Indonesia’s digital economy is approaching $130 billion. With 229 million internet users across 17,000 islands and 284 million people (median age 30.4), it’s SEA’s largest digital market by every meaningful measure. This hub aggregates DIA’s Indonesia coverage.
Country overview
- Indonesia Digital Economy 2026: Market Size, Growth and Platform Competition
Indonesia’s digital economy is closing in on $130 billion in value, powered by 229 million internet users across an archipelago of 17,000 islands (DataReportal, 2025). With a population of 284 … <a title="&q…
Ecommerce & social commerce
- Southeast Asia’s Social Commerce Market: Platforms, Growth and Economics
Social commerce grew from <5% to 20-25% of SEA ecommerce in 3 years. We explain the 31.4% CAGR reshaping retail. - TikTok Shop in Southeast Asia: GMV Growth and Strategy
TikTok Shop grew from $4.4B to $45.6B GMV in SEA in 4 years. Here's how it disrupted the entire region. - Shopee vs TikTok Shop: The Battle for Southeast Asia’s Ecommerce Market
Shopee dominates with 52% SEA market share, but TikTok Shop's aggressive growth and social-first model are reshaping the $100B platform wars. - Shopee, Lazada and TikTok Shop Seller Fees: A Southeast Asia Comparison (2026)
Shopee's new 5% technical fee, TikTok Shop's 12.5% Vietnam commission, Lazada's 3.99% base rate — the full seller cost stack across Southeast Asia's six major markets in 2026. - Lazada’s Confidence Commerce Strategy: The Economics of Competing Beyond GMV
The conventional narrative about Lazada goes like this: it was the pioneer, then it was the incumbent, and now it is the cautionary tale. Alibaba poured somewhere between USD 7.4 … <a title="" class=&qu…
Indonesia in regional AI
- Sovereign AI in Asia: Why Every Country Is Building Its Own LLM
Why Is Every Asian Country Building Its Own AI Model? Sovereign AI — the development of domestically controlled artificial intelligence infrastructure, models, and data pipelines — has become the defining … <a ti… - Southeast Asia’s AI Data Centre Boom: Investment, Infrastructure and Energy Constraints
Southeast Asia now hosts more than 2,000 data centres across Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines (Ember, 2026), with hundreds more under construction and over a thousand in … <a … - AI in Southeast Asia: The Trillion Dollar AI Opportunity
Artificial intelligence could contribute USD 1 trillion in additional GDP output to Southeast Asia by 2030 — a 13–18% boost to the region’s economy, according to projections from Google, Temasek, … <a title="…