Chinese social powerhouse Tencent has unveiled a cross-platform news feed service called Tencent Kandian, the company announced Monday, raising up the rivalry with other competitors offering news feed on their applications such as Tiktok owner ByteDance and search engine Baidu. Tencent Kandian combines content from previous platforms QQ Kandian, Tiantian Kuaibao, and QQ Browser’s news feed.Īfter the overhaul, Tencent Kandian now provides its users with a mix of content including articles, pictures, videos, live streaming, and columns from Tencent’s ecosystem of apps and platforms. Tencent Kandian is currently available on WeChat, messaging tool QQ and QQ Browser. China's dominant messaging app, Tencent Holdings' Weixin, known as WeChat outside the country, said on Thursday that average daily active users for its mini programs hit 450 million in 2021. Moreover, Tencent has also launched two standalone apps, news aggregator Kandian Kuaibao, and Kandian Video, in addition to a mini program for WeChat dubbed Kandian Livestreaming. With the move, Tencent expects to develop its news feed service provider Kandian to retain and provide information to over 1 billion Tencent’s users. Tencent says that after the integration and launch of Tencent Kandian, the platform already has 185 million daily active users (DAUs). But it grew explosively as it expanded into a kind of super-app that takes. 9 - Mini applications on Tencent Holdings WeChat had more than 300 million daily active users last year, who combined to spend CNY800 billion (USD115 billion) in the apps. The Chinese app started off as a simple smartphone messaging app in 2011, less than a year after WhatsApp was founded. In contrast, ByteDance’s AI-powered news aggregator Jinri Toutiao has around 120 million DAUs, while Baidu’s mobile app, which provides news feed and online search function, hit 189 million DAUs as of September.īehind the hot competitive news feed sector, Tencent and its competitors are trying to monetize the huge user pool they own. WeChat Mini Apps 300 Million DAUs Spent USD115 Billion Last Year. Revenues from online advertising have become the new cash cow for Tencent.
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