No. 4 target: Chinaren.com

[8] The market share is calculated based on the objective statistics from third party(including Chinarank.org.cn, alexa.com and cr-nielson.com.cn), the registered number of those websites announced by those companies themselves was not ctored in.

Address:F11 Jinyuan Times building No.2 Landing Guangdong Road Haidian District Beijing

April 7, 2010 at 8:22 am[...] or revenues. Every social network in China claims to be the largest: Qzone, RenRen, Kaixin001, and 51.com. The short and sweet is this: Qzone has the most users, RenRen has the most active users, and [...]

The largest user group of kaixin001 is between 25 to 34 years old.

The Renren Network, formerly known as Xiaonei Network is a Chinese social networking site with an intece similar to that of Facebook. It is popular among college students in China.

April 7, 2010 at 8:25 am[...] or revenues. Every social network in China claims to be the largest: Qzone, RenRen, Kaixin001, and 51.com. The short and sweet is this: Qzone has the most users, RenRen has the most active users, and [...]

Alexa traffic rank:324, Traffic rank in China:38

Top social networking sites in China

The combined company continues to attract new users to its web sites at a rapid pace. Since the initial announcement of the acquisition agreement on September 14, page views of the combined web sites have grown from 44 million to 64 million as of this release. The registered user base has increased from 7.8 million to 9.2 million as of this release.

Url: kaixin001.com

Brief introduction:

Name: 51

Haidian District,

Since launching in 2008, Kaixin001 has achieved instant success, in 2009, Kaixin001 registered users has reached 40 million, the traffic rank of Kaixin001 on alexa and chinarank are among top 2 of all social networking site in China.

Oak Pacific Interactive previously annSocial Networking Top Chinese social networking sites(SNSounced plans to change the name of its Xiaonei.com to Renren.com and so r the website has 70 million registered users. Oak Pacific Interactives Kaixin.com was founded in October 2008 and the website has gained seven million registered users since then.

Rerren clarified that they havent acquired by Japanese company, in May 2008, some Renren.com competitor has launched a large online media campaign disclosing that a Japanese company has secretly acquired Renren.com and Renren.com has disclosed users  registration information, which create a big stir among Renren.com users, as Japanese has been seen as nation enemy for a long time.

Competition:

[5] The market share is calculated based on the objective statistics from third party(including Chinarank.org.cn, alexa.com and cr-nielson.com.cn), the registered number of those websites announced by those companies themselves was not ctored in.

April 24, 2010 at 4:57 am[...] or revenues. Every social network in China claims to be the largest: Qzone, RenRen, Kaixin001, and 51.com. The short and sweet is this: Qzone has the most users, RenRen has the most active users, and [...]

User deographics:

User number growth rate:500%

[10] According to the announcement on

Alexa traffic rank:211, Traffic rank in China: 19.

No. 3 target: kaixin001.com

User number growth rate:60%

April 7, 2010 at 9:00 am[...] or revenues. Every social network in China claims to be the largest: Qzone, RenRen, Kaixin001, and 51.com. The short and sweet is this: Qzone has the most users, RenRen has the most active users, and [...]

[6] According to CEO of 51.com, the income of 2008 has been doubled.

Address: Building 3, First Shanghai Plaza, No. 180, Zhang Heng Rd, Zhangjiang Hi Tech Industry Park, Pudong New Area, Shanghai China

[12]

51.com raised 6 million USD from Sequoia Capital and joined by SIG in May 2006.

Filed under Internet resources Tagged with China SNS, chinaren, Chinese SNS, kainxin001, renren.com, top China social networking site

The target companies under this segment are social networking sites in China. We try to cover both major and some niche social networking sites in this list for consideration of partnership and acquisition.

In July, 2008. Third round funding of over USD 50 million led by Giant Interactive

March 17, 2010 at 4:43 am[...] SNS in China claims to be the largest: Qzone, RenRen, Kaixin001, and 51.com. There is simply no trustworthy data on users or [...]

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No. 2 target: renren.com

April 7, 2010 at 8:52 am[...] or revenues. Every social network in China claims to be the largest: Qzone, RenRen, Kaixin001, and 51.com. The short and sweet is this: Qzone has the most users, RenRen has the most active users, and [...]

July 29, 2010 at 10:18 am[...] SNS in China claims to be the largest: Qzone, RenRen, Kaixin001, and 51.com. There is simply no trustworthy data on users or [...]

Company: Sohu.com Inc

July 29, 2010 at 10:19 am[...] or revenues. Every social network in China claims to be the largest: Qzone, RenRen, Kaixin001, and 51.com. The short and sweet is this: Qzone has the most users, RenRen has the most active users, and [...]

User deographics:

Partnership, Acquisition and IPO News

Contact information: Tel: Email:

Future services could include real-time uploading of photos and videos from mobile phones, SMS alerts on a vorite celebritys activities, and location-based services, such as checking if friends are nearby.

User base:50 million[11]

Capital raising[7]

Partnership, Acquisition and IPO News

Address: F23 Jingan center No.8 North 3rd Ring Road Chaoyang District Beijing China

Revenue growth rate: 26%

The main competitors of kaixin001.com are renren.com, 51.com, chinaren.com .

The parent company of renren.com, Oak Pacific Interactive, owns another leading social networking site, kaixin.com.

Kaixin001 is more popular among educated users group.

Market share: 18%

Revenue growth rate:70%

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Company: Oak Pacific Interactive

SOHU.com announces ChinaRen.com closing, management changes[15]

The main competitors of renren.com are kaixin001.com, 51.com, renren.com .

User number growth rate:30%

Male users are slightly more than female user.

The major visitors of renren.com are between 18 and 34 years old. Especially age range from 25 to 34.

Ranking on Alexa

Female users use chinaren.com more than male users.

Private or public traded: Private

Private or public traded: Private(preparing for IPO)

Renren clarify that they havent acquired by Japanese company[10]

Brief introduction:

In 2007, raised USD 15 million from Intel Capital, Redpoint, Sequoia and SIG.

Address: Sohu.com Internet Plaza,

ChinaRen.com was founded in 1999 by three Stanford classmates,new york escort Joseph Chen, Yunn Zhou and Nick Yang. Investors in ChinaRen.com include Goldman Sachs, KKR and Joho Capital.

[7] According to

[1] Revenue of sohu.com Inc in 2008

No.1 Park, Zhongguancun East Road,

Ericsson and Kaixin001 will bring new applications that will allow users to manage their virtual space, interact with friends and stay updated on their online communities, all via their mobile devices anytime, anywhere.

No. 1 target: 51.com

Market share: 29%[5]

Ranking on Alexa

Contact information: 8610 6272 6666

User base: 77 million

Female users are slightly bigger than male users.

Partnership, Acquisition and IPO News

51 is committed to offer its users stable services to store their personal data such as photo and blogs, and to provide cilities to let them easily communicate to each other. As of June 2009, 51 has over 160 million register users, among them 38.5 million login at least once a month. These users generate about 300 million page view per day. These users generate about 350 million page view per day, upload over 10 million photos and write over 3 million blogs per day.

Market share: 20

Company: Kaixin001

Most visitors of chinaren are between age of 18 and 24.

From browsing location, we could tell that the biggest user group of 51.com are students who are browsing 51.com from school.

Company: 51.com

Private or public traded: Public listed at NASDAQ(market cap:2.60 billion USD[13])

Launched in March 2008, Kaixin001 already has more than 50 million subscribers in China and among Chinese speakers across the world, and is attracting about 200,000 new registrations a day.

Kaixin001 sued Kaixin[12]

[3] According to the statistics released at the ranking result from third party alexa.com, chinarank.org.cn and cr-nielson.com.cn is more objective and authorative.

Contact information: 86-10--1228 Email: .com

Alexa traffic rank:95, Traffic rank in China: 11.

Brief introduction:

User number growth rate: 60%

July 29, 2010 at 10:18 am[...] SNS in China claims to be the largest: Qzone, RenRen, Kaixin001, and 51.com. There is simply no trustworthy data on users or [...]

[13] According to

Competition:

The ranking of target websites/companies listed under this segment is based on the statistics from alexa, Chinarank.org.cn(official website of China internet society) and CR-Nielson(leading consulting/research firms).

[15] According to

Competition:

Oak Pacific Interactive published an announcement this morning. It confirmed the lawsuit by Kaixin001.com, and said that the company will take an active role on this issue to protect the legal rights of the company.

Partnership, Acquisition and IPO News

The major visitors of 51.com are between 18 and 34 years old. Especially age range from 18 to 24.

According to Xiaonei, as of July 2008, Xiaonei was Chinas largest online community website among universities with more than 22 million active users and an estimated 40 million users who have registered their real names. Thus, Xiaonei is widely considered to be the most powerful student social network service in Mainland China, especially among university students. In March 2008, Xiaonei started its WAP version, which users can get access to through mobile phones. In August 2009, Xiaonei officially changed its name to Renren, as well as its domain to

ChinaRen is the largest online alumni club in China with over 77 million registered users. As in other Asian societies, Chinese people hold strong ties of friendship and loyalty with their fellow alumni, who form the basis of their relationship networks for their career development. ChinaRen has created the critical mass and user loyalty to the ChinaRen alumni community that are key to its lasting recognition as the leading Alumni Club among the Internet user population in China.

A total of 4.4 million shares were issued to the former stockholders of ChinaRen.com. The former ChinaRen stockholders will be granted registration rights, but have agreed not to sell any of their shares for 180 days after the closing of the acquisition.

[9] According to

[11]

The operator of one of Chinas most popular social networking services, Kaixin001.com, has filed an unir competition lawsuit against Beijing-based online entertainment company Oak Pacific Interactive, which started a competing service in October under the very similar name of Kaixin.com.

Ranking on Alexa

The lawsuit has already been accepted by the Second Intermediate Peoples Court of Beijing, Sina.com reports. In the suit, Kaixin001.com has asked that Oak Pacific Interactive stop using the Kaixin.com name for its social networking site Kaixin.com. It is also seeking a public apology, said Li Yunde, the plaintiffs lawyer.

Chinaren is popular among both well-educated and under-educated users group.

BEIJING, CHINA, October 31, 2000 Chinese Internet portal SOHU.com (Nasdaq: SOHU) today announced the closing of its acquisition of the leading youth community web site ChinaRen.com. The closing, which formally took place on October 18, puts the final touches on the acquisition, which has created the largest Internet portal in Mainland China measured by a combined registered user base of 9.2 million and daily page views of 64 million.

3 Reasons Why Tencents Qzonethe Largest Social Network in Chinais a Failure - China Social Games

[2] Market share of download software

Kaixin cooperate with Ericsson

March 17, 2010 at 9:41 am[...] SNS in China claims to be the largest: Qzone, RenRen, Kaixin001, and 51.com. There is simply no trustworthy data on users or [...]

User base:40 million

People with some college and no college use 51.com more than well-educated users(with college and master degree).

Revenue:30 million USD

Private or public traded: Private

Based on Oak Pacific Interactives latest interconnection technology, this new service allows users of either Renren.com or Kaixin.com to use both websites without repeated registration or login. Meanwhile, Renren.com emphasized that all the files and privacy settings of users will not be changed after the interconnection and users can change their settings at any time, if they want.

The main competitors of 51.com are kaixin001.com, renren.com, chinaren.com.

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Market share: 15%[8]

Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) and Kaixin001, the largest and stest-growing social networking site in China, are joining forces with a three-year partnership to develop innovative mobile applications that will help millions of users access the site wherever and whenever they want.

Alexa traffic rank:741, Traffic rank in China: 90

Url: Chinaren.com

With subscribers now mainly accessing the website via their PCs, the cooperation between

Revenue:15 million USD[4]

March 17, 2010 at 4:18 am[...] SNS in China claims to be the largest: Qzone, RenRen, Kaixin001, and 51.com. There is simply no trustworthy data on users or [...]

The main competitors of chinaren.com are kaixin001.com, renren.com, 51.com.

Revenue:429.1 million USD[14]

Name: Renren

Oak Pacific merge the users account of Kaixin.com and renren.com[9]

Competition:

Revenue: 40 million USD

The transaction was accounted for as a purchase, with approximately US$ 30 million to be booked as intangibles resulting from the acquisition.

User deographics:

Beijing , PRC

[4] According to the statistics disclosed in an email interview of the CEO of 51.com at

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Brief introduction:

User base:160 million[3]

April 7, 2010 at 8:32 am[...] or revenues. Every social network in China claims to be the largest: Qzone, RenRen, Kaixin001, and 51.com. The short and sweet is this: Qzone has the most users, RenRen has the most active users, and [...]

Kaixinwang (Kaixin001) is a China-based, Facebook-clone social networking site. Kaixin allows for photo uploading, a blogging and micro-blogging platform, music sharing, and a 1G online hard drive.

Contact information: Tel : (86) 21-;(86)21-  Fax : (86) 21-

Ranking on Alexa

Oak Pacific Interactive has announced that its Renren.com and Kaixin.com have realized connectivity.

April 15, 2010 at 12:52 am[...] or revenues. Every social network in China claims to be the largest: Qzone, RenRen, Kaixin001, and 51.com. The short and sweet is this: Qzone has the most users, RenRen has the most active users, and [...]

Revenue growth rate: 300%

51.com (hereinafter referred to 51), established in August 2005, is the largest social network service provider in China. 51 is jointly invested by Sequoia Capital, SIG Asia Investments (SAI), Giant Interactive, Intel Capital, Redpoint Ventures and other renowned international enterprises and venture funds.

User deographics:

[14] According to 2008 annual financial report data at

Revenue growth rate:100%[6]

October 22, Social Networking 2010 at 5:38 am[...] caused me to begin to look at some of the Chinese and Indian sites.  You are quickly reminded to THINK [...]

renren.com is popular among educated people, especially people with high degree.