top best earners were game apps.
Top advertising companies and brands in China in Q3 2018
The top 20 companies accounted for 23.6% of total full media ad spending during the Q1-Q3 period. Internet companies debuted in the top 20 ranking of full media in H1 2018. Tmall, JD Mall, Coco-Cola, Suning, Xiaomi, Apple, Huawei, and Tencent were among the list of top buyers. By comparison, some emerging internet retailers paid attention […]
Tencent business highlights for Q3 2018; WeChat MAUs up 10%, online ads up 47%
Tencent’s revenues increased by 24% year-on-year, primarily benefiting from growth in payment-related services, online advertising, digital content sales, and cloud services. Operating profit increased by 22% year-on-year. Non-GAAP operating profit increased by 4% year-on-year.
Top mobile apps in China by downloads & earnings in Sep 2018
Toutiao-affiliated selfie app Ulike topped the ranking of apps with most downloads on the iOS store in China in September 2018. PUBG, Exciting Battlefield, Tik Tok, iQiyi, and Xiaohong all slide down more or less. Tencent’s Honor of Kings led the ranking of mobile apps with most earnings. 7 out of 10 non-game apps with most earnings […]
China’s online gaming market shrank by 10.8% in Q2 2018
China’s online gaming market decreased by 10.8% YoY to US$8.29 billion in Q2 2018. Mobile games accounted for 65.1%. Tencent is the biggest player with a share of 53.17%.
Carrefour’s retail transformation with WeChat Mini-Programs
On August 8 this year, Carrefour’s WeChat user penetration grew by 28% from a year ago. Over 55% of Carrefour customers in South China used WeChat Pay. Much effort had been put on integrating WeChat Pay and smart retail together to make customers into the habit of shopping with WeChat Mini-Programs in Carrefour supermarkets. Collaborated […]
Vipshop obtained 29.8 million active customers in Q2 2018
Vipshop’s total active customers grew by 6% year-on-year to 29.8 million in Q2 2018. 85% of customers were repeat customers and approximately 96% of orders were placed by repeat customers, according to its unaudited financial results for Q2 2018.
Tencent saw its first decline in profit since Q3 2005 in Q2 2018; WeChat MAU 1.06B
Tencent saw its first decline in profit since Q3 2005. WeChat total MAUs grew about 10% to 1,057.7 million. Overall, both QQ and QZone saw a decrease in their MAUs in this quarter.