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Kuaishou’s Q4 revenue growth slows to 8.7%: report

Kuaishou Technology, a video platform backed by Tencent, has reported its slowest quarterly sales growth since its public listing in 2021.

In Q4 2024, Kuaishou’s revenue rose by 8.7% to 35.4 billion yuan (US$4.9 billion).

This figure was slightly below market expectations of 35.7 billion yuan (US$5 billion).

AI models and AI-generated content have boosted user engagement and marketing spending, which averaged over 30 million yuan (US$4.1 million) daily.

Bloomberg Intelligence analysts note challenges like economic pressures, rising R&D costs, and tougher competition in ecommerce.

Recent Kuaishou developments

Timeline
20-Mar-2025 🎥 Kuaishou’s Kling AI adds DeepSeek for creative video tools
  • Kuaishou integrates DeepSeek-R1 into Kling AI
  • New features enhance video content creation tools
23-Nov-2021 📈 Kuaishou posts 33% revenue jump in Q3 as active users reach record highs
  • Kuaishou Q3 revenue rises 33.4% to $3.2B
  • DAUs grow 17.9% to 320.4M, average time up 35%
06-Aug-2021 📉 Kuaishou shares slide 12% amid Chinese crackdown on internet giants
  • Kuaishou shares fall 12% amid regulatory fears
  • Beijing urged stricter internet video content oversight
04-Aug-2021 📉 Kuaishou pulls the plug on TikTok rival app Zynn
  • Zynn to shut down on August 20, reasons unclear.
  • Controversial app fell to 200,000 users from 3 million.
01-Jun-2021 🍜 Kuaishou unveils new WeChat mini program to take on Meituan, Ele.me

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