Digital in Asia

Digital in Asia: the business of the internet in Asia

Mobile Marketing in Asia

Vserv in partnership with the MMA have compiled a series of presentations covering key mobile consumer stats for many of the Asian markets. These provide comprehensive summaries of the mobile landscape in each market, covering apps, ads and social amongst other topics.

November 27, 2013
Asia a Digital Hot Spot, Hottest for Mobile

A new report from World Newsmedia Network looking at global Digital hot spots, highlights again the impact of mobile in Asia. With large parts of the region having higher mobile than desktop penetration, mobile internet is currently leading broadband and desktop and will do so for the foreseeable future.

November 26, 2013
The Rise of the Social Media Hashtag

In just a few years the hashtag has gone from a humble and obscure symbol, also known as the pound sign, to a powerful online tool. The # initially gained prominence on Twitter, but has spread to use across a plethora of other online social media platforms including Facebook and Instagram.

November 22, 2013
Mobile Phone Most Popular Holiday Gift in Indonesia and Vietnam

The latest research from Jana shows the big gift for Indonesian and Vietnamese consumers this holiday season is a new Mobile. Indians want a camera more than anything, although in all surveyed Asian markets, the Mobile was a top 3 gift item.

November 22, 2013
Chinese Media Spend Lagging Behind Consumer Digital Habits

The rising Chinese middle class are spending more time with digital media, but advertisers have yet to reflect this shift with reallocated media budgets according to a new report. “The Chinese middle class is not necessarily the richest, as a large number of young people are put into this category,” said Steven Chang, CEO of…

November 22, 2013
Asia Pacific Digital Marketing Readiness

A recent report from Adobe looks at the readiness of Asia Pacific marketers for Digital. The top line is that the industry is gaining in Digital confidence regionally, but budget and talent deficits are hampering development.

November 21, 2013
Focus on… Vietnam’s Digital Landscape

Please check out our latest digital trends and consumer landscape overview for Vietnam updated for 2018. In the third of our series covering individual Asian market Digital landscapes, we take a look at Vietnam. With a population in excess of 90 million and internet penetration of 35.6%, Vietnam represents a huge opportunity for brands. 52% of Vietnamese…

November 20, 2013
Ecommerce in Emerging Asia

Ecommerce is very much in the news at the moment, with Rocket Internet launching their month long online promotion across Lazada, Zalora and Foodpanda, ebay launching in Indonesia, and mobile ecommerce projected to hit $2.4bn revenue in Singapore by 2015.

November 18, 2013
Focus on… Thailand’s Digital Landscape

In the second of our series focusing on individual market Digital landscapes, we look at Thailand. With consistent long term economic growth, Thailand is now one of the key countries contributing to the emerging global middle class. This rise in wealth puts Thailand ahead of other South East Asian markets in some ways in terms…

November 11, 2013
Asia’s Digital Future in Focus

The comScore Digital Future in Focus reports provide some of the most comprehensive coverage of Asia’s Digital landscape. Industry leading research across a series of Asian markets, with insight into search, social, online advertising, mobile and e-commerce.

November 1, 2013