China Internet Watch https://www.chinainternetwatch.com China Internet Stats, Trends, Insights Tue, 02 Sep 2014 05:49:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.chinainternetwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-ciw-logo-2019-v1b-80x80.png China Internet Watch https://www.chinainternetwatch.com 32 32 Top 10 Online Instant Messengers in China https://www.chinainternetwatch.com/8492/top-10-online-instant-messengers-china/ https://www.chinainternetwatch.com/8492/top-10-online-instant-messengers-china/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2014 08:35:57 +0000 http://www.chinainternetwatch.com/?p=8492 instant-messenger12

During period from 4 August to 10 August, Tencent QQ’s daily user coverage exceeded 220.75 million, accounting for 63.5%, ranking the top among China online instant messengers, followed by Aliwangwang (11.6%) and Fetion (2.7%) according to data from iResearch.

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The latest data shows that during the same period, effective time on Tencent QQ went up to 759.33 million hours, accounting for 90.7% of total effective time in China instant messengers market while Aliwangwang accounted for 5.7% and Tencent’s IM for enterprises Real Time eXpert accounted for 0.9%.

Also read: Analysis on China’s Top Mobile Messenger Apps

]]> https://www.chinainternetwatch.com/8492/top-10-online-instant-messengers-china/feed/ 3 Mobile QQ and Wechat Own Over 60% of IM Accounts in Q1 2013 https://www.chinainternetwatch.com/2724/mobile-qq-weixin-q1-2013/ https://www.chinainternetwatch.com/2724/mobile-qq-weixin-q1-2013/#respond Mon, 05 Aug 2013 03:40:24 +0000 http://www.chinainternetwatch.com/?p=2724 chinese mobile im cumulative account market share in q1 2013

According to Enfodesk, the top three mobile IM in China by total number of cumulative accounts are mobile QQ with 38.07% market share, Weixin (Wechat) with 27.97%, and Fetion with 18.37%.

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QQ is also the leader in mobile IM active account market share with 42.54%, followed by Weixin with 23.38% and Fetion with 17.65%.

Mobile QQ has accumulated a large number of users through many years, which provided user base for Wechat (known as Weixin in China). Wechat cumulative accounts have grown from 25.89% in Q4 2012 to 27.97% in Q1 2o13, and active account market share growed from 19.9% in Q4 2012 to 23.38% in Q1 2013.

Liao.189.cn and Fetion, from ChinaNet and China Mobile respectively, also take a sizeable share of IM market.

]]> https://www.chinainternetwatch.com/2724/mobile-qq-weixin-q1-2013/feed/ 0 China’s Instant Messaging Users reached 1.21 Billion in Q3 2012 https://www.chinainternetwatch.com/1847/chinas-instant-messaging-users-reached-1-21-billion-in-q3-2012/ https://www.chinainternetwatch.com/1847/chinas-instant-messaging-users-reached-1-21-billion-in-q3-2012/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2012 02:02:14 +0000 http://www.chinainternetwatch.com/?p=1847 According to EnfoDesk, China instant messaging users reached 1.21 billion in Q3 2012, with the QoQ growth of 4.1% and YoY growth of 7.1%

Reviewing the performance of China’s IM products from Q3 2010 to Q3 2012, key players are Tencent QQ, Ali Wangwang, Fetion and others.

As the leader for a long time, Tencent QQ keeps improving its products, user experience as well as the observation for the end user integration. And, it has realized its strategic pushes in PC and mobile internet. Use of QQ has been an inevitable online habit for most Chinese netizens.

As the major communication tool between sellers and buyers, Ali Wangwang has its deep base of users. Meanwhile, Fetion sticking to its regional model maintains its position in this market. With convenient services, low charges and good user experience, Fetion still has great potential in second and third-tier cities.

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