Before Jan. 21, 2011, the methods of communication were limited to messages and calling. Nobody foresaw an app will change the definition of communication during 4 months, from the version 1.0 launched in January and then updated till the end of April, the number of We-chat’s users became more than 4 million, after version2.0 launched in May, some users began to use we-chat to replace the traditional communication ways, the user’s number had increasingly burst to more than 80 million in the end of 2011.

Nowadays more than 600 million Chinese are using we-chat and 70 million users are foreigners. In other words, more than 60% of cellphone user are using we-chat in China, it is not only resulted in the decline of message usage but also influenced traditional communication methods. The increasing of total message number declined and people prefer use we-chat rather than calling compared with other methods since we-chat is convenient and free.

Before we-chat launched, communication methods governed by tradition and online chatting, now we-chat start to have impact on traditional communication methods. In the future, the communication company will be pushed to pay more attention on internet service to confront newly emerged communication methods.

“Just Short of 2 Years Old, WeChat App Surpasses 300 Million Users.” Tech in Asia. 18 Nov. 2013 .

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