Asia After Dark June 2017 | Page 28

Ther e ar e now mor e peopl e usi ng Si na Wei bo, t he Chi nese mi cr o- bl oggi ng pl at f or m, t han t her e ar e usi ng Twi t t er . Accor di ng t o t he Chi nese company' s f i r st quar t er r esul t s, i t has 340 mi l l i on act i ve mont hl y user s, 30% up on t he pr evi ous year . About 154 mi l l i on peopl e use t he si t e dai l y, 91% of whom access i t vi a mobi l e. By compar i son, Twi t t er , whi ch i s bl ocked i n Chi na, has ar ound 328 mi l l i on act i ve mont hl y user s. " Our r el ent l ess f ocus t o bui l d t he best soci al medi a exper i ence i n Chi na i s r ef l ect ed i n Wei bo' s st r ong per f or mance, " Gaof ei Wang, Wei bo chi ef execut i ve, sai d i n a st at ement . " Looki ng ahead, we cont i nue t o see st r ong moment um, as we f ur t her opt i mi se Wei bo t o shar e, di scover and consume i nf or mat i on, especi al l y f or t he mobi l e, soci al and vi deo envi r onment . " Pref erred pl at f orm Chi na has an est i mat ed 731 mi l l i on web user s, mor e t han 90% of whom can access t he i nt er net vi a a smar t phone, accor di ng t o t he Chi na I nt er net Net wor k I nf or mat i on Cent r e. Si na Wei bo i s t he most popul ar of Chi na' s mi cr o- bl oggi ng ser vi ces, and i t i s t he pr ef er r ed pl at f or m f or most mai nl and Chi nese newspaper s and TV st at i ons, whi ch have mi l l i ons of f ol l ower s. Last year , seei ng how popul ar l i ve st r eami ng vi deo was becomi ng, Si na Wei bo l aunched i t s own l i ve st r eami ng app, Yi zhi bo, ni cknamed " Yi " .