How is Twitter different from social media?

Lead: tonight Weibo is finally able to land on Nasdaq, and Weibo has become the first Chinese social media to be listed on the global scale. Twitter has been on the Nasdaq list since last November, and Weibo is now on its heels. So how do they look?

In 2006,Twitter, a small blue bird, was born, laying the originator of American social media. Since its birth, the public opinion of the world has almost had a huge impact, Twitter to Expand the space of new media, but also change the traditional media means of communication ... 3 years later, Weibo, dubbed the "Chinese version of Twitter", came to us, starting with Twitter, but then making the difference in its own products. By last November, Twitter had been listed on the Nasdaq, and now Weibo is trailing behind. So how much is it like before the two of them?

Twitter vs Weibo

1. Establishment time

Sina Weibo: August 2009

TWITTER:2006 year March

2. Founder

Sina Weibo: Sina's internal entrepreneurship Project

Twitter:twitter, founder and CEO of Evan (Evan Williams), was born on March 31, 1972 in Nebraska State, a famous American entrepreneur who has established several internet companies.

3, Product Difference

Sina Weibo: Strong media attributes

Twitter: Strong social attributes

4, the top three big V

Sina Weibo: First: Chen (famous Chinese actor, 72.45 million fans), second: Chen Yao (famous Chinese actress, 65.78 million fans), third place: Xiaoxian (Chinese famous writer in Hong Kong, 61.97 million fans)

Twitter: First place: Katie Katy Perry (American pop singer, actress, 51.3 million fan), second place: Justin Timberlake Bieber (Canadian singer, 50.2 million fan), third place: Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States, 41.9 million fans)

5. Total income (2013)

Sina Weibo: USD 188 million, up 185% from 2012 (USD 65.9 million)

TWITTER:6.65 billion, up 110% from 2012 (317 million US dollars)

6. The largest source of income (2013)

Sina Weibo: Advertising and marketing business, accounting for 2013 total revenue of 78.8% (accounting for Sina Total advertising revenue 28.2%)

Twitter: Mobile ad services, not desktop sites, account for 2013 revenue 50%+

7, Registered users

Sina Weibo: 500 million people

TWITTER:9.82 billion people

8, monthly active Users (2013)

Sina Weibo: 129 million people

TWITTER:2.41 billion people

9. Mobile End access Ratio (2013)

Sina Weibo: 70%

twitter:75%

10. Listing data

Sina Weibo (NASDAQ:WB): April 17, 2014, the IPO price of 17 U.S. dollars, opening 16.27 U.S. dollars. The market value is about 3.451 billion dollars.

Twitter (NYSE:TWTR): November 7, 2013, the IPO price of 26 U.S. dollars, opening 45.1 U.S. dollars. As of April 16, the share price was USD 44.42, with a market value of $24.195 billion.

Twitter users can now log on to Sina Weibo, but most users of Sina Weibo are not able to log on to Twitter.