WeChat users in China to reach nearly 500 million in 2017

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’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.
The research confirms the dominance of Tencent’s mobile messaging app, WeChat, which reports a global monthly active user base of 938 million users.
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