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| For example, we made great progress on the postdoctoral research program we rolled out in collaboration with Keble College of the University of Oxford, further driving our revenue growth |
| Thanks to our enriched content ecosystem and AI development, our content and product matrix remain robust with an ever-broadening array of offerings |
| In short, we maintained encouraging growth momentum in the third quarter of 2023 |
| During the third quarter of 2023, we achieved solid progress across all of our business segments, propelling a year-over-year increase of 2.5% in total revenue as we consistently enrich our content ecosystem and so to diversify and expand our product and service offerings |
| We are confident that as a company, we invest in the training field, we will further enrich our course offerings, constantly enhance our training system and continuously expand our consumer base |
| These synchronized endeavors have empowered great strides in our commercialization and further elevate our operating efficacy, effectively reducing overall cost to improve efficiency company-wide |
| Our user self-improvement has translated into overall enhancement of their performance and the efficiency incorporate workplaces |
| For example, in the Q3, we rolled out the postdoctoral research program that we collaborated with the University of Oxford, which was well-received by our high end subscribers and helped boost our subscription revenues growth during the quarter |
| Dagang Feng [Foreign Language] The third quarter brought sustained and robust growth momentum in our advertising business with year-over-year revenue growth of 11% |
| Our advertising consumer base includes [Indiscernible], Internet Giants and the Fortune Global 500 companies as well as China's traditional industrial icons such as [Indiscernible], steady growth of advertisement placement by these companies propelled a year-over-year increase in our ARPU of 20% |
| By driving user growth through an enrich the content experience, we made solid progress in crafting our comprehensive closed loop content ecosystems |
| It's also worth mentioning that with the rise of R&D funds and the evolution of the guided funds, stakeholders in the new economic sector enjoying a plethora of investment options, maximizing the benefits of our robust brand advantages and adapt the resource alignment capabilities |
| To drive continued growth in our advertising business, we will further enhance our content influence, strengthen our in-depth cooperation with advertisers, and actively explore AI marketing and other new marketing channels to create more growth opportunities for advertising |
| In addition to the solid performance of our text and image business content portfolio, we also achieved a new breakthroughs in content variety during the third quarter, spanning short videos, long videos, and podcasts |
| Since its launch during the first half of 2023, 36Kr also has made great progress in terms of content quantity and user engagement with a surging number of likes and followers |
| Furthermore, we have made consistent meaningful progress in our regional business expansion |
| Our vertical medium, 36Kr Auto, also continue to thrive, gaining momentum in content quantity and engagement with growth in the number of both likes and forwards |
| Overall, short video is pivotal for broadening our customer reach and enhancing user engagement and stickiness |
| It not only cemented our standing as an innovator in long video production, but also showcase 36Kr's robust brand influence across the industry |
| Via our offline events, our consulting services and other enterprise value-added services continue to gain momentum during the quarter |
| Regarding subscription services, revenue from subscription services increased by 62% year-over-year to RMB11.51 million during the quarter, bolstering our diversified course offerings and efficiencies, customer acquisition strategies |
| Short video ad also boasted a higher ARPU compared to other advertising formats further propelling the company's overall advertising revenue |
| In addition, we continue to expand and deepen AI applications across diverse scenario, capitalizing on our underlying technology's advantages in real-time interaction, visual effects, creative graphics, and other features to offer our users diversified AI making solutions, propelling the company's efficiency and sustainable growth |
| So, that's quite improvement on our operating margin |
| So, overall, we will improve our gross margin as well as operating leverage |
| As such, we are well-positioned to accommodate the distinct market preference of advertisers across the broad spectrum of industries |
| Furthermore, our continuous service innovation drove our accrual up by 20% year-over-year during the quarter |
| Our stable, high quality customer base not only reflected the company's substantial market influence, but also laid the [Indiscernible] for consistent [Indiscernible] key performance matrix |
| We expected to attract an increasing number of advertisers for content promotion going forward as well as achieve sustained revenue growth in advertising |
| Our total revenue increased by 2.5% year-over-year to RMB97 million, with revenue from our advertising business up 11% year-over-year outpacing market trends |
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| The decrease was mainly due to the negative impact of macroeconomic uncertainties |
| For the fourth quarter, we maintained a cautiously optimistic outlook for our advertising business |
| So, that hit our third quarter, but that's temporary and that's only a one-off issue |
| 36Kr Research Institute further depended its industry insights, elevating our reputation through the publication of industry recent reports |
| Research and development expenses were RMB8.3 million in the third quarter of 2023, a decrease of 38% from RMB13.4 million in the same period of last year, as we continued to proactively embrace AI technology and streamlined our research and development teams, resulting in a decrease in payroll-related expenses |
| Net loss was RMB18.9 million in the third quarter of 2023 compared to net income of RMB2.5 million in the same period of last year |
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