TMT Are Chinese employees still using workplace solution apps?
Workplace solution app usage provides an indication of how many people are still working from home vs. going to the office.
- App usage data shows that Chinese users spent less time on working-from-home apps in April than in March, but still far more than before the Covid-19 outbreak.
- Time spent on workplace solution apps peaked at the end of March at almost 9x the level in early January.
- Time spent started to decline in early April as more and more people went back to work.
- DingTalk's share of daily active users fell slightly in April, though it remained No. 1 in the category.
Share of Time Spent on Workplace Solution Apps Relative to All Apps – Indexed to 5-Jan-20
Source: UBS Evidence Lab, QuestMobile
Share of Daily Active Users Relative to All Apps in China
Source: UBS Evidence Lab, QuestMobile