This article showcases our top picks for the best Chinese based Social companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Social industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top Chinese Social Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Tencent
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Tencent is an internet service portal offering value-added internet, mobile, telecom, and online advertising services.
Xiaohongshu
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Xiaohongshu is a social e-commerce platform for users to share product reviews and shopping experiences.
Kuaishou Technology
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Kuaishou is an online video platform that allows its users to broadcast daily activities, habits, and more online.
Zhihu
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Zhihu is a Chinese social network platform dedicated to questioning and answering.
Douyu TV
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Douyu TV is a live streaming media platform that provides live content such as games, sports, variety shows, entertainment, and more.
36Kr
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36Kr is a China-based publishing and data company focused on the ‘new economy’
Weimob
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Weimob a WeChat-based CRM solution provider that helps businesses to build m-commerce platforms on WeChat at lower costs.
DXY
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DXY is an online healthcare community for doctors, consumers, and healthcare organizations.
Babytree
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Babytree is an online website and platform where parents can share valuable experience on parenting.
Meitu
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Meitu offers free image and video apps for iOS and Android platforms.
HelloTalk
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HelloTalk is the 1st Language Exchange Social Networking App in the world.
LIZHI INC.
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LIZHI INC. has built an audio ecosystem with a global presence consisting of audio-based social networks, podcast and audio communities.
Mico
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Mico is a mobile social network app for chat, video call and live streaming.
Liepin
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Liepin provides job seekers with tools and solutions to connect with suitable career opportunities.
Dazhong Dianping
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Dazhong Dianping is a local consumption platform.
Boqii
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Boqii Holding Limited (NYSE: BQ) is China’s largest pet-focused platform and maintains the largest pet-focused online community in China.
Blued
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Blued is a developer of a mobile based gay social app designed to connect with the network of guys.
Qutoutiao
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Qutoutiao is a news recommendation app with a focus on light reading with entertainment as its main content.
Gengmei
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Gengmei is a Chinese cosmetic surgery social networking app.
Soul
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SOUL is a social network that uses AI to help users find their soul mates.
Yidian Zixun
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Yidian Zixun is an interest-oriented mobile news aggregator.
FaceU
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FaceU is an online photo-editing and sharing mobile app.
Baihe
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Baihe.com is an online dating service provider in China that originated from Heiyou.com, a social networking site.
Global Data Solutions
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Global Data Solutions designs, builds, and operates data centers in the People’s Republic of China together with its subsidiaries.
Jiemian.com
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Jiemian.com is a news website in China that focuses on covering business and finance fields.
Nice
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Nice brings photo content visualization to your mobile device.
SOOGIF
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SOOGIF is an funny picture content platform provider company.
Odaily
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Odaily is a blockchain media for the exclusive strategic cooperation of the 36氪 Group.
Zuiyou
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Zuiyou is a social networking mobile application for sharing and discovering content such as recommendations, topics and videos.
Tingyun
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Tingyun specializes in developing applications for companies to conduct algorithmic IT Operations on mobile, on servers, and the web.
Meipian
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Meipian is a Chinese social media tool for authors and editors to create and beautify images and posts.
Zuvio
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Zuvio is the largest interactive classroom solution provider for Taiwan’s college market & the largest Taiwan college students.
Yodo Run
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Yodo Run is a digital health company specialized on sports tracking.
InMyShow
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InMyShow is a provider of one-stop social marketing solutions in China.
PARKLU
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PARKLU’s influencer platform was built by KOLs and data-driven marketers.
Le Tu
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Le Tu is a social media platform based on interests and activities, which enables users to participate together in offline activities.
CSDN
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CSDN is a platform focused on providing software developers and IT workers with services such as knowledge, software development, and more.
MoSeeker
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MoSeeker is an AI based social recruitment tool that provides recruiting technology solutions for talent acquisition teams.
Zhijian
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Zhijian is a marketing digital service provider of private domain operation full-link solutions for medium & large-scale service firms.
Changba
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Changba is a smart phone app offering users a portable solo KTV booth.
Medlinker
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Medical Alliance is a post of physician social service platform.
Bcy.net
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Bcy.net is a social media designed for comic lover.
Wanwu Dezhi
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Wanwu Dezhi is a social e-platform mainly for antique sellers and customers.
MIRACLE GAMES
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MIRACLE GAMES is a mobile game and social platform.
Baike.com
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Baike.com is a Chinese encyclopedia website offering knowledge to internet users.
Chushou
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Chushou TV is a mobile video live streaming platform specialized in mobile games.
Wetran
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Wetran is a location-based heterosexual social networking platform.
Tikin Media
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Tikin Media is a forward-looking advertising company that innovates building elevator media.
Xiaoqule
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Xiaoqule is a Chinese community-focused e-commerce platform.
Donews
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Donews is a media services platform that offers advertising, integrated marketing, and other related services.
Snaptube
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The mostly user friendly and widely used Android apps for any android user. Fastest Music and Video Downloader.
Vdaifu
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Vdaifu provides services on online bookings of pediatric healthcare and doctors.
Getui
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Getui is a Beijing-based third-party push notification service provider.
Fen-z Interactive
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Fen-z Interactive is a social media marketing service provider.
VIVA
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Viva is a media company specialized in providing TV, magazines and radio services for mobile phones.
Redu-Media
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Redu-Media is an online celebrity media business company.
Robin8 Inc
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influencer search engine and marketplace, Robin8, an influencer search engine and marketplace.
Dooluu
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Dooluu is an app for parents and preschool teachers to track and share photos, videos, and posts of children’s daily life.
Wanba
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Wanba is a mobile application for entertainment and social platform.
Weixiao Bao
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Weixiao Bao provides social media precision marketing solutions.
Cocospace
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Cocospace offers office workspace and incubation services for startup.
Baobao
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Baobao is a digital video streaming social media platform.
Youjia
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Youjia is a Chinese social interaction platform that integrates with entertainment elements.
Breadtrip
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BreadTrip is a social application that enables users to record and share their trips with their friends in the form of travelogues.
Liaotianbao
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Bullet Messenger is a Social Networking paltform.
Nico
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Nico is a dating app provides a diverse and fun dating community for everyone.
Dook Book
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Dook Book is a book publisher that also offers digital media and film operations.
Lianlian
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Lianlian is an e-commerce SAAS platform focused on offline scene traffic operations.
Hrloo.com
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Hrloo.com is a social learning platform for human resources.
Dayima
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Dayima Little Helper is a mobile application focused on providing menstrual period nursing help for women.
Baidu
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Baidu is a search engine that enables individuals to obtain information and finds what they need.
Miaoa
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Miaoa is a trading platform where the user wants to meet with celebrities, can be obtained by purchasing the issuer.
Jiaoliudian
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Jiaoliudian is an app for knowledge sharing where users can send voice classes.
Zenjoy
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Zenjoy develops social games and mobile applications.
WeComics
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WeComics provides user-created comics shareable over social media.
Huxiu.com
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Huxiu.com is a Chinese business information and view exchange platform.
EvoLive
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EVOLIVE is a live-commerce SAAS platform that is built for Livestreams specifically on live commerce.
Jinying Technology
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Jinying Technology operates Du Yao, a book and movie review mobile application, and Huoxing Xiaoshuo.
Miliyo
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Miliyo is a social software developer mainly on dating apps.
BOO
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BOO is a personal 3D avatar creator and self emoji maker application that provides messaging services.
Doushan Short Video
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Doushan Short Video is an entertainment platform which allows users to record, share, consume and monetize content.
pencilnews
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PencilNews is a social media to provide the true information about early stage startup. The pencil never lies, the legend never dies.
Wangdaizhijia
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Wangdaizhijia operates a Chinese peer-to-peer (P2P) online lending portal.
Chaoxin.com
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Chaoxin.com is a multifunction chat service provider.
Fanfan Comics
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Fanfan Comics provider of an original comic service platform intended to serve the entertainment sector in china.
P1
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P1 is a fashion related photo sharing community operator.
SINA Corporation
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SINA Corporation is an online media company and MVAS provider in the people’s republic of china and for the global Chinese communities.
Qicycle
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Qicycle is a cycling application that allows its users to record and share their cycling.
Qingchifan
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Qingchifan (Huiyoujia) is a dating app for meeting up with strangers for dinner dates .
Paipai
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Paipai is an acquaintance social application designed to help users to interact with each other.
V2EX
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V2EX is a community of start-ups, designers, developers and creative people.
MINGDAO.COM
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Mingdao.com is an enterprise social collaboration platform designed for the Chinese market.
Beijing Huanju Shike Keji Co., Ltd
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Beijing Huanju Shike Keji Co., Ltd develops social media apps for users to interact and meet.
Dyad.com
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Dyad.com is a mentorship platform that has helped students earn over $27M in university scholarships.
Tanma SCRM
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Tanma SCRM is a full-process private domain traffic solution provider that helps customers improve their private domain traffic operations.