In 2020, the number of people who watched animation or read cartoons in China amounted to around *** million. With a rising spending power among the Generation Z consumers, the market size of animation and cartoon sector in China was forecasted to surpass *** billion yuan by 2026.
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Forward Intelligence (Qianzhan). (January 1, 2022). Total number of animation and cartoon customers in China from 2013 to 2020 with estimations until 2022 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/953763/china-number-of-online-animation-and-cartoon-customers/
Forward Intelligence (Qianzhan). "Total number of animation and cartoon customers in China from 2013 to 2020 with estimations until 2022 (in millions)." Chart. January 1, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/953763/china-number-of-online-animation-and-cartoon-customers/
Forward Intelligence (Qianzhan). (2022). Total number of animation and cartoon customers in China from 2013 to 2020 with estimations until 2022 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/953763/china-number-of-online-animation-and-cartoon-customers/
Forward Intelligence (Qianzhan). "Total Number of Animation and Cartoon Customers in China from 2013 to 2020 with Estimations until 2022 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/953763/china-number-of-online-animation-and-cartoon-customers/
Forward Intelligence (Qianzhan), Total number of animation and cartoon customers in China from 2013 to 2020 with estimations until 2022 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/953763/china-number-of-online-animation-and-cartoon-customers/ (last visited July 15, 2025)
Total number of animation and cartoon customers in China from 2013 to 2020 with estimations until 2022 (in millions) [Graph], Forward Intelligence (Qianzhan), January 1, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/953763/china-number-of-online-animation-and-cartoon-customers/
