QuestMobile data maps China’s mobile-use shift and AI’s attention impact
TMTPost, drawing on QuestMobile reports from 2019 through 2026, finds that China’s mobile-use time increasingly shifted from instant messaging toward short video and short drama. It reports that Douyin’s share of total time among China’s top 50 apps reached 19.4% in July 2026, ahead of WeChat’s 18.8%, while AI-native apps grew to 499 million monthly active users by June 2026. The author argues that AI may save time through tools while generating more attention-consuming content, but forecasts a mobile-use ceiling around 2028.
The analysis shows that AI is affecting attention through both efficiency and content generation, while the changing distribution of mobile-use time may reshape competition among Chinese internet platforms.
（本文作者为 吴怼怼，钛媒体经授权发布）
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本文基于QuestMobile 2019—2026年历年报告。
2026年7月，一个指标悄悄翻了篇：抖音占中国Top 50应用总时长的19.4%，第一次超过了微信的18.8%。
这不是一次偶然的月度波动。把QuestMobile过去七年的报告串起来看，它是一条早就写好的曲线走到了终点——也是下一段故事的起点。
这篇文章想回答三个问题：中国人的手机时间是怎么涨上来的？它流向了谁？它的终点在哪里？
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