WeChat Statistics, User Counts and Facts (2021)

Additional WeChat Statistics

Average number of messages sent on WeChat each day:

38 billion

Last updated 11/15/17

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Average number of voice messages sent on WeChat each day:

6.1 billion

Last updated 11/20/17

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Average amount of time WeChat users spend on it daily;

77 minutes

Last updated 8/1/19

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Number of corporate WeChat accounts:

14 million

Last updated 11/29/17

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Number of people that use WeChat Moments daily:

750 million

Last updated 3/18/19

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Average number of times users check their Moments daily:

10

Last updated 3/18/19

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Total number of times Moments are checked each day:

10 billion

Last updated 3/18/19

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Percentage of corporate WeChat accounts that are active:

38%

Last updated 11/29/17

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Number of WeChat users that access it on a smartphone:

639 million

Last updated 1/23/16

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How many people use WeChat outside of China:

70 million

Last updated 4/16/16

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Average number of calls connected on WeChat each day:

100 million

Last updated 12/29/17

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Average number of times a day a Chinese user checks WeChat:

10 times

Last updated 8/19/16

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Average number of friends for users on WeChat:

128 friends

Last updated 6/21/16

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Percentage of Chinese people aged 50-80, that use WeChat:

98.5%

Last updated 3/27/18

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Number of users for WeChat Pay:

800 million users

Last updated 1/1/20

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Number of WeChat Pay Score users:

100 million

Last updated 1/9/20

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Number of WeChat Channels users:

200 million users

Last updated 7/28/20

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Number of merchants and businesses connected via WeChat Pay:

50 million

Last updated 2/6/20

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Average number of daily WeChat Pay transactions:

1 billion

Last updated 2/6/20

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WeChat Pay’s share of the China mobile payment market:

38.9%

Last updated 12/31/18

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Number of offline stores that accept WeChat Payment:

300,000 stores

Last updated 2/5/16

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Number of countries WeChat Pay is available in:

40 countries

Last updated 8/22/18

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Number of currencies WeChat Pay is available in:

13 currencies

Last updated 3/1/18

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Percentage of internet users in China that use Wechat Moments:

84.3%

Last updated 9/5/17

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Number of daily active WeChat mini-programs users:

829 million MAU

Last updated 7/29/20

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Total transactions in WeChat mini program in 2019:

$115 billion

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Number of WeChat mini programs with more than 1 million monthly active users:

883

Last updated 7/26/19

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Number of WeChat mini programs with more than 1 million daily active users:

12

Last updated 7/1/19

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Number of WeChat mini programs with more than 5 million monthly active users:

180

Last updated 7/26/19

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Number of Mini Games available on WeChat:

500

Last updated 5/17/18

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Number of Mini Programs available on WeChat:

2.4 million mini programs

Last updated 1/15/20

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Number of daily active WeRun users:

115 million

Last updated 11/20/17

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Percentage of China’s total data traffic that comes from WeChat:

34%

Last updated 5/7/18

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Percentage of WeChat users that use it for work:

80%

Last updated 4/25/17

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Percentage of WeChat users that use WeChat Pay:

92%

Last updated 4/25/17

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Percentage of WeChat users that spend more than 4 hours a day on it:

34.6%

Last updated 4/23/17

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Number of WeChat users that are 55 or older:

60 million

Last updated 10/31/18

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Number of WeChat Work users:

60 million monthly active users

Last updated 1/6/20

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Number of businesses using WeChat Work:

2.5 million businesses

Last updated 1/6/20

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Percentage of the top 500 enterprises in China that use WeChat Work:

80%

Last updated 3/21/19

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WeChat total daily payment transaction volume in 2018:

1 billion

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Percentage of WeChat mini-program users that are men:

58%

Last updated 4/4/19

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Percentage of WeChat mini-program users that are women:

42%

Last updated 4/4/19

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Percentage of WeChat users that are between the ages 15-29:

60%

Last updated 6/21/16

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Percentage of WeChat users that spend at least 90 minutes a day on it:

50%

Last updated 12/29/16

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First major company to implement e-commerce on WeChat:

McDonalds

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Amount of calling WeChat users do on it daily:

280 million minutes per day

Last updated 6/21/16

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Amount of free calls WeChat users made on Lunar New Year 2017:

2.1 billion minutes worth

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Number of red packets WeChat users exchanged on Lunar New Year 2017:

46 billion

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Number of stickers WeChat users sent on Lunar New Year 2017:

16 billion

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Number of WeChat users in Malaysia:

20 million

Last updated 11/20/17

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Average number of monthly voice or video calls a WeChat user makes using it:

19

Last updated 11/20/17

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Average amount of monthly voice or video calls a WeChat user makes using it:

139 minutes

Last updated 11/20/17

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Amount of consumption WeChat drove in China in 2017:

RMB 333.9 billion

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Percentage of WeChat users that use Official Accounts:

80%

Last updated 8/1/19

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Percentage of WeChat users that follow less than 20 Official Accounts:

73%

Last updated 8/1/19

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Average reach of WeChat official accounts articles:

10 million views per month

Last updated 1/16/20

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