W56.com is one of the largest video sharing websites in China, where users can upload, view, and share video clips.
WAcFun, also known as A Site for short, is a Chinese video sharing website. The name "AcFun" is an abbreviation of "Anime, Comics and Fun". The website is initially orientated as an ACGN community and is a video sharing web platform. AC Musume and TD Musume are the representative icons of AcFun.
WBilibili, also nicknamed B Site (B站) in China, is a Chinese video sharing website based in Shanghai, themed around animation, comics, and games (ACG), where users can submit, view and add overlaid commentary on videos. Bilibili uses Adobe Flash or HTML5 player, to play user submitted videos hosted by either itself or third-party sources, featuring a scrolling danmu commenting system. Since the mid-2010s, Bilibili began to expand to a broader audience from its original niche market that focused on animation and games, and it has become one of the major Chinese video on demand over-the-top streaming platforms that programs critically acclaimed and popular documentaries, variety shows, and other original programming.
WECPod.com is a social networking website to connect with China, created in 2007 by a group of young entrepreneurs in Hong Kong. ECPod is also a community portal for people to share videos.
WFacekoo was a social networking service created and designed by Facekoo, which targets the Chinese language market. It offers a unique way of face recognition system to connect each member in order to create a social circle. According to Alexa ranking, its page views went beyond MySpace China for a while in November 2008 and December 2008.
WPengyou is a popular social network by Tencent, also well known for QQ Video, Tencent Weibo, QQ, Qzone, etc.
WThe Renren Network, formerly known as the Xiaonei Network is a Chinese social networking service similar to Facebook. It was popular among college students. Renren Inc. has its headquarters in Chaoyang District, Beijing, with additional offices in Shanghai and Guangzhou. Renren had an $740m IPO on the New York Stock Exchange in April 2011.
WWith the spread of smartphones and the rise of social media in China, the act of taking selfies has become a new type of social culture that influences the economy, generating a "new form of self-disclosure" that affects the construction of individual identities and the existing beauty standards.
WShowself (秀色娱乐) is a live streaming video entertainment social platform in China that is growing rapidly. Broadcasters setup real-time streaming video channels for self-expression of interests such as singing, disc jockeying, live talk shows, dating, games, education and others. It is available through web browser and the App Store for iPhone, iPad and Google Play for Android. Showself also works with mobile gaming companies, modeling and casting agencies, TV stations, advertising agencies, media groups, and online video websites to create both online and offline events in order to engage users and promote virtual goods. Showself was launched by Shanghai Beijing Showself Technology Co., Ltd in March 2010 and NQ Mobile took a controlling stake in 2014. Tongfang Investment Fund Series SPC, an affiliate of Tsinghua Tongfang acquired Showself from NQ Mobile in December 2017.
WSina Weibo (新浪微博) is a Chinese microblogging (weibo) website. Launched by Sina Corporation on 14 August 2009, it is one of the biggest social media platforms in China, with over 445 million monthly active users as of Q3 2018. The platform has been a huge financial success, with surging stocks, lucrative advertising sales and high revenue and total earnings per quarter. At the start of 2018, it surpassed the US$30 billion market valuation mark for the first time.
WTudou, Inc. is a Chinese video-sharing website headquartered in Shanghai, China, where users can upload, view and share video clips. Tudou went live on April 15, 2005 and by September 2007 served over 55 million videos each day.