Tencent said they wouldn’t participate in the “Red packets” (红包 / Hongbao) war this year.
…well, they won it anyway!
Key highlights:
- 14.2 billion red packets sent in 24 hours, 76% year over year growth!
- 760,000 were sent in 1 second
- Guangdong is the province which sent the largest number of packets
- Beijing is the city which sent the largest number of red envelopes!
According to Reuters , WeChat users even sent 46 billion digital red packets over Lunar New Year
Infographic original source – wetalkchat.com