Tim Culpan, Columnist

Tencent’s WeChat Giant Is Still Quick on Its Feet

Revenue from its social advertising unit helped prop up sales, helping ease concern about a weaker games business.

November 14, 2018 at 12:06 PM UTC

Tim Culpan is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering technology in Asia. Previously, he was a technology reporter for Bloomberg News.

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Any thoughts that the sheer size of Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s omnipotent chat app would slow it down appear unjustified.

Monthly active users for WeChat hit 1.083 billion in the September quarter, the company said Wednesday. That’s one in every seven people on the planet.