Data from Tencent Corporation shows that at 8:00 PM on October 10, 2009, the number of simultaneous online users of Tencent QQ exceeded 80 million. To put this into perspective, according to the latest internet report published by CNNIC (China Internet Network Information Center), China had 298 million internet users at the time, meaning that one-quarter of all Chinese netizens were simultaneously logged onto QQ. Below is a partial history of Tencent QQ's registered and online user milestones:
- November 1999: QQ user registrations exceed 1 million.
- April 2000: QQ user registrations reach 5 million.
- May 2000: Simultaneous online users break through the 100,000 mark for the first time.
- February 2001: Simultaneous online users successfully surpass the 1 million mark; registered users increase to 50 million.
- March 2002: Registered users exceed 100 million.
- September 2003: Registered users rise to 200 million.
- April 2004: Registered users reach another peak, breaking through 300 million.
- February 2005: Simultaneous online users exceed 10 million. On February 16, 2005, the number of simultaneous online users of Tencent QQ surpassed 10 million for the first time, marking a 100-fold increase in just four years since breaking the 100,000 mark in May 2000.
- June 3, 2006: Simultaneous online users break through 20 million.
- July 16, 2007: Simultaneous online users break through 30 million.
- September 21, 2007: Registered users reach 856.2 million, with 40 million simultaneous online users.
- February 9, 2009: Simultaneous online users break through 50 million.
- May 17, 2009: Simultaneous online users break through 60 million.
- September 5, 2009: Simultaneous online users break through 70 million.
- October 10, 2009: Simultaneous online users break through 80 million.
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