China Are students in China continuing to use education apps as they return to school?
Data on education apps provides a look at remote-learning during the outbreak.
- Time spent on education apps increased significantly in February-March.
- In late March, it reached as high as 4x the level during the autumn semester before falling in April.
- The download ranking of top education apps saw a similar trend, with an increase in February-March followed by a slight decline in April.
- The inflection point in early April coincided with the time when students started to go back to school.
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Share of Time Spent Relative to All Apps in China (Indexed to 1-Sep-19)
Source: UBS Evidence Lab
Average Download Ranking of Top 4 Education Apps (Indexed to Sep-2019)
Source: UBS Evidence Lab, QuestMobile, Sensor Tower
