Weibo

Social Network Microblogging

Also Known As

微博

Initial Release Date

2009

Developed By

Sina

Location Region

Beijing, China

Us Equivalent

Twitter

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What is Weibo? China's most popular blogging platform

Weibo is a Twitter-like microblogging service used by hundreds of millions of users. Launched by Sina in 2009, it regularly censors topics deemed sensitive or inappropriate by the Chinese government. Read Full Story

DID YOU KNOW?

Weibo has more monthly active users than Twitter (as of 2018).

DID YOU KNOW?

The National Library of China said in 2018 it would start archiving all Weibo posts to preserve digital information.

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Source: SCMP Data - March 2019