Digital in Asia analysis is cited by publications, research firms and industry analysts covering the Asia-Pacific digital economy, and our trackers and country overviews are referenced in market research across the region.
If you have cited DIA research and we haven’t listed you here, let us know and we’ll add the link.
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Selected publications and research firms that have cited Digital in Asia analysis:
- Tech in Asia — cited DIA’s analysis of Lazada’s AI shopping assistant and Confidence Commerce strategy.
- e27 — cited DIA’s payments data on PromptPay, QRIS and PayNow.
- CoinDesk — cited DIA in its coverage of ByteDance and TikTok payments.
- Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ Dossier) — cited DIA on Malaysia’s data-centre build-out.
- Seeking Alpha — cited DIA in an analysis of Alibaba and Qwen.
- The National Interest — cited DIA on AI adoption across Asia.
- Tech Times — cited DIA’s data on Asia’s real-time payment rails.
- Esports Insider — cited DIA’s Asia Gaming Tracker.
- Techzine — cited DIA on Asia’s AI chip supply chain.
- MSN — Microsoft’s news platform, which has carried and cited DIA analysis.
- KrASIA — Asia tech news platform covering Southeast Asia, China and India, which has cited DIA.
- Tech Wire Asia — enterprise tech publication covering AI, cloud and digital transformation across Asia, which has cited DIA.
- Niko Partners — the leading research firm on Asia’s games markets, which has cited DIA analysis.
- Statista — statistics platform that has cited DIA market sizing on Southeast Asian gaming, payments and ecommerce.
Academic and policy citations
- China Perspectives (OpenEdition) — peer-reviewed journal on Greater China, which has cited DIA.
- Information and Decision Support Center, Cabinet of Egypt — government policy newsletter that has cited DIA.
Research we build on
DIA works closely with the region’s best data. These are among the sources we cite most often:
- Bain & Company — e-Conomy SEA — Annual report on Southeast Asia's digital economy, co-published with Google and Temasek; DIA contextualises and references e-Conomy SEA findings annually.
- Momentum Works — Singapore-based research firm covering SEA ecommerce; DIA references their TikTok Shop GMV tracker and seller-fee data.
- DataReportal — Global digital adoption data publisher (Digital 2026 series); DIA uses their country-level penetration data across our overviews.
Syndication & republication
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Speaking and analyst quotes
Tom Simpson, founder and editor of Digital in Asia, is available for analyst quotes, panel speaking, and reporter interviews on:
- Asian gaming and esports markets, with deep coverage of Vietnam, Indonesia, and Thailand
- Southeast Asian ecommerce and the platform wars between Shopee, Lazada, and TikTok Shop
- Fintech and digital payments across Asia — UPI and QR payment rails, wallets, digital banks, platform credit and stablecoins
- AI ecosystems across Asia — sovereign LLM programmes, infrastructure, and competitive dynamics with US and Chinese frontier labs
- Vietnam digital economy specifically — gaming, payments, gen-Z dynamics, and policy
For analyst quotes and speaking enquiries: [email protected]
Research and data for journalists
Our free research reports on AI, ecommerce, fintech and gaming, and our live trackers on payments, gaming, ecommerce and AI policy, can be cited with attribution to Digital in Asia. Every figure carries its original source.