This statistic shows the number of Tencent's WeChat active accounts from the second quarter of 2011 to the second quarter of 2018. In the most recently reported quarter, Tencent's WeChat had 1,057. WeChat users — additional information First released in 2011, WeChat is a mobile messaging app developed by the Chinese company Tencent. In its home market of China, WeChat is marketed as Weixin and was rebranded as WeChat in 2012 for international audiences. As of the fourth quarter of 2016, WeChat had 889 million users, a significant increase from the previous year, when the messaging app had about 697 million users in the corresponding quarter. WeChat is one of the , placing fifth in number of active users. WeChat has lots of popular messaging app features, including Moments. About 61 percent of WeChat users access every time they open the app, and 22. Voice and text messaging, group messaging, payment and games are other examples of WeChat activities. The app also includes a following function whereby users can follow accounts. Number of accounts in millions Q2 '11 2. In the most recently reported quarter, Tencent's WeChat had 1,057. WeChat users — additional information First released in 2011, WeChat is a mobile messaging app developed by the Chinese company Tencent. In its home market of China, WeChat is marketed as Weixin and was rebranded as WeChat in 2012 for international audiences. As of the fourth quarter of 2016, WeChat had 889 million users, a significant increase from the previous year, when the messaging app had about 697 million users in the corresponding quarter. WeChat is one of the , placing fifth in number of active users. WeChat has lots of popular messaging app features, including Moments. About 61 percent of WeChat users access every time they open the app, and 22. Voice and text messaging, group messaging, payment and games are other examples of WeChat activities. The app also includes a following function whereby users can follow accounts. Previous values were published by in December 2012. Figures regarding Q4 2012 and Q3 2013 were retroactively corrected with the publication on the Tencent Annual Report 2013. Previous values were published by in December 2012. Figures regarding Q4 2012 and Q3 2013 were retroactively corrected with the publication on the Tencent Annual Report 2013. In your browser settings you can configure or disable this, respectively, and can delete any already placed cookies. Please see our for details about how we use data.