Tencent is one of the world’s largest tech companies, best known for WeChat/Weixin, its gaming empire (including ownership of Riot Games), and a fast-growing mix of advertising, fintech, and enterprise services. Because Tencent touches so many parts of daily digital life in China—messaging, payments, video, games, and mini apps—its scale is easiest to understand through hard metrics.
This page consolidates the most verifiable Tencent statistics available from company disclosures and reputable financial sources, while preserving a handful of useful historical numbers with clear year labels.
Answer Box: Tencent by the Numbers (2026)
What is Tencent? Tencent is a China-based technology and entertainment group behind WeChat/Weixin, major games and studios, digital content subscriptions, payments/fintech, advertising, and enterprise services.
- FY2024 revenue: RMB 660.257B (Tencent Annual Report 2024)
- WeChat + Weixin: over 1.4B MAU (as of June 30, 2025) (Tencent Business Overview deck)
- Tencent Video subscriptions: 114M (2Q25; average daily paying users) (Tencent Business Overview deck)
- Market cap: ~HK$4.76T (Feb 25, 2026) (StockAnalysis: 0700.HK)
Key Tencent Metrics Table
| Metric | Most Recent Figure | Year / As-of Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenue | RMB 660.257B | FY2024 | Annual Report 2024 |
| Total revenue (comparison) | RMB 609.015B | FY2023 | Annual Report 2024 |
| Revenue by geography | Mainland China: RMB 595.458B; Others: RMB 64.799B | FY2024 | Annual Report 2024 |
| WeChat + Weixin MAU | Over 1.4B MAU | As of June 30, 2025 | Business Overview deck |
| Tencent Video subscriptions | 114M | 2Q25 (avg daily paying users) | Business Overview deck |
| Market cap | ~HK$4.76T | Feb 25, 2026 | StockAnalysis: 0700.HK |
What Tencent Does (Business Overview)
Tencent operates across four core pillars:
- Communication & social platforms: WeChat/Weixin and QQ connect users, content, and services.
- Games: Tencent is a global leader in game publishing and studio ownership, spanning mobile, PC, and console ecosystems.
- Marketing services (advertising): Ads run across Tencent’s social, content, and search surfaces.
- FinTech & business services: Payments and consumer fintech plus enterprise tools and services.
In recent disclosures, Tencent also highlights deepening AI integration (including its Hunyuan models and AI assistant products) to improve ad relevance, content discovery, and productivity workflows.
Key Tencent Products People Recognize
- WeChat/Weixin: Messaging, social feed, payments, mini programs, and search inside a single super-app experience.
- Tencent Games: A portfolio of major franchises plus publishing and operations at massive scale.
- Tencent Video: Long-form streaming and entertainment subscriptions.
- WeCom (enterprise): Workplace communication and customer engagement.
- Tencent Meeting: Video meetings and collaboration (see historical stat below).
Tencent Gaming: Ownership & Major Stakes (Selected)
Tencent’s gaming footprint includes wholly-owned studios and meaningful minority stakes. A few commonly referenced examples:
- Riot Games: Tencent acquired full ownership after initially taking a majority stake (commonly cited in coverage; see overview references in Tencent corporate history).
- Epic Games: Tencent is widely reported to hold a large minority stake (Epic Games ownership summary).
- Supercell: Tencent is widely reported to hold a controlling stake acquired in 2016 (Supercell ownership summary).
Note: Ownership percentages can shift over time due to consortium structures, secondary transactions, and employee equity programs. When possible, rely on the most current company filings for investment-grade decisions.
Tencent Revenue (Historical Trend)
Below is a revenue timeline that preserves useful historical figures with clear year labels. Recent years (2020–2024) are primarily from Tencent reports, with older years included where consistently documented.
- 2024: RMB 660,257M (Annual Report 2024)
- 2023: RMB 609,015M (Annual Report 2024)
- 2022: RMB 554,600M (Simply Wall St summary of FY2022)
- 2021: RMB 560,118M (Tencent FY2021 report)
- 2020: RMB 482,064M (Tencent FY2020 report)
- 2019: RMB 377,289M (Tencent FY2019 report)
- 2018: RMB 312,694M (Tencent FY2018 results release)
- 2017: RMB 237,760M (Tencent FY2017 results release)
- 2016: RMB 151,938M (PR Newswire (2016 annual results))
- 2015: RMB 102,863M (historical figure; commonly reproduced in financial statement compilations)
- 2014: RMB 78,932M (Tencent historical annual results PDF)
- 2013: RMB 60,437M (Tencent historical annual results PDF)
Selected Historical Tencent Stats
These older figures are preserved because they are still helpful for understanding Tencent’s trajectory:
- Tencent Meeting users: 100M (reported as of Nov 12, 2020) (Tencent PDF disclosure)
- Tencent Video paying subscribers: 120M (reported as of Nov 12, 2020) (Tencent PDF disclosure)
FAQ
What is Tencent best known for?
Tencent is best known for WeChat/Weixin, one of the world’s largest messaging and social platforms, plus its major role in global gaming, digital content subscriptions, advertising, payments/fintech, and enterprise tools.
How much revenue does Tencent make?
Tencent reported RMB 660.257B in total revenue for FY2024, up from RMB 609.015B in FY2023 (Annual Report 2024).
How many people use WeChat?
Tencent reports the combined WeChat + Weixin user base at over 1.4 billion monthly active users (as of June 30, 2025) (Business Overview deck).
How many subscribers does Tencent Video have?
Tencent reports 114 million total video subscriptions for 2Q25 (measured as the average daily number of paying users) (Business Overview deck).
Is Tencent mainly a gaming company?
Gaming is a huge profit engine for Tencent, but it is not the whole story. Tencent also generates major revenue from advertising (marketing services), fintech/payment-related services, subscriptions (video/music/reading), and enterprise tools.
What is Tencent’s market cap?
Market cap changes daily with the share price. One recent estimate puts Tencent at approximately HK$4.76T as of Feb 25, 2026 (StockAnalysis: 0700.HK).