[Infographic] A new record-breaking year for WeChat red packets

Tencent said they wouldn’t participate in the “Red packets” (红包 / Hongbao) war this year (they didn’t spend a dime giving away money to users)

…well, they won it anyway!

Key highlights:

1. 14.2 billion red packets sent in 24 hours, 76% year over year growth

2. 760,000 were sent in 1 second

3. Guangdong is the province which sent the largest number of packets

4. Beijing is the city which sent the largest number of red envelopes!