The Phenomenon of Chinese SNS

In the first post, I will briefly introduce the general situation of Chinese SNS.
Social networking sites are becoming a global phenomenon. According to latest report from China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), by end of 2008, there are over 300 million Internet users (including 163 million broadband users) in China. While rest of the world generally engages in Facebook, Friendster and MySpace etc, Chinese have their own Social Networking Websites. In china, the current most popular Social Networking Sites are QQ.com, 51.com and Xiaonei.com.

QQ.com
QQ is The largest social networking sites with over 300 million active members that focuses on instant messaging and online gaming

51.com
51 with over 120 million register users offers its users stable services to store their personal information such as photo and blogs, and to provide facilities to let them communicate to each other Xiaonei.com

Xiaonei.com
Xiaonei is China’s largest online community website among universities with more than 40 million active users.
Here is china’s social network market share
Source from:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/05/chinese-social-networks-virtually-out-earn-facebook-an myspace-a-market-analysis/

There are several effect being tied together with social networking together. For example, the social network can act as a communication tool to connect people and it also helps to disseminate information in an effective way. For example, during the ‘Wenchuan’ Earthquake, many people claim that they have received news before their cities’ newscast. Their sources are come from 51.com, a free social networking sites.


Reference

The 22nd Survey Report: Statistical Reports on the Internet Development in China. Retrieved September17, 2009, from
http://www.cnnic.cn/en/index/0O/02/index.htm

Mjk (2009 May 9) Top 10 best social Networking Sites in China. Retrieved September 18, 2009, from
http://www.technama.com/2009/top-10-best-social-networking-sites-in-china/

GangLu (2008Jan17)Old School BBS: The Chinese Social Networking Phenomenon Retrieved September 20, 2009, from
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/bbs_china_social_networking.php


Social Network Market Share. Retrieved September 12, 2009, from
http://socialmedia.globalthoughtz.com/index.php/social-network-market-share/