Data shows 85% of mobile app users in China use WeChat
Almost 85% of all mobile phone messaging app users in China will use Tencent's WeChat in 2017, according to data compiled by eMarketer. The firm found that some 494 million people make use of the app at least once every month. “WeChat is by far the most advanced mobile messaging app worldwide in terms of its functionality and the services it offers users and businesses,” said eMarketer's Cathy Boyle.

More than three-quarters (84.5%) of all mobile phone messaging app users in China will use WeChat this year, according to research by eMarketer.

eMarketer predicts WeChat users in China to top 494 million

eMarketer’s latest forecast of worldwide mobile messaging revealed more than 494 million people in China are expected to use the app at least once per month.