The Chinese mini-game market is on the rise. According to estimates by the analytics company DataEye, by the end of 2024, its volume will exceed 50 billion yuan ($6.86 billion).

The head of the mini-games segment at WeChat, Li Qing, revealed fresh statistics about the platform at the WeChat Open Class event. Below are the key figures.

WeChat’s WeChat product manager Li Qing said that more than 400 million people play mini-games on the Chinese platform every month. He revealed this figure during a speech at the WeChat Open Class conference.

Yesterday, US President Joe Biden revoked the orders of his predecessor Donald Trump, who demanded to ban TikTok, WeChat and a number of other Chinese applications in the country. Instead, he ordered to carefully study all applications from “foreign opponents” and assess their danger.

The case of banning the Chinese messenger WeChat in American stores is gaining momentum. This time, not only a group of app users will appear in court, but also Tencent itself.

The US government is still unable to make progress in blocking WeChat. The magistrate’s court ruled that the actions of the authorities would be a direct violation of freedom of speech, and therefore the messenger will continue to work in the United States.Judge Laurel Beeler responded to the Trump administration’s motion to lift the preliminary ban on blocking WeChat.

While TikTok‘s owners are selling the American part of the business, Tencent may temporarily stop worrying about the fate of WeChat. A federal judge in the United States temporarily blocked the decision of President Donald Trump to remove this social network from stores.

Now HTML5 games in China are experiencing a new wave of popularity. The revenue growth of mini-applications in WeChat over the past six months amounted to 18%. Local publisher Yodo1 spoke about the advantages and prospects of the platform for third-party developers.Yodo1’s material is based on a speech by Li Qing, a product manager at WeChat, who shared information about the growth in the number of users and their gaming preferences inside the application.

Starting this Sunday, TikTok and WeChat will be withdrawn from the US App Store and Google Play. Washington has begun implementing the orders of President Donald Trump.

The US government has requested information about security protocols from American gaming companies whose stakes belong to Tencent. Among them are Riot Games and Epic Games.

US President Donald Trump has signed two executive orders. The first prohibits Americans from making ByteDance transfers, the second partially prohibits working with Tencent. Officially, they are directed against TikTok and WeChat, respectively.

For the first time, the Chinese corporation Tencent has allowed third-party companies to place their games on the platform of the popular messenger WeChat. A batch of new titles from the Tencent collaboration and other developers appeared on WeChat on April 4.

Ubisoft and Tencent have become strategic partners. As part of the cooperation, Tencent will release a number of mobile titles of the Ubisoft subsidiary of Ketchapp Games publishing house in the Weixin version of the WeChat social network for the domestic market.

Animoka Brands is going to promote the Armies of Dragons project in Asia together with the Chinese corporation Tencent. For this purpose, the company will use the WeChat messenger.

The other day, Jan Koum reported that the MAU of the WhatsApp messenger exceeded 600 million. The CEO and co-founder of the app is sure that his brainchild has left far behind all rivals. Is it so? Let’s try to figure it out.