Top 10 mobile apps by monthly active users in China

[AndrewJin]

WeChat is not just a communication app, if you live in the west, it's useless, if you're in China, you can't live without it. You can use Wechat to transfer money instead of wire transfer of banks, you can also pay the fees of water, electricity, Internet and phones, and what it surprises me most is that many restaurants in Beijing accept Wechat payment, even very small restaurant in remote areas. Wechat is definitely a revolution. Now my company uses Wechat as official communication tool, when there is any information to deliver among different departments, we use Wechat.

With Wechat, Alipay and Baidu map, we call live in China without any cash!

Even this small eatery selling noodle on the street accepts Alipay!

The interest I receive per day from Alipay's fixed deposit and demand deposit can buy me 2 meals! And I saved several thousand yuan with the discounts offered by Alipay in 2015.

 

[faisal6309]

Everyone use Whatsapp here. No one use other messengers even Viber or Line. This is why we only have Whatsapp as choice. But I think Wechat is more secure than Whatsapp..

 

[Dungeness]

Check Shanghai's GDP. And not all people use alipay. My mother and my father don't(My mother is learning now). According to alipay's 2015 report, I spent 40000yuan via alipay. And I have *^%^* yuan in alipay's fixed account and current deposit account， with 5% and 2.7% interest respectively. (Interest rate varies daily) I don't have a single yuan in any bank.

I guess some business use Alipay as well, so the average user spending through Alipay is unusually high. You guys make me feel broke, let me find a corner to weep for a while!

I mean outside!
But I know in a lot of western countries, wifi has limit data. In China, no limit at all. Mine is 100mb, 720 yuan per year.

Don't know about other countries, but the internet connection in the US is usually unlimited, but I have to pay much more than you do for my 100 mb.

With Wechat, Alipay and Baidu map, we call live in China without any cash!

Even this small eatery selling noodle on the street accepts Alipay!
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The interest I receive per day from Alipay's fixed deposit and demand deposit can buy me 2 meals! And I saved several thousand yuan with the discounts offered by Alipay in 2015.

Looks like US is way behind China in e-payment. People here are still using credit cards (yes, those with the magnet straps from good old time), even check books. I haven't seen anyone use their smartphone to pay anything yet. Wait, are we supposed to be the first world country?

 

[AndrewJin]

I guess some business use Alipay as well, so the average user spending through Alipay is unusually high. You guys make me feel broke, let me find a corner to weep for a while!



Don't know about other countries, but the internet connection in the US is usually unlimited, but I have to pay much more than you do for my 100 mb.

I have studied in Australia before, limited internet connection is chosen by most family there since unlimited one is too expensive.

I use great wall broadband, very cheap.
China mobile's is more expensive, for example

20M broadband+digital TV+4G=78yuan/month in Shanghai
(free wifi set top box)

 

[scherz]

Everyone use Whatsapp here. No one use other messengers even Viber or Line. This is why we only have Whatsapp as choice. But I think Wechat is more secure than Whatsapp..

What do you mean with secure? I think different goverment access your messages through different apps. No need to say which app from which goverment. The only messenger that is maybe spy free might be threema.

 

[Edison Chen]

With Wechat, Alipay and Baidu map, we call live in China without any cash!

Even this small eatery selling noodle on the street accepts Alipay!
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The interest I receive per day from Alipay's fixed deposit and demand deposit can buy me 2 meals! And I saved several thousand yuan with the discounts offered by Alipay in 2015.

How about the rate of return from Alipay, the fixed deposit? I have some investment in JD Finance, the rate of call is about 4.87%, comparing to 0.35% of commercial banks. I can withdraw them by T+1 days.

 

[AndrewJin]

How about the rate of return from Alipay, the fixed deposit? I have some investment in JD Finance, the rate of call is about 4.87%, comparing to 0.35% of commercial banks. I can withdraw them by T+1 days.

Fixed deposit of Alipay
One year 4.83%
Two years 5.53%
U can decide your interest rate, as long as borrowers accept it.

Demand deposit offers 2.7%(today)

 

[Yizhi]

i'd like to add takeout delivery apps like Baidu Takeout, Meituan Takeout, Ele.me, Pailequ etc.

i've been ordering food almost everyday these few months....their discounts policy is crazy that i usually pay only 50% of the price.

 

[MarveL]

TaoBao..., everthing is cheap there..., but it make the foreign consumer damn confused with no english translation.

 

[LowPost]

Top 10 mobile apps by monthly active users in China
By collecting data from clients on its network, China Unicom has ranked mobile apps based on monthly active users, one of the indicators to determine an app's market value.

According to the list, Tencent's mobile messaging apps WeChat and QQ ranked No 1 and No2 in China with monthly active users of 534.99 million and 511.86 million last month respectively.

These are the top 10 mobile apps by monthly active users.

No 1 WeChat (monthly active users 534.99 million)
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The loading page for WeChat is displayed on a smartphone. [Photo/IC]

No 2 QQ (monthly active users 511.86 million)
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No 3 Mobile Taobao (monthly active users 184.24 million)
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No 4 Sogou Input (monthly active users 165.7 million)
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No 5 Mobile Baidu (monthly active users 164.71 million)
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No 6 Alipay (monthly active users 153.02 million)
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A customer pays the bill via the Alipay app on a smartphone. [Photo/IC]

No 7 Tencent video (monthly active users 151.54 million)
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No 8 iQiyi video (monthly active users 151.11 million)
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No 9 Baidu map (monthly active users 141.78 million)
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No 10 PPS video (monthly active users 125.28 million)
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Unfortunately, I myself have all top10.
@Shotgunner51 @TaiShang @cirr @Martian2 @cnleio et al

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I'm a tad surprised that QQ Music is not among the Top Ten but it must be close to it, I believe.

 

[AndrewJin]

I'm a tad surprised that QQ Music is not among the Top Ten but it must be close to it, I believe.

There are many competitors of music app.
Music: QQ, Baidu, etc.
Video: youku, tudou, letv, QQ, Baidu, etc.

i'd like to add takeout delivery apps like Baidu Takeout, Meituan Takeout, Ele.me, Pailequ etc.

i've been ordering food almost everyday these few months....their discounts policy is crazy that i usually pay only 50% of the price.

Good for u!
ele.me first started from a small website designed for students in my university.
It's amazing to witness such an internet startup developing towards a national brand!
I also have experienced some months of such life, everyday was exciting!
U know what I mean.

 

[Yizhi]

There are many competitors of music app.
Music: QQ, Baidu, etc.
Video: youku, tudou, letv, QQ, Baidu, etc.


Good for u!
ele.me first started from a small website designed for students in my university.
It's amazing to witness such a internet startup developing towards a national brand!
I also have experienced some months of such life, everyday was exciting!
U know what I mean.

LOL! i'm also blessed with campus in downtown, much more options.
did not know Eleme started from you people, it kind of went quite for a while with very little red pockets, but this week it come back into life!!! i used a 25 minus 15 pocket just another day and it felt sooooooooo gooood!

 

[Edison Chen]

I'm a tad surprised that QQ Music is not among the Top Ten but it must be close to it, I believe.

I thought QQ music is banned overseas.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

People here are still using credit cards (yes, those with the magnet straps from good old time), even check books. I haven't seen anyone use their smartphone to pay anything yet. Wait, are we supposed to be the first world country?

I think you just haven't been noticing it.

Apple Pay using an Apple Watch

Apple Pay

Android Pay

The great thing about linking it to a credit card is you can still use the cash back rewards. I have some over 5%.

 

[AndrewJin]

I think you just haven't been noticing it.

Apple Pay using an Apple Watch

Apple Pay

Android Pay

The great thing about linking it to a credit card is you can still use the cash back rewards. I have some over 5%.

Can u use it anywhere?
Concerning e-commerce, US is light years behind.

LOL! i'm also blessed with campus in downtown, much more options.
did not know Eleme started from you people, it kind of went quite for a while with very little red pockets, but this week it come back into life!!! i used a 25 minus 15 pocket just another day and it felt sooooooooo gooood!

I have tried several hundred restaurants...
I even ordered hot pot one day.
And they did deliver a real hot pot!
Now I don't order very often for my meals, but I still use them a lot for BBQ at night, dessert after dinners, and sometimes we just cook only a couple of dishes, so will order another 1-2 big dishes.

Xinjiang muslim noodle and BBQ