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Taobao

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43 articles decelerating

Taobao has appeared in 43 articles since 2015-02. Coverage peaked in 2025Q4 with 2 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Alibaba, China, WeChat, Chinese.

Articles
43
mentions
Velocity
-50.0%
growth rate
Acceleration
-1.500
velocity change
Sources
14
publications

Coverage Timeline

2024-02-14
Financial Times 1 related

Chinese factories that transformed rural communities by selling goods on Alibaba's Taobao and Tmall are turning to rival platforms like Pinduoduo to stay afloat

Financial Times :

2020-05-08
MIT Technology Review 1 related

A look at how JD.com and Alibaba's Taobao in China used livestreaming to help farmers engage with their customers and sell more products amid COVID-19

Karen Hao / MIT Technology Review :

2019-12-09
Andreessen Horowitz

How brands and individuals across China are leveraging short video apps for commerce, a trend that can help inform the next frontier for ecommerce in the US

In the future, we're all going to be shopping on video apps like TikTok.  Whether you're buying instant noodles or high-end sweaters … Tweets: @jess , @jalajboy , and @a16z Tweets: Jessica Verrilli / ...

2018-12-28
Abacus

Farmers in China are finding fame by live streaming their work; Alibaba has announced plans to incubate 1,000 farmer live streamers for its Taobao marketplace

so much so that Alibaba has set up a special program to train them http://www.abacusnews.com/...

2018-12-27
Abacus 1 related

Farmers in China are finding fame by live streaming their work; Alibaba has announced plans to incubate 1,000 farmer live streamers for its Taobao marketplace

Taobao wants to help farmers live stream themselves out of poverty  —  When most people think about countryside life …

2017-02-20
Quartz

How locals' producing and selling of goods on Alibaba's eBay-like marketplace Taobao is helping to eliminate poverty in over 1,000 Chinese villages

Josh Freedman / Quartz :

2017-02-19
Quartz

How residents producing and selling goods sold on Alibaba's eBay-like marketplace Taobao is helping to eliminate poverty in over 1,000 Chinese villages

Josh Freedman / Quartz :

2017-02-18
Quartz

How residents producing and selling goods sold on Alibaba's eBay-like marketplace Taobao is helping to eliminate poverty in over 1,000 Chinese villages

Daiji township, a dusty collection of villages in China's central heartland plains, is an unlikely candidate to be one of the country's leading e-commerce hubs.

2016-09-12
Fusion

How online platforms such as WeChat, Jindong, and Alibaba's eBay-like Taobao have boosted Shenzhen's already-thriving hardware startup ecosystem

An Xiao Mina / Fusion : Tweets: @mvitazko Tweets: Mark Vitazko / @mvitazko : “Taobao, Jindong, WeChat and others are doing for hardware what platforms like YouTube and Vine did for video.” http://fus...

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Quarterly Coverage

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Narrative

TEXXR tracks 39 Techmeme articles mentioning Taobao, dating back to September 2016. The biggest stories include US consumers are flocking to Chinese shopping apps DHgate and Taobao, which let them buy... and After US put Alibaba's Taobao site back on counterfeiters blacklist, Alibaba says it will.... Frequently covered alongside WeChat, Tencent, eBay, Bloomberg, and Tmall. Coverage has shifted toward consumer themes and away from developer, enterprise.

Key Moments

2024Q3enterprise -50pts; consumer +50pts; competition -50pts
2025Q2regulation -50pts
2025Q3developer -50pts; competition +100pts

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