WeChat, China's largest social app, now has a user base of 1.1 billion. It has become an essential communication tool for Chinese people. Its functions cover not only chat, but also payment and various life services.
Here are 100 points to help you understand it further, according to New Rank.
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WeChat was born on January 21, 2011.
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The creator of WeChat is Allen Zhang (Zhang Xiaolong).
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WeChat Official Account, also known as Public Account, was officially launched on August 23, 2012.
In April 2012, Moments went live.
In July 2012, the video call went live.
In 2013, WeChat Pay went online.
On January 9, 2017, WeChat Mini-program was officially launched.
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The screen of WeChat's daily start page is: one person looks at the earth from afar.
When the Earth photo was taken on the WeChat startup page, China was in the winter.
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WeChat is headquartered in Guangzhou.
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The second most populated country set by users in WeChat is Andorra.
This is because many people do not want to reveal their city, so they change their settings to another country and region. The first place option is "Andorra" and it has no secondary menu.
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WeChat monthly active accounts reached 1.151 billion, and Mini-program daily active accounts exceeded 300 million.
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The favorite emoji for people born in the 2000s is:
The favorite emoji for people born in the 1990s is:
The favorite emoji for people born in the 1980s is:
The favorite emoji for people born in the 1970s is:
People older than 55's favorite emoji is:
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WeChat allows adding up to 300 emoticons.
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When there are too many unread messages, the user can directly double-click the icon in the lower left corner to jump directly to the latest unread message.
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The English version of WeChat Friends Circle is Moments.
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WeChat is the unique ID of WeChat, which can only be set once and cannot be modified afterwards.
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Pictures in WeChat chat history can be saved for up to 72 hours without opening.
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WeChat chat and Moments can send up to 9 pictures at one time.
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WeChat allows the message to be withdrawn within 2 minutes, because 2 minutes is the average length of time from receiving to reading the message. Text can be edited within 5 minutes of withdrawal.
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Voice, text, picture, video, business card, location, shared link, etc. can be withdrawn, but red envelopes cannot be withdrawn.
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WeChat cannot completely delete a friend, or you can only delete a friend but not let him delete you at the same time.
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If you accidentally delete WeChat friend, but the other party has not deleted you, you can quietly add him as friend, WeChat will not send reminder information.
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There are two ways to detect whether the other party is blocking or deleting you in WeChat friends.
First, you can enter any amount through the transfer function. If the other party has blocked or deleted you, the prompt "Please confirm whether your relationship with his or her friend is normal" will appear.
Second, initiate a group chat. If the other party has blocked or deleted you, you cannot start a group chat.
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WeChat chat history is stored in your mobile phone, as long as it is not deleted, it will be kept forever.
After logging out of WeChat, no historical data will be deleted, and it can still be used at the next login.
After the WeChat app is uninstalled, all chat history will be cleared. After reinstallation, you will not be able to view the chat history.
WeChat app is not uninstalled (directly overwrite installation), chat history will be saved
WeChat server does not save chat history.
If the chat history is not backed up, you cannot view the previous chat history on the phone after changing the phone.
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The English version of WeChat is "wow".
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The maximum capacity of a user's WeChat collection is 2G. A single file does not exceed 25M.
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The content supported by users in WeChat collection includes text, voice, pictures, videos, geographic locations, web pages, music, books, merchandise, and street view.
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Texts and expressions collected by users in WeChat can only be forwarded to friends.
Pictures, web pages, and single-text messages marked by users as favorites can be forwarded to friends and shared to Moments.
Voices marked as favorites by the user, do not support retransmission at this time.
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You can manage the content marked as favorite through the tag function marked as favorite by WeChat.
iOS users swipe left to edit tags. Android users long-press the favorite content and select "Edit Tags".
Next time you want to find your favorite content, you can quickly search through the tags.
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WeChat comes with a "memo" function.
Open the WeChat collection, click the "+" sign in the upper right corner, and after writing the memo message, select "pin in chat" through the three points in the upper right corner, and you will see the pinned reminder.
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Currently only Android phones support WeChat landscape mode.
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The group chat initiator has the privileges of making rules, issuing announcements, and setting administrators, but when illegal content appears in the group chat, the group chat initiator in China also bears joint responsibility.
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After the group chat initiator exits the group chat, the person in charge of the group chat is "inherited" by the second person entering the group. If the group chat initiator returns to the group chat again, the identity of the previous initiator will not be restored.
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Only group chats with more than 40 people can set up group administrators. After the group number exceeds 100, you cannot enter the group chat by scanning the code.
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The only way for the initiator or admin mention everyone of group chat is to modify the group announcement, instead of typing @ everyone directly in the group chat.
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The correct operation of dissolving WeChat group chat is to manually kick out all group chat members, and group chat initiates a hot-click deletion and exits, which only has the effect of exiting group chat.
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The WeChat group chat QR code is valid for 7 days.
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WeChat group chat voice call supports up to 9 people.
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After actively exiting WeChat group chat, the WeChat group chat and chat history will be deleted, and the server will not save any chat history of the user.
If the WeChat group chat is removed, you can view the chat history before the removal.
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When chatting, the other party only enters text in the dialog box within 10 seconds after receiving the message, and the other party is typing.
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The maximum number of WeChat friends is 5,000.
WeChat nicknames are limited to 16 characters.
WeChat personalized signature is limited to 30 characters.
The maximum number of WeChat group chats is 500.
Official Account article titles are limited to 64 words.
The limit of personal WeChat follow Official Account is 999.
The maximum number of characters for a single Official Account graphic is 50,000 characters.
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Long press the camera icon in the upper right corner of Moments and enter text to send text-only updates.
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Send plain text on WeChat Moments, post or share information and add text descriptions. You can enter up to 1500 Chinese characters.
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Moments albums have no capacity limit at this time.
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When posting Moments, you can remind friends to see via @specific friends. You can mention up to 10 friends.
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Moments can be used to shoot small Moments videos for up to 15 seconds.
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WeChat can be set to allow friends to view the scope of Moments, including the last three days, the last month, the last six months and all.
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Individual ID cards can register up to 1 Official Account, and a company can register up to 2 Official Accounts. If you have additional business requirements, you can apply to the WeChat team.
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Official Account name can be set to 4-30 characters (1 Chinese character counts 2 characters), and can be composed of Chinese, numbers, English, spaces and some special symbols. Official Account name cannot be duplicated with other account names.
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Personal Official Account can change its name twice a year, and enterprises/media/government/other organizations can have a chance to re-submit the name during the WeChat certification process.
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The Official Account supports scheduled sending. You can choose to send it at any time within the next 5 days, today and tomorrow.
It cannot be modified after it is successfully set, but it can be cancelled before the set time, and the sending quota will not be occupied after cancellation.
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Each Official Account graphic can only insert up to 3 videos and 3 material library audios, but you can insert unlimited music.
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Official Account is divided into subscription number and service number. Generally, the subscription number can be pushed once a day, with a maximum of 8 pushes each time.
Service numbers are pushed 4 times a month, with a maximum of 8 pushes each time.
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If an Official Account article shows that the delivery was successful at 00:00, it will occupy the posting quota of the previous day, but if it starts at 0 o'clock, it will occupy the pushing quota of the next day.
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After the Official Account article is pushed, you can only modify up to 20 typos, which can be replaced and deleted, but the title is not included.
Pictures and videos cannot be modified.
Each article can only be modified once.
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The newly registered Official Account has no message function for the time being.
At present, the only way to get a message function is to purchase a public account with a message function.
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Official Account A is migrated to Official Account B. A can be a personal account, an enterprise account, a subscription number, and a service number, but B can only be an enterprise account, including an enterprise subscription number and service number.
In other words, personal numbers cannot be migrated to personal numbers.
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Subscription number upgrade service number function has been offline on December 27, 2018. If you want to change the type of public account, you can use the account migration function.
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Official Account migration, the default migration of the original account number of fans, violation records, the original account has opened the original protection features, message management functions, etc., but appreciation cannot be moved.
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Official Account migration usually takes 7-10 days. During the migration period, the original account cannot edit and push articles. After the official account migration is completed, the traffic of the original account will be automatically settled at the end of the month.
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Forgot your Official Account login email / account, you can check it in the Mini-program "Official Account Platform Assistant", which is under the Official Account name.
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Official Account can check the percentage of loyal fans.
At the end of July 2019, WeChat Official Account Platform launched an analysis of "frequently read users" data and added user age and detailed geographical distribution.
According to a new survey of more than 7,000 accounts in August 2019, the percentage of regular account users in the Official Account is generally 11%.
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The official account avatar can only be modified 5 times a month. Modification of the avatar is subject to review. The picture size of the avatar cannot exceed 2M.
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Original text with more than 300 words can be declared original.
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WeChat Official Account keyword automatic reply setting rule limit is 200 rules.
Each rule name can be set up to 60 Chinese characters.
A maximum of 10 keywords can be set in each rule (each keyword can be set up to 30 Chinese characters), 5 replies (each response can be set up to 300 Chinese characters).
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WeChat Official Account custom menu creates up to 3 first-level menus.
You can create up to 5 sub-menus under each first-level menu.
Actions can be set in the submenu: send messages and jump to web pages.
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The custom WeChat Official Account custom menu will not be immediately seen by users.
After clicking Publish, the custom menu will be displayed on the mobile phone synchronously after 24 hours, and the fans will not receive the update prompt.
If edited multiple times, the last save will prevail.
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On June 6, 2018, the Official Account appreciated the upgrade to "like the author". The author can receive readers' appreciation directly.
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Appreciation account, Official Account, Mini-program follow the full platform name unique. In the case of the same principal or the same administrator, the appreciation account name can be consistent with the Official Account and Mini-program.
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Registration is not completed 30 days after the application of WeChat Official Account. The registration process of the Official Account application may be terminated.
After termination, the email information used for registration will be cancelled. The registration status can be used for new Official Account registration.
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There is a pop-up prompt in the image jump in the Official Account article.
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WeChat Official Account can be sent in the form of text, graphics, audio, video, and pictures. The maximum number of characters sent as text is 600 characters or 600 Chinese characters.
The maximum voice limitation is 5M and the maximum is 60min. The maximum video limit is 20M.
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Pictures and voices uploaded to the material management can be sent multiple times without expiration date.
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The official account header image size is 2.35: 1, which is about 900x383.
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If you want to reprint the original statement, you can apply to the Official Account operator for reprinting.
There are two types of reprint permissions. The first is editable articles, that is, a single white list.
The second is an editable article, which does not display the reprinted source, that is, a double-checked whitelist.
If you do not have the permission to reprint directly, then your graphics will become card sharing mode.
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The threshold for official account traffic is 500 fans. The same subject can allow up to 20 Official Accounts to open traffic masters.
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The New Rank index is an important reference for evaluating the comprehensive performance of an Official Account.
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Mini-program can currently sell goods online, scan code queues, and view hot word trends through WeChat index. Only Moments cannot be forwarded.
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Each mini-program can be limited to no more than 10 other mini-programs. Before jumping to other mini-programs, a pop-up window asks the user whether to jump, and the user can jump to other mini-programs after confirming.
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There is no limit to the number of Mini-program binding Official Accounts.
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Mini-program heads can be modified 5 times in a natural year, and the size does not exceed 5M.
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Before the mini-program is released, there are two opportunities to change the name after the name is set successfully, and the two opportunities are exhausted. You must publish it before you can change the name through WeChat authentication.
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Mini-program can apply for no less than one and no more than five service areas. The service area is divided into two levels, and each level cannot be empty. Special industries require special qualifications. It can be modified three times in a month.
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The names of Official Account and Mini-program on WeChat Official Account Platform are unique.
If they belong to the same subject, they can have the same name. Mini-program must not have the same name as the Official Account name of a different entity.
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Mini-program names can consist of Chinese, numbers, English, spaces, and some special symbols. The length is between 4-30 characters. A Chinese character is equal to 2 characters.
Mini-program abbreviation can be created by intercepting characters in order from the Mini-program name. The length is between 4-10 characters. A Chinese character is equal to 2 characters.
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Enterprises, governments, media, and other organizations can register 50 Mini-programs, and self-employed individuals and individuals can register 5 Mini-programs. The number of principal registrations does not account for the official account limit.
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Mini-programs for individual type applications do not support opening WeChat authentication and WeChat payment.
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The Mini-program has been successfully created and has been associated with the official account of the main body, but the official account WeChat certification qualification can be reused when the WeChat authentication is not activated.
Quick certification does not require re-submission of certification, and there is no need to pay a 300-yuan fee, which takes effect immediately.
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Each Mini-program can submit up to 10 custom keywords. And after the adoption, there is a maximum of 3 opportunities for modification each month.
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Certified Mini-program account can apply for WeChat payment function. Certified Mini-program can bind up to 20 developers, uncertified Mini-program can bind up to 10 developers.
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WeChat for Windows can open Mini-program messages in chat.
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WeChat exercise steps up to 98800 steps per day. If you don't want others to see your WeChat steps, you can turn on WeChat steps hiding function.
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With WeChat small change payment, the annual quota is 200,000 yuan.
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The transfer time can be set, and it can be set to real time, 2 hours or 24 hours. Withdrawal is not supported after the transfer is initiated.
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If the red envelope issued is not picked up by a friend within 24 hours, the funds will be automatically returned. There are two ways to refund red envelopes, returning change and returning the original payment method.
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Group chat payment can be initiated in payment-receipt. You can choose to initiate collection for a certain group chat. There are two modes of group chat payment collection, per capita mode and per-person payment mode.
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You can send up to 100 red envelopes in a single WeChat group chat, up to 200 yuan each. In other words, the single amount of WeChat red envelopes does not exceed 20,000 yuan.
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The maximum number of red envelopes to be exchanged on a single day is 100,000 yuan. The payment amount of bank cards is limited by the bank card limit.
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If it is not a friend relationship, red packets cannot be sent. If the other party deletes or blacks out the red envelope after sending it, the other party can still receive the red envelope normally.
There is no friend restriction for face-to-face red envelopes, and non-friends can also scan and receive directly.
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After the card-free payment is activated, each order is less than 1,000 yuan in RMB, and there are 10 times of password-free consumption per day.
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WeChat wealth management for users in China is capped at 5 million yuan.
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On December 11, 2019, WeChat Search was officially upgraded to "WeChat Search and Search". WeChat search can be used to search Mini-program, products, weather, stocks, music, medical registration, novels, news, encyclopedia, Q & A, etc.
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Click Moments in Search on WeChat and enter text to search for Moments directly. At the same time, you can filter by publisher and time.
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WeChat articles saw half of the floating window functions available. Mini-program, favorite notes, file preview, external links also support setting floating windows. You can set up to 5 floating windows at the same time.
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