Here are the most interesting Alibaba statistics and facts I have dug up over the years. As always, I’ll be adding and updating as new statistics pop up along the way.
The Western expansion of the Chinese digital mega-companies is underway. One of these gigantic companies is the Chinese digital shopping conglomerate Alibaba who recently had its ownAmerican IPO. Alibabais often referred to as the Chinese Amazon (without the fulfillment element). With stats like the ones below, one can understand the general comparison.
Alibaba Facts
- Website:alibaba.com
- Launch Year:1999
- Headquarters:Hangzhou, China
- Creator: Jack Ma
- Mobile App:iOS App |Android App
- Key Subsidiaries:Taobao, Tmall, Alipay, Juhuasuan, AliExpress, Alibaba.com, 1688.com, eTao, Aliyun, China Yahoo!, Laiwang, Yu’E Bao, AutoNavi, Lazada, Cainiao, Chinavision, Alimama, SM.cn, Ele.me, Koubei and 11 Main
- Other Properties: Alibaba also has sizable interests in a number of other large digital companies including: Weibo, Youku Tudou, Shoprunner, Tango, Singapore Post and UCWeb
Alibaba Statistics
How many people shop on Alibaba?
Last updated 12/31/18
Last updated 12/31/18
Alibaba’s share of the Chinese ecommerce market:
Last updated 8/13/18
Number of Alibaba employees:
Last updated8/23/18
How many people use Xiami?
Last updated June 2017
Number of Alibaba cloud customers:
Last updated 8/17/17
Year Ant Financial was spun off from Alibaba:
2011
Ant Financial’s reported market value:
Last updated 4/11/18
Number of people that Ant Financial reaches:
Last updated 4/11/18
Number of small businesses in China that Ant Financial helps:
Last updated 5/7/18
Year Shenma was launched:
2013
Shenma’s mobile search market share in China:
Last updated 11/10/16
Number of Alibaba Passport users:
Last updated 11/10/16
Number of Fliggy (formerly Alitrip) members:
Last updated 11/7/16
Average number of Fliggy (formerly Alitrip) daily visitors:
Last updated 11/7/16
Number of YunOS users:
Last updated 7/30/16
YunOS’ share of smartphone shipments in China:
Last updated 6/30/16
Year Koubei was launched:
2015
Number of offline merchants Koubei has partnered with:
Last updated 1/25/17
Average daily orders recorded on Koubei:
Last updated 1/25/17
Percentage of Alibaba revenue that is generated from Alimama:
Last updated 6/9/17
Alibaba GMV for FY 2018:
Alibaba revenue for FY 2018:
Alibaba FY 2018 core commerce revenue:
Alibaba FY 2018 cloud computing revenue:
Alibaba FY 2018 digital media and entertainment revenue:
Alibaba FY 2018 innovation initiative revenue:
This reportis available in an annual industry report. Some of the data in industry reports include:
- Users
- Demographics
- Revenue
- Growth
- Etc.-all in one place
I try to go through each and every stat regularly and update as much as possible, but we all know that some stats are easier to track down than others. As always, every stat is linked to its original source and has the source date listed.
To get your copy of the report, click on the button below to purchase it.
Report 1:Alibaba Properties Report(Alibaba, Alipay, Tmalland Taobao).
Report 2:China DigitalCompanies Report (Alibaba, Alipay, Baidu, Ctrip, JD.com, QQ, YY, Tmall, Taobao, WeChat and Weibo).
Report 3: eCommerce Companies Report (Alibaba, Alipay, Amazon, Amazon Prime, Ebay, Etsy, Flipkart, JD.com, Tmall, Taobao, PayPal, Paytm and Square).
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