QQ User Statistics (2026) — MAU, Mobile Device MAU, Peak Usage

Last Updated on: February 22nd, 2026

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QQ statistics and user count (2026)

QQ is an instant messaging and social platform operated by Tencent. Launched in 1999, QQ has historically been one of China’s most important consumer internet products and remains a large platform today—especially among younger audiences and entertainment/community use cases.

Quick takeaways

  • Latest reported QQ mobile device MAU: 517 million as of September 30, 2025. (Tencent 3Q2025 results)
  • QQ MAU peak (reported): 899 million monthly active users reported in 2016. (Tencent 3Q2016 results)
  • What “mobile device MAU” means (Tencent definition): user accounts that logged in via QQ apps on smart devices (iOS/Android) and were active in the last calendar month prior to the reporting date. (Tencent operating metrics (definition))

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How many people use QQ? (MAU)

Selected Tencent-reported QQ MAU figures:

QQ’s peak in popularity (reported): 899 million MAU (Tencent reporting for 2016). (Tencent 3Q2016 results)

QQ mobile device MAU (smart devices)

This is Tencent’s most consistently reported QQ “active user” metric in recent years.

Peak concurrent QQ users

Peak number of concurrent QQ users (reported): 272 million (Tencent reporting, 2017)

QQ demographics (reported)

Share of QQ users born after 1990 (reported): 60%

Share of QQ premium users born after 1990 (reported): 60%

Average time young people spend on QQ monthly (reported): 921.3 minutes per month

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Please note that some of these numbers are easier to find than others. Most of these fun facts come from internet reports and may not be official 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%.