A working tracker of who owns mobile payments across fifteen Asian markets. Alipay and WeChat Pay in China, UPI in India, GCash in the Philippines, and a region-specific stack everywhere else.
South Korea’s digital economy runs through two companies. Naver, the country’s dominant search engine, posted KRW 10.7 trillion in revenue in 2024 — the first time a domestic internet company … Read more
A super app is a single mobile application that bundles multiple services — rides, deliveries, payments, lending, shopping, entertainment — into one platform. The concept barely exists in the West, … Read more
Singapore’s digital economy reached S$128.1B in 2024—18.6% of the country’s GDP and climbing at 12% annually since 2019. With 5.61 million internet users (95.8% penetration) and 97% smartphone adoption, the … Read more
Thailand’s digital economy isn’t just growing—it’s become the second-largest in Southeast Asia, behind only Indonesia, and the velocity is accelerating. As of Q1 2026, the market reached 5.6 trillion baht, … Read more
Malaysia’s digital economy hit USD 31 billion in gross merchandise value during 2024, a 16% jump from the previous year, with the sector now expected to represent 25.5% of GDP … Read more
The Philippines is now a USD 40 billion digital economy. That figure—reported by the Philippine Statistics Authority—represents 8.5% of the country’s total GDP and signals something that anyone who’s spent … Read more
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 … Read more
Japan is the world’s third-largest economy with 107 million internet users and a digital advertising market that crossed $45.6 billion in 2025 — yet it remains one of the most … Read more
South Korea is the most intensely connected country on earth. With 50.4 million internet users representing 97.4% of the population, 5G download speeds averaging 1,064 Mbps on SK Telecom’s network, … Read more