NumbersConsumerMediaDouyinKuaishouChina

Kuaishou and Douyin vie for users as short-form video war heats up

Kuaishou wants to reach 300 million DAUs by 2020.

Wed Jun 26 2019 
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WeChat reenables direct video sharing from Tencent-backed Kuaishou

Keeps audiences on WeChat, and boosts Kuaishou at Douyin’s expense

Mon Jun 24 2019 
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ByteDance passes 1 billion users across all of its apps

Bytedance joins the billion-user club.

Mon Jun 17 2019 
NewsDouyinTencentTencent WeishiWechatChina

WeChat integrates with Weishi in social video push

The platform pushes deeper into social video to combat Douyin.

Wed Jun 12 2019 
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China rolls out child protection features on all major short-video sharing and video streaming platforms

Tue May 28 2019 
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JD.com integrates with Douyin, Kuaishou, and Weibo for 618 Shopping Festival

JD links up with some of China’s most popular social platforms

Fri May 24 2019 
BriefsMediaDouyinKuaishouChina

Douyin competitor Kuaishou targets USD 4 billion in revenue and profitability in 2019

Mon May 13 2019 
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Douyin set to add “Products” category to its search bar

Fri May 10 2019 
NewsDouyinChina

Douyin extends video time limit to one minute for all users

Douyin, the not-so-short video app.

Thu Apr 25 2019 
BriefsEntertainmentShort VideoBytedanceDouyin

ByteDance’s Douyin teams up with big name film production companies

Fri Apr 19 2019