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147 articles – accelerating

WeChat has appeared in 147 articles since 2015-03. Coverage peaked in 2025Q1 with 5 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside China, Tencent, Chinese, Facebook.

Articles
147
mentions
Velocity
+200.0%
growth rate
Acceleration
+2.500
velocity change
Sources
34
publications

Patterns

Related Entities

China 69 Tencent 53 Chinese 47 Facebook 22 TikTok 19 Apple 19 Trump 17 U.S. 15 Alipay 14 Bloomberg 12

Top Voices

@jchengwsj 11 discussions @patrickmcgee_ 11 discussions @danprimack 8 discussions @paulmozur 8 discussions @niubi 7 discussions @reckless 6 discussions @williamyang120 6 discussions @wsjpolitics 5 discussions

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Coverage Timeline

2024-06-19
Bloomberg 4 related

Sources: Huawei, which is considering taking a cut of in-app purchases on HarmonyOS, nears a deal with Tencent to exclude WeChat from revenue sharing

Pei Li / Bloomberg :

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2018-07-24
Wall Street Journal

Tencent signs a content licensing deal to translate and provide WebMD's healthcare content for Chinese audiences via WeChat and its QQ messaging app

Shan Li / Wall Street Journal :

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Quarterly Coverage

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Narrative

WeChat has appeared in 199 Techmeme articles since March 2015. The biggest stories include Trump signs an executive order to block all transactions with ByteDance and WeChat... and Commerce Department announces that it will ban US downloads of and business transactions.... Frequently covered alongside Tencent, TikTok, Apple, Alipay, and Trump. Coverage has shifted toward research themes and away from enterprise, developer.

Key Moments

2024Q2enterprise +100pts; safety +50pts; funding -50pts
2024Q3enterprise -50pts; safety -50pts; developer +50pts
2024Q4enterprise -50pts; developer +17pts; competition +33pts

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