Chinese Social Media Statistics, History and Facts (2021)



By:    Last updated: July 19th, 2021

Here are a few of the most interesting Chinese Social Media statistics and facts I was able to dig up in my internet travels. As always, be sure to check back in the future as I will be updating this post as new and updated stats become available.

Chinese social media

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Number of Weibo (Chinese micro-blogging service) active users:

222 million MAU

Last updated 11/20/15

Number of LinkedIn users in China:

10 million users

Last updated 7/30/15

Number of Renren (Chinese social network) activated users:

214 million activated users 

Last updated 8/27/14

Number of Qzone (Chinese social network) monthly active mobile users:

568 MAU

Last updated 5/13/15

Number of Mogujie (Chinese social photo-sharing network) active users:

35 million monthly active users

Last updated 6/6/14

Number of daily active Youku Tudou (Chinese social video-sharing network) users:

150 million users

Last updated 3/20/15

Average number of daily Youku Tudou video views:

900 million video views

Last updated 3/20/15

Number of Meipai (Chinese social video-sharing network) monthly active users:

30 million MAU

Last updated 2/6/15

Number of videos that have been uploaded to Meipai:

200 million videos

Last updated 2/6/15

Number of YY (Chinese social video-sharing network) registered users:

773.4 million users

Last updated 6/30/14

Number of LMBang (Chinese social network for women) daily active users:

2.6 million users

Last updated 7/8/14

China Messaging Statistics

Please note that some of these numbers are easier to find than others. Many of these stats come from surveys and news reports and not official company or government tallies. All are linked to their source. Basically, this is the best I can find and I don’t guarantee anything to be 100% accurate.

Number of QQ (Chinese messaging app) monthly active mobile users:

639 million users

Last updated 11/10/15

Peak number of concurrent QQ users:

228 million

Last updated 5/13/15

Number of Momo (Chinese messaging app) registered users:

180 million registered users

Last updated 1/5/16

Average number of Wechat (Chinese messaging app) daily active users:

570 million

Last updated 11/5/15

Percentage of the population Tier 1 cities in China that use WeChat:

93%

Last updated 12/1/15

Percentage of WeChat users that open it more than 10 times a day:

55.2%

Last updated 1/27/15

Number of registered Skype users in China:

100 million

Last updated 11/8/13

Percentage of internet users in China that use Whatsapp:

17%

Last updated 10/9/15

Please note that some of these numbers are easier to find than others. These Chinese Social Media stats are based on news reports and not official company tallies. No information contained on DMR should be relied upon to make investment decisions. Basically, this is the best I can find and I don’t guarantee anything to be 100%.

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