instant messaging in China ::
Sunday, December 21st, 2008:: originally published in an Analysys International instant messaging marketing report (Q2, 2008), and also shared in CIC’s recent white paper, “The Chinese Internet Word of Mouth (IWOM) Landscape” (view / download the paper in English or Chinese), the chart below shows market share for instant messaging software in China.
Tencent’s QQ still dominates China’s instant messaging market. Active QQ user accounts reached 341 million in the second quarter of 2008, giving QQ 80.2% of market share, followed by Fetion with 4.2%, and Microsoft MSN with 4.1%.
// AjS
