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| We also benefited from solid traffic performance built upon blockbuster effect during the summer vacation, leading to further ad recovery from the entertainment sector and online platforms |
| Our efforts in these 2 aspects not only lead to a quarter-over-quarter increase in the number of average daily engaged users and engagement efficiency of relationship-based feed, but also boosted KOLs content generation in third quarter |
| Our monetization from the supply side in third quarter, benefiting from the promotions of popular TV series and movies during the summer vacation |
| And it’s quite special in terms of the automotive industry, because we really had a very good growth in the first half of this year |
| So for the verticals like the electronics and health care, we actually have observed a very good recovery of both the KOL ecosystem and also the traffic |
| And also for those verticals, as I have already shared the color upon, so we’ve been seeing a very good recovery and also the growth for the traffic in Q3 and also in the whole second half as we expected |
| And also during the COVID period, still we had a much better growth from the IP ecosystems than the verticals of automotives and digital or cosmetics and beauty and also the other, like electronics area |
| We’ve been seeing a very good growth and a very good momentum |
| Moreover, the digital product sector continued to outperform in the third quarter with over 60% year-over-year growth in revenue, mainly thanks to the synergy between content and monetization ecosystem |
| So this year, we do see a very good outcome from the gaming industry and also from this year onward, we are going to see a very positive impact to the business of the entertainment and the consumption and e-commerce, et cetera |
| First, we further solidify Weibo’s advantage in the IP-related content ecosystem such as social topics, entertainment, ACGN and sports to continue to improve our competitiveness in the user acquisition market |
| And also, if you’re comparing the content generated by AIGC versus naturally or written by the bloggers themselves, you can see a 50% better interactive rate and also user stickiness for the AIGC-generated content |
| We are also encouraged to see greater quantity and diversity as customers in health care sector, from performance-oriented aesthetic medical institutions originally and now to various kinds of clients across upstream equipment manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, health care platforms, et cetera, all campaigning on Weibo with a growing trend |
| This is also helping us to gain a sustainable growth for the future |
| It motivated engagement of social content creators and thereby, improves users’ social stickiness |
| So you can see that because of a very good recovery of the traffic for those verticals and very good works around the ecosystem building and also the accounts recovery as well |
| On the other hand, we improved the positive feedback mechanism for KOL activities, which means to reward KOLs in real time based on traffic and on an incentive system to encourage their content generation and fan interaction frequency |
| Additionally, the scale average daily posts, average daily interactive users and interaction of the Golden V and Orange V accounts achieved double-digit growth quarter-over-quarter |
| And so as a result, we do actually see a very good recovery starting from Q3 for the gaming industry because of the better performance and also the better allocation of the advertisement budget for some of the medium to high-end games |
| And of course, for the gaming industry, we return to the track of a positive growth in Q3 because of the growth of some of the new games and also the optimizations in terms of the algorithms and also the paid gamers |
| As a result, ad revenue generated from the food and beverage and entertainment sectors demonstrated notable recovery trends, both delivering double-digit growth year-over-year in third quarter |
| Our user engagement continues to improve and the overall traffic on Weibo reached peak levels this year in July and August, providing sufficient ad inventories on the platform |
| So as I have already stated that we have been optimizing on the algorithms and also which is going to generate the positive ROI for the customers |
| So first of all, in the second half of this year, we had a very good momentum of the growth for the verticals like the automotive and also digital products, food and beverages, as well as the health care as we have already stated |
| In Q3, the average daily traffic, the number of interactive users and total interactions grow year-over-year and achieved double-digit growth quarter-over-quarter |
| So actually, for the Double 11 shopping festival and also the e-commerce events, we’ve been seeing a very good trend |
| For the commercial vertical content area, traffic from digital products and automobiles sustained solid growth momentum in the past 3 years, leveraging robust content and monetization ecosystem reviews as we focused on increasing the number and engagement of professional accounts in these verticals and strengthening clients’ mindset for new product releases |
| That said, benefiting from advantages in-house IP and new product marketing, we highlighted Weibo’s core competitiveness in the ad market, which resulted in gradual ad recovery in August and September with a month-over-month growth of over 20%, respectively |
| Leveraging Weibo’s strengths in operation around hot topics, we have built Weibo into the go-to platform for the growth of professional KOLs and distribution and the discussion of industry hot topics and thus, enhanced clients’ recognition of Weibo and further reinforced our market competitiveness |
| In the second quarter, driven by the Labor Day holiday and e-commerce festivals, we’re encouraged to see pent-up consumption demand released to the market, leading to a broad-based ad recovery across verticals |
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| First, the macro economy and consumption fell short of expectations |
| Nonetheless, the recovery pace of the overall consumer market fell short of expectations for the full year |
| Secondly, a few unexpected adverse factors in late August negatively impacted on some clients’ budgets |
| We saw customers cut back investments in new products due to headwinds from their own operations |
| And also, it’s pretty much challenging for the beauty and cosmetics industry because in Q3, the operational effects actually was decreased |
| From the demand side, a few factors negatively impacted on ad revenues growth |
| Value-added service revenues were $52.9 million in the third quarter, a decrease of 12% or 7% on a constant currency basis, primarily due to decrease of game-related revenues |
| On the flip side, the automobile and luxury sectors showed weakness this quarter, reflecting the seasonal pullback post an eventful first half of the year |
| And also in the first half of the year, we do see some of the challenging verticals, for instance, the fashion and also the beauty products and also the gaming industry |
| We continued to experience headwinds to our financials due to the volatility of foreign exchange rates this quarter since our business primarily operates in China |
| This year, the beauty and personal care industry has experienced twists and turns in its overall recovery pace, which was negatively impacted by a choppy brand marketing environment |
| However, in the second half of year, we’ve been seeing a slowdown of the sales both for the ICE vehicles and also the electric vehicles |
| Customers from certain sectors remained cautious and hesitated towards market uncertainties, considering the soft consumption environment and sentiment |
| Of course, we do actually see a lower-than-expected recovery of the ecosystem or the content ecosystem |
| Weibo’s advertising and marketing revenues for the third quarter 2023 were $389.3 million, a decrease of 1%, or an increase of 3% on a constant currency basis, with a relatively soft July while accelerated growth in August and September |
| Weibo’s third quarter 2023 net revenue were $442.2 million, a decrease of 3%, or an increase of 2% on a constant currency basis |
| In third quarter, we saw volatility of ad budget from Weibo’s key sectors, with a notable pullback of ad spend in July versus June |
| In Q3, our total revenues reached USD 442.2 million, a decrease of 3% year-over-year and flat quarter-over-quarter |
| Our total ad revenues reached USD 389.3 million, a decrease of 1%, or an increase of 3% on a constant currency basis |
| That said, we may have to wait a while for a turning point of consumption sentiment, especially in certain discretionary categories to pick up in light of current macroeconomic conditions |
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