Quality WeChat Articles & Reports

Below is our ever expanding list of top quality in depth WeChat articles and reports taken from around the web. Check out the blog and resources on our site for China Channel’s own contributions to the cannon of content about WeChat.

Articles

When One App Rules Them All: The Case of WeChat and Mobile in China – Connie Chan A16

What WeChat’s Founder Talks About When He Talks About WeChat Anxiety? – TMTpost (translation by Levin Feng)

Three Moments With WeChat – Christina Xu

Chinese Mobile App UI Trends – Part 1 – Dan Grover

Chinese Mobile App UI Trends – Part 2 – Dan Grover

WeChat’s World – The Economist

Reports and Statistics

WeChat Impact Report Jan 2015 – Penguin Intelligence Survey

WeChat Life Report Oct 2105 – WeChat Team Data

WeChat Impact Report Mar 2016 – Penguin Intelligence Survey

Videos

Check out the China Channel (ChCh) Youtube channel for a collection of quality WeChat videos.

If you have any suggestions of articles to add to this list please contact us or send a mail: info@chinachannel.co

These resources were put together by…

Matthew Brennan, a speaker and writer focusing on Chinese mobile technology and innovation. In particular, he’s known for analysis of Tencent, China’s largest tech giant and WeChat, China’s famous super app. His expert opinions on Tencent and WeChat are regularly featured in global media (Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, BBC, The Financial Times, TechCrunch, Forbes, Quartz, Wired, Reuters, Harvard Political Review).

Matthew was recently recognized by LinkedIn with a ‘2018 Power Profile Award’ given to the most influential profiles on the platform. He is also co-host of the China Tech Talk podcast produced together with China’s largest English language tech media, Technode & TechCrunch China. His company organizes China’s largest WeChat marketing conference series for international companies. Matthew’s team work with a select number of multinational businesses to help form and implement their WeChat and China digital marketing strategy. Matthew has been based in China for 15 years.

As a speaker Matthew regularly delivers presentations across the globe for executive teams seeking to gain insight into Chinese tech innovation. Previous clients include Google, LinkedIn, DHL, NBC Universal, Boston Consulting Group, Schneider Electric, BNP Paribas, Daimler, Tencent and L’Oréal Group as well as for a large number of industry association conferences.

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