WeChat: popular user activities in China 2014

Published by Statista Research Department, Nov 13, 2014
This statistic presents information on the most popular WeChat activities conducted by WeChat users in China as of May 2014. During the survey period it was found that 41.5 percent of respondents had used voice messaging in the past six months.

WeChat activities conducted by WeChat users in China as of May 2014

CharacteristicShare of respondents
Voice messaging 84.5%
Text messaging 83.3%
Moment (photo sharing feature) 77%
Group messaging 61.7%
Shake-shake 51.2%
Search people nearby 48.7%
Games (free) 39.4%
Subscribe to official accounts of brands/products/services 22.3%
Shopping 21.7%
Payment via WeChat 19%
Games (paid) 12.9%
Purchasing stickers 10.5%
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Share of respondents84.5%84.5%83.3%83.3%77%77%61.7%61.7%51.2%51.2%48.7%48.7%39.4%39.4%22.3%22.3%21.7%21.7%19%19%12.9%12.9%10.5%10.5%Voice messagingText messagingMoment (photo sharing feature)Group messagingShake-shakeSearch people nearbyGames (free)Subscribe to official accounts of brands/products/servicesShoppingPayment via WeChatGames (paid)Purchasing stickers
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Release date

November 2014

Region

China

Survey time period

May 2014

Supplementary notes

In the past 6 months.

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