Top Ten Popular Chinese Websites (Part 2)

July 4, 2011 3:47 pm 0 comments

Here’s a look at the next top 5 Chinese website that have over-shadowed foreign websites.

6.www.qq.com – Popular IM service & Community Website

Another successful venture started way back in 1999. It enjoys more IM users than Yahoo! IM or Hotmail (now known as Windows Live) with 700mn users in its side. With so many add-on features like gaming and many other useful features. Without doubt it’s one of the most popular IM service in the world and its community site is a combination of information and entertainment.

qq.com - Popular IM service and Community website

Pros:

Innovative features.

English QQ.

Unique Number IDs.

Cons:

Slow speed for

foreign users.

7.www.renren.com – Facebook of China

With 160mn users and 31mn active users, renren(previously known as xiaonei) is popularly called as the facebook of China. In comparison to the Original Facebook, renren might not match up to the features. But it still remains to be the No.1 Social Networking Website in China. Major part of the demographics are Chinese College students

renren.com - Facebook of China

Pros:

Similar to Facebook.

Cons:

Lack of features.

8.www.douban.com – Popular Community-based platform

A community-based website for users with same interests to interact and discuss on various topics. Started in 2006, one of the most popular websites in the world with an Alexa ranking of 130(at the time of this post). Its uniqueness is its main strong point.