Weibo

Weibo Corporation, Beijing, China

Weibo is a Chinese microblogging and social networking platform focused on short-form posting, media sharing, livestreaming, and public discussions.

The platform provides hashtag-based topic discovery, Hot Search trending rankings, verified accounts for celebrities and organizations, integrated e-commerce features, and livestream shopping, operating as a hybrid of X, Facebook, and Instagram within China's regulated internet ecosystem.

According to our data, Weibo ranks 31th among the social media platforms we track.
It has 0.2% of the social media market share and is detected on 0.1% of all websites.

Statistics based on 3.8M+ analyzed websites. About this data

💸 Pricing

Weibo is available for free.

Free ✔️

📊 Rankings and Market Share

🏆 Weibo Awards

⚡ Sites Using Weibo

We have data on 4,610 websites that use the Weibo social media platform. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using Weibo is agoda.com.

#Website🔗RankCountryLanguage
1 agoda.com japanican #379 United States English
2 dlsite.com #409 Japan Japanese
3 ixbt.com 3205351981 #626 Russia Russian
4 olympics.com olympics #1,150 United Kingdom English
5 yale.edu yaleuniversity #1,281 United States English
6 ox.ac.uk OxfordUni #1,299 United Kingdom American English
7 macrumors.com 5143897135 #1,546 United States English
8 bu.edu buofficial #1,736 United States English
9 farfetch.com farfetch #1,828 United States American English
10 sina.com.cn #2,049 China Chinese
11 cgtn.com cctvnewsbeijing #2,119 China English
12 17track.net 17track #2,552 China English
13 csdn.net csdn #2,588 China Chinese
14 emirates.com emirates #2,623 United Arab Emirates English
15 gla.ac.uk u/2859621674 #3,638 United Kingdom English
16 hse.ru hseuniversity #5,356 Russia Russian
17 christies.com christies #5,547 United Kingdom English
18 italki.com italki #5,632 Spain English
19 tsinghua.edu.cn #5,709 China Chinese
20 rthk.hk u/7754430795 #5,758 Hong Kong Chinese

📈 Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Weibo:

Most of the sites using Weibo are from China, Hong Kong, and Japan.

  • China 64.1%
  • Hong Kong 8.1%
  • Japan 6.1%
  • United States 3.6%
  • United Kingdom 2.6%
  • Taiwan 1.9%
  • Australia 1.5%
  • Korea 1.3%
  • Italy 1.2%
  • Other 9.6%

Most Weibo users speak Chinese, English, or Japanese.

  • Chinese 68.9%
  • English 23.3%
  • Japanese 4.9%
  • Korean 0.7%
  • Spanish 0.4%
  • French 0.3%
  • Italian 0.3%
  • German 0.2%
  • Russian 0.2%
  • Other 0.8%

The Weibo social media platform is especially popular on .com, .cn, and .com.cn top-level domains.

  • .com 54.8%
  • .cn 11.3%
  • .com.cn 6.9%
  • .net 3.4%
  • .edu.cn 3%
  • .org 2.5%
  • .jp 1.6%
  • .com.hk 1.2%
  • .gov.cn 1%
  • Other 14.3%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Weibo include business, education and reference, and marketing and merchandising.

  • Business 19.2%
  • Education/Reference 12.2%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 6.1%
  • Travel 5%
  • General News 4.8%
  • Online Shopping 4.6%
  • Entertainment 4.5%
  • Internet Services 4.2%
  • Fashion/Beauty 4.2%
  • Other 35.2%

🕵️ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best Weibo alternatives.

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5
TikTok
Haidian, Beijing, China

A Chinese social media platform focused on short-form videos that combines content creation, recommendation-driven discovery, and social interaction in a mobile-first interface.

Free
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Xiaohongshu
Shanghai, China

A Chinese social media platform focused on user-generated content where users share personal reviews, daily life experiences, and visual guides through photos and short videos.

Free
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Douban
Beijing, China

A Chinese social networking site and media database for books, movies, music, and local events.

Free
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Pixnet
Taipei, Taiwan

A Taiwanese mobile photo sharing, blogging, and social networking service.
63
Plurk
Taipei, Taiwan

A micro-blogging and social networking service.

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💬 Frequently Asked Questions

What is the company behind Weibo?

Weibo is owned by Weibo Corporation, headquartered in Beijing, China.

Is Weibo free?

Yes, it is a free social media platform.

Which country uses Weibo the most?

The majority of Weibo users are from China.

Who uses Weibo?

According to our data, Weibo is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as agoda.com, ixbt.com, and olympics.com.

Is Weibo used on government websites?

Overall, we found Weibo on 48 government sites in China.

Do academic institutions use Weibo?

Yes. The most prominent of these are yale.edu, ox.ac.uk, and bu.edu. In total, we know of 140 academic websites in China and 9 in the United States that use Weibo.

How does Weibo compare to its competitors?

Weibo is a moderately popular social media platform, ranking ahead of 57 other social media platforms we track.

What are the alternatives to Weibo?

Alternatives and possible competitors to Weibo may include Plurk, TikTok, and Xiaohongshu.

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