China’s mobile internet market reached RMB 197.22 billion (USD 29 billion) in Q2 2016, an increase of 113% YoY or 22.7% QoQ according to iResearch.

Mobile shopping accounted for 62.9% of China’s mobile internet market, followed by mobile advertising (20.1%) and mobile gaming (12.4%).

China’s mobile shopping market reached RMB 783.44 billion (USD 115.65 billion) in Q2 2016 with a growth rate of 75.9% YoY.

China Third-party online payment market had a total transaction value of RMB 4.65 trillion in Q2 2016, with an increase of 6.5% QoQ according to Analysis.

Alipay continued to dominate China’s third-party online payment market by total transaction value with 43.39% market share, followed by Tenpay (16.95%) and UnionPay Merchant Services (15.44%).

The total transactions of China’s third-party mobile payment market exceeded RMB 7.5 trillion in Q2 2016, an increase of 25.68% QoQ. The total transactions in the first half of 2016 reached RMB 13.48 trillion.

Alipay led China’s third-party mobile payment market with 55.4% market share, followed by Tenpay (32.1%) and Lakala (4.4%).

China users in 21 to 29 age group from the first-tier and the second-tier cities are the main mobile payment users, accounting for 43%.

China online gaming market reached RMB 41.6 billion (US$6.24 billion) in Q2 2016, an increase of 24.2% YoY or 0.9% QoQ.

China mobile gaming market reached RMB 24.4 billion (US$3.66 bn) in Q2 2016, an increase of 120.3% YoY or 15.5% QoQ. Mobile accounted for 58.7% of China’s total online gaming market in Q2 2016.

China’s online shopping market transactions totaled RMB 1,117.8 billion (USD 167.51 billion) in the second quarter of 2016 with a growth rate of 27.6% YoY or 14.9% QoQ according to iResearch.

Online shopping represented 14.3% of China’s total consumer retail sales in Q2 2016. And, B2C accounted for 54.5% of total online shopping transactions, led by Tmall (54.5%) and JD (26.3%).

From January to June, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 15,613.8 billion yuan, up by 10.3 percent year-on-year. according to National Bureau of Statistics of China. The online retail sales of goods and services was 2,236.7 billion yuan, increased by 28.2% year-on-year.

Mobile online shopping market reached RMB 783.44 billion (USD 117.4 bn) in Q2 2016 in China, an increase of 75.9% YoY, accounting for 70.1% of total online shopping transactions.

Alibaba continued to dominate China’s mobile shopping market in Q2 2016 with over 80% market share.

Total revenues of China’s SME B2B e-commerce market reached RMB 5.79 billion (USD 870 million) in Q2 2016, an increase of 14.4% YoY or 6.8% QoQ according to iResearch.

Alibaba continues to dominate China’s SME B2B e-commerce market with 46.6% market share, followed by Global Sources with 7.3% market share.

The total transactions of China’s online travel market exceeded RMB 143 billion (USD 21.4 billion) in Q2 2016, an increase of 31.3% YoY or 8.9% QoQ according to iResearch data.

The total revenues of China’s online travel agency market reached RMB 7.04 billion (USD 1.05 billion) in Q2 2016, an increase of 46.1% YoY.

Online booking of air tickets accounts for 57.2% of total online travel market revenues in China.

Momo, one of the leading mobile social networking app in China, reported increased net revenues of 222% year over year to $99.0 million in Q2 2016 though its monthly active users were down to 74.8 million in June 2016 from 78.4 million in June 2015.

Momo’s net income increased 804% to $15.4 million in the second quarter 2016 from $1.7 million in the same period last year.

Live video feature on Momo ($57.9 million), together with mobile marketing ($16.6 million), drove a 222% year over year growth in our total revenues, reaching $99 million for the second quarter.

Membership subscription revenues were $15.6 million in the second quarter of 2016, an increase of 5% from $14.8 million during the same period of 2015.

Mobile games revenues were $7.4 million in the second quarter of 2016, a decrease of 3% from $7.7 million during the second quarter of 2015. The decrease in game revenues was mainly due to a lesser number of popular games were available on Momo’s platform according to its announced financial results.

Momo’s Performance Highlights for H1 2016

• Net revenues increased 163% year over year to $149.9 million
• Net income attributable to Momo Inc. was $22.5 million
• Non-GAAP net income attributable to Momo Inc. (note 1) was $35.9 million
• Diluted net income per ADS was $0.11

China social media users compared: Weibo vs WeChat vs Momo

In the second quarter of 2016, iOS continued to post year-over-year declines in urban China: 17.9% of smartphone sales in the period were iOS, a drop of 1.8 percentage points from 19.7% in the second quarter of 2015 according to Kantar.

iOS share decline has also pushed Apple behind Huawei (25.7%) and Xiaomi (18.5%) facing increased competitors from local smartphone models such as Huawei’s Mate 8, P9, Xiaomi’s RedMi Note 3 and Mi 5, and Oppo’s R9. iPhone SE only accounts for 2.5% of smartphone sales in Q2 2016.

Related: China Android App Stores Insights Q1 2016

iPhone only had 8.2% domestic smartphone market share by total shipments in April 2016 according to Sino Market Research.

Over one-third of China smartphone users would replace smartphones for new ones at least once a year; over three-quarters of Chinese would do so every two years according to a Tencent survey. If an iPhone user is to replace his phone with an Android phone, Huawei is the top choice.

Weibo’s monthly active users (“MAUs”) grew 33% year over year to 282 million in June 2016, 89% of which were mobile users according to Weibo Second Quarter 2016 Financial Results.

Weibo’s average daily active users (“DAUs”) in June 2016 grew 36% year over year to 126 million.

For the second quarter of 2016, Weibo reported net revenues of $146.9 million, compared to $107.8 million for the same period last year. Advertising and marketing revenue totaled $127.2 million, compared to $87.9 million for the same period last year. Advertising and marketing revenue from key accounts and small & medium-sized enterprises (SME) was $114.3 million, compared to $59.4 million for the same period last year.

Weibo is benefiting from the strong adoption of social marketing with key account and SME revenues growing 73% and 107% year over year, respectively, in the second quarter.

said Gaofei Wang, Weibo’s CEO.

User growth continues to be robust, especially coming from mobile, where we are seeing short video and live video taking off. Additionally, we are seeing strong operating leverage from Weibo’s financial model, resulting from strong revenue growth, coupled with the platform nature of our business model.