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Ranked by average reads per post Funny Video 97,772 Smart Life Tips 95,941 Gossip Association 94,440 Vision 91,088 Healthcare Service 81,313 CCTV 66,822 For Him Magazine 64,323 Shiliupo Report 64,186 Southern Weekly 64,080 Fitness Moment 62,521 Entertainment Health & lifestyle News & information Beauty & fashion Regional distribution of social media users (%) Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 27.9 38.8 31.2 37.7 30.8 20.7 8.6 2.1 36.6 13.0 20.2 12.4 19.9 SOCIAL MEDIA USERS ARE MORE POLARIZED AN INCREASE IN ULTRAS & DETACHERS (%) Ultras Use social media whenever there is free time, very dependent Regulars Use social media at fixed time of day (e.g. during commuting, lunch break or evening) Dippers Use social media only when need to complete a task Detachers Rarely use, dispensable Dependent Detached 8.8 6.7 31.7 29.4 31.5 35.1 28.0 28.8 2014 2013 CHINA SOCIAL MEDIA IMPACT 2015 SOCIAL MEDIA USERS BECOMING MAINSTREAM AND DIVERSE 180 million urban residents 100,000 respondents 60 cities DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOCIAL MEDIA USERS AND URBAN RESIDENTS China National Resident Survey Education level of social media users (%) Elementary level education Middle level education High level education 6.1 23.1 70.7 4.5 23.0 72.4 Age distribution by decade of birth (%) 1990s 1980s 1970s 1960s 1950s 2013: 28.8 Average Age in 2014: 30.4 The percentage of urban residents who are social media users (%) 28.6 34.0 2014 2013 2013 2014 2014 2013 Device penetration for social media users (%) 71.5 85.0 Mobile penetration (%) Urban residents Social media users MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA IS COMMON Media penetration (%) Internet Mobile online OOH TV Internet video Magazine Newspaper Radio 69.4 56.0 84.6 76.6 35.5 37.2 42.6 14.4 100.0 91.4 88.7 77.1 55.6 49.2 42.3 16.1 2014 2013 WEIBO HOT TOPIC STUDY 46% 38% 37% 25% 41% 24% 32% 33% 45% 27% Entertainment & sports 25.4% News & information 19.6% Healthcare & beauty 15.7% Work & study 14.3% Travel 12% Others 13% Positive Negative Buzz sentiment FREQUENCY OF THE USE OF POSITIVE & NEGATIVE EMOTICONS Laugh Snicker Smile Love Clap Support Others 67% Angry Cry Tear Disappoint Mad Other 33% 12 25 23 14 12 8 6 35 23 16 12 8 6 BESIDES ENTERTAINMENT AND SOCIAL ISSUES, NETIZENS LEVERAGED WEIBO INFORMATION TO BENEFIT THEIR PERSONAL LIVES 80% OF TOP 50 FALL INTO ENTERTAINMENT, HEALTH & LIFESTYLE, NEWS & INFORMATION AND BEAUTY & FASHION CATEGORIES WeChat CONTENT AND ENGAGEMENT STUDY Tracked from: 01.08.2014 - 15.11.2014 12 711,276,971 Total posts: 17,993 Key tracking index: Total likes Total reads Total article numbers Average weekly post frequency Average reads per post Average likes per post Entertainment Health & lifestyle News & information Beauty & fashion Emotion 15 14 10 8 3 50 accounts by category share (%) 50 accounts by category Entertainment Health & lifestyle News & information Beauty & fashion Emotion 30 28 20 16 6 MOST READ CONTENT BY TOPIC, BASED ON CLICKS Health & lifestyle Entertainment 48.5% Emotion 21.0% 13.7% Beauty & fashion 12.2% News & information 4.6% 42.0% 61.0% 28.0% 47.0% 21.0% 18.0% 14.0% 69.0% 23.0% 7.0% 1.0% 50.0% 38.0% 10.0% 2.0% 3.0% 5.0% 3.0% 28.0% 20.0% 10.0% TOP 3 SUBSCRIPTION ACCOUNTS Smart Life Tips Hot celebrity gossips Straightforward captions Distinctive language style Sexy photos with cheeky or sarcastic comments Build-in functional applications, such as: weather forecast, recipes, fortune telling etc. Simple and practical life tips - Data - Funny Video Gossip Association 96,051 39,531 Average reads per post 16 21 Average weekly post frequency 680 154 Average likes per post Top 50 accounts average Top 3 accounts average - Characteristics - An account does not have to publish lots of posts to be influential, but the account should have distinctive characteristics to engage social users. No.1 No.2 No.3 WeChat REPLACES QQzone Weibo EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT DROP 72.5% 53.0% QQzone 64.5% 71.8% WeChat 58.8% 39.9% Weibo ONLINE SURVEY OF SOCIAL MEDIA USERS 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 Sample volume: 13,341 12,221 Research period: 19.12.2014 - 27.12.2014 19.12.2013 - 27.12.2013 12 Social media Social media Makes my life worse Makes my life better 68.0 73.4 2013 WHERE PRIVACY IS A CONCERN, SOCIAL USERS INTERACT LESS Attitude towards privacy when using social media (%) Pro- privacy Pro- social 29.9 37.8 23.0 9.3 No social posting - to protect privacy Limited social -actively protecting privacy All social - no concern for privacy Actively social - protecting only core privacy SOCIAL MEDIA USERS INTERACT LESS TOP 10 INFLUENTIAL SUBSCRIPTION ACCOUNTS 2014 2013 39% 13% 14% 34% Repost Comment or "like" Post original content Browsing only, do not comment Join group or topic discussion 15.1 8.9 3.8 BBS HIGH FREQUENCY WORD CLOUD 12 Tracked from: 16.11.2013 - 15.11.2014 10,000 Weibo users: Total tweets: 2,098,575 711,276,971 Total reads Celebrity gossip Love stories "Chicken soup" Smart life tips Fashion & accessories Current affairs Economics Others Business Skin care & makeup Luxury brands Others Fitness & weight loss Cooking Others Friendship Family Others Entertainment news Interesting & funny topics Others NEWS NEWS NEWS Caixin Data Visualization Lab Research Agencies: The Kantar China Social Media Impact Report 2015 cn.kantar.com [email protected] 15.9 18.4 4.8 9.3 74.8 5.2 50 INFLUENTIAL SUBSCRIPTION ACCOUNTS 13% 46% 15% 20% 6% Design: 2013 2014 E n t e r t a i n m e n t S o c i a l i s s u e s P e r s o n a l l i f e Total reads: 21.5 38.3 32.4 7.9

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Ranked by average reads per post

Funny Vide

o

97,77

2

Smar

t Life

Tips

95,94

1

Gossip

Ass

ociat

ion

94,44

0

Vision

91,08

8

Health

care

Servic

e

81,31

3

CCTV66

,822

For H

im M

agaz

ine

64,32

3

Shiliupo

Rep

ort

64,18

6

South

ern W

eekly

64,08

0

Fitnes

s Mom

ent

62,52

1

Entertainment Health & lifestyle

News & information Beauty & fashion

Regional distribution of social media users (%)

Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4

27.9

38.8

31.2

37.7 30.8 20.7 8.6

2.1

36.6

13.0

20.2

12.4

19.9

SOCIAL MEDIA USERS ARE MORE POLARIZEDAN INCREASE IN ULTRAS & DETACHERS (%)

UltrasUse social media whenever there is free time, very dependent

RegularsUse social media at fixed time of day (e.g. during commuting, lunch break or evening)

DippersUse social media only when need to complete a task

DetachersRarely use, dispensable

Dependent Detached

8.8

6.7

31.7

29.4

31.5

35.1

28.0

28.8

2014

2013

CHINA SOCIAL MEDIA IMPACT 2015

SOCIAL MEDIA USERS BECOMING MAINSTREAM AND DIVERSE

180 million urban residents100,000 respondents60 cities

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOCIAL MEDIA USERS AND URBAN RESIDENTS

China National Resident Survey

Education level of social media users (%)

Elementary level education

Middle level education

High level education

6.1 23.1 70.7

4.5 23.0 72.4

Age distribution by decade of birth (%)

1990s 1980s 1970s 1960s 1950s

2013: 28.8Average Age in 2014: 30.4

The percentage of urban residents who are social media users (%)

28.634.02014

2013

2013

2014

2014

2013

Device penetration for social media users (%)

71.585.0

Mobile penetration (%)

Urban residents

Social media users

MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA IS COMMON

Media penetration (%)

Internet Mobile online OOH TV Internet video Magazine Newspaper Radio

69.4

56.0

84.676.6

35.5 37.242.6

14.4

100.091.4 88.7

77.1

55.649.2

42.3

16.1

2014 2013

WEIBO HOT TOPIC STUDY

46%

38%

37%

25%

41%

24%

32%

33%

45%

27%

Entertainment & sports

25.4%

News & information

19.6%

Healthcare & beauty

15.7%

Work & study

14.3%

Travel12%

Others13%

Positive

Negative

Buzz sentiment

FREQUENCY OF THE USE OF POSITIVE & NEGATIVE EMOTICONS

Laugh Snicker

Smile

Love

Clap Support

Others

67%

Angry Cry

Tear

Disappoint

Mad

Other

33%

12

25 23

14

12

8 6

35 23

16

12

8

6

BESIDES ENTERTAINMENT AND SOCIAL ISSUES, NETIZENS LEVERAGED WEIBO INFORMATION

TO BENEFIT THEIR PERSONAL LIVES

80% OF TOP 50 FALL INTO ENTERTAINMENT, HEALTH & LIFESTYLE, NEWS & INFORMATION

AND BEAUTY & FASHION CATEGORIES

WeChat CONTENT AND ENGAGEMENT STUDY

Tracked from:

01.08.2014 - 15.11.201412 711,276,971

Total posts:

17,993

Key tracking index:

Total likes

Total reads

Total article numbers

Average weekly post frequencyAverage reads per post

Average likes per post

Entertainment

Health & lifestyle

News & information

Beauty & fashion

Emotion

1514

10

8

3

50 accounts by category share (%)50 accounts by category

Entertainment

Health & lifestyle

News& information

Beauty& fashion

Emotion30

28

20

16

6

MOST READ CONTENT BY TOPIC, BASED ON CLICKS

Health& lifestyle

Entertainment

48.5%

Emotion

21.0% 13.7%

Beauty& fashion

12.2%

News& information

4.6%

42.0%

61.0%

28.0%

47.0%21.0%18.0%

14.0%

69.0%

23.0%

7.0%

1.0%

50.0% 38.0% 10.0% 2.0%

3.0%

5.0%3.0%

28.0% 20.0% 10.0%

TOP 3 SUBSCRIPTION ACCOUNTS

Smart Life Tips

Hot celebrity gossips

Straightforward captions

Distinctive language style

Sexy photos with cheeky or sarcastic comments

Build-in functional applications, such as: weather forecast, recipes, fortune telling etc.

Simple and practical life tips

- Data -

Funny Video

Gossip Association

96,051 39,531 Average reads per post

1621Average weekly post frequency

680154Average likes per post

Top 50 accounts average

Top 3 accounts average

- Characteristics -An account does not have to

publish lots of posts to be influential, but the account should have distinctive characteristics to engage social users.

No.1

No.2

No.3

WeChat REPLACES QQzoneWeibo EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT DROP

72.5%

53.0%

QQzone64.5%

71.8%

WeChat

58.8%

39.9%

Weibo

ONLINE SURVEY OF SOCIAL MEDIA USERS

20142013

20142013

20142013

Sample volume:

13,34112,221

Research period:

19.12.2014 - 27.12.201419.12.2013 - 27.12.2013

12

Social media Social media

Makes mylife worse

Makes mylife better

68.073.42013

WHERE PRIVACY IS A CONCERN, SOCIAL USERS INTERACT LESS

Attitude towards privacy when using social media (%)

Pro-privacy

Pro-social

29.937.823.09.3

No social posting - to protect privacy

Limited social -actively protecting privacy

All social - no concern for privacy

Actively social - protecting only core privacy

SOCIAL MEDIA USERS INTERACT LESS

TOP 10 INFLUENTIAL SUBSCRIPTION ACCOUNTS

20142013

39%

13%

14%

34%

Repost

Comment or "like"

Post original content

Browsing only, do not comment

Join group or topic discussion

15.18.9 3.8

BBS

HIGH FREQUENCY WORD CLOUD

12Tracked from:

16.11.2013 - 15.11.2014 10,000Weibo users:Total tweets:

2,098,575√

711,276,971Total reads

Celebritygossip

Lovestories

"Chickensoup"

Smartlife tips

Fashion& accessories

Currentaffairs Economics

OthersBusiness

Skin care & makeup

Luxury brands

Others

Fitness& weight loss

Cooking Others

Friendship

FamilyOthers

Entertainmentnews Interesting

& funny topicsOthers

NEWS

NEWS

NEWS

Caixin Data Visualization Lab

Research Agencies:The Kantar China Social Media Impact Report 2015

[email protected]

15.918.4 4.8

9.374.8 5.2

50 INFLUENTIAL SUBSCRIPTION ACCOUNTS

13%

46%

15%

20%

6%

Design:

2013

2014

Entertainment

Social iss

ues

Personal life

Total reads:

21.538.332.47.9