How Creator Economies Monetize in Asia: A $26 Billion Machine With Very Different Rules The creator economy in Asia isn’t a smaller version of the Western one. It’s a structurally … Read more
India now has 660 million smartphone users, and the vast majority of them have never owned a laptop, never had a broadband connection, and never used a desktop browser to … Read more
Asia-Pacific gaming generated $87.6 billion in 2025, accounting for 46% of global gaming spend (Newzoo). That’s not a projection or an aspiration — it’s the single largest entertainment revenue pool … Read more
Asia’s $311 Billion Ad Market, $2.3 Trillion Commerce Engine, and $102 Billion AI Layer Are Fusing Into a Single Stack There’s a simple model for understanding Asia’s digital economy, and … Read more
The Future of Ecommerce When AI Controls Demand: $5 Trillion in Spending Up for Grabs AI shopping agents are already redirecting how consumers find, evaluate, and buy products online — … Read more
Every few months, a new narrative about Vietnam’s gaming market circulates in investment memos, conference panels, and analyst decks. The story usually goes something like this: Vietnam is a massive, … Read more
Douyin generated USD 39.2 billion in ad revenue in 2024, making it China’s largest ad platform. ByteDance commands 25.9% of China’s digital ad market. Here’s how the ad stack actually works — from Ocean Engine targeting to closed-loop e-commerce — and why it’s nothing like TikTok.
Vietnam’s gaming market is one of the most data-rich stories in Southeast Asia — and one of the most frequently misread because the numbers, taken individually, seem contradictory. The country … Read more
Everyone loves the UPI story. And why wouldn’t they? A country that had 190 million unbanked adults a decade ago now runs the world’s largest real-time payments network. The Unified … Read more
Digital in Asia | March 2026 Vietnam is having a moment in gaming — and most of the world hasn’t noticed yet. A country of 101 million people holds the … Read more