China's most popular social network platform WeChat has been expanding its user base outside of its home. In the first half of 2024, Indonesia was the most important new overseas user source for WeChat with 2.1 million app downloads. Southeast Asian countries like Philippines and Vietnam demonstrated strong WeChat user growth as well. The Chinese equivalent of WhatsApp offers a wide range of functions outside of messaging, including mobile payment and e-commerce.
Leading markets of Tencent's WeChat in first half of 2024, based on app downloads
(in millions)
Apple App Store and Google Play; Apple App Store includes iPhone and iPad devices
Supplementary notes
The original source collects data from Apple App Store and Google Play only. Figures from various Chinese third-party app stores (e.g. Huawei AppGallery, Tencent My App, Oppo Software Store) are not included into the calculation, Thus, the download figures shown here are the minimum estimations.
Figures have been rounded for a better understanding.
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AppMagic. (September 25, 2024). Leading markets of Tencent's WeChat in first half of 2024, based on app downloads (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1287237/tencent-wechat-app-downloads-by-country/
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