{"slug": "questmobile-chinas-ai-native-apps-reach-499-million-monthly-active-users", "title": "QuestMobile: China’s AI-native apps reach 499 million monthly active users", "summary": "China's AI-native apps reached 499 million monthly active users by May 2026, an 85.4% year-over-year increase, according to QuestMobile's report. Doubao led with 382 million users, followed by Qwen and DeepSeek, while users averaged 92.7 sessions and 183 minutes per month.", "body_md": "China’s AI-native apps recorded 499 million monthly active users by May 2026, up 85.4% from a year earlier, according to QuestMobile’s 2026 first-half report released on July 14. Doubao, Qwen and DeepSeek formed the top tier, with 382 million, 167 million and 130 million monthly active users, respectively.\n\nThe report measured AI-native apps separately from AI plugins and built-in AI applications developed by device makers. Users of AI-native apps averaged 92.7 uses per month and 183 minutes of monthly usage time. Doubao also added 13.78 million users in June compared with May. [[IT Home](https://www.ithome.com/0/976/383.htm), in Chinese]", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/questmobile-chinas-ai-native-apps-reach-499-million-monthly-active-users", "canonical_source": "https://technode.com/2026/07/14/questmobile-chinas-ai-native-apps-reach-499-million-monthly-active-users/", "published_at": "2026-07-14 06:17:37+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-14 06:22:19.537624+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["QuestMobile", "Doubao", "Qwen", "DeepSeek", "IT Home"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/questmobile-chinas-ai-native-apps-reach-499-million-monthly-active-users", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/questmobile-chinas-ai-native-apps-reach-499-million-monthly-active-users.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/questmobile-chinas-ai-native-apps-reach-499-million-monthly-active-users.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/questmobile-chinas-ai-native-apps-reach-499-million-monthly-active-users.jsonld"}}