Phoenix.com Technology News (Author/Yang Ruiqi) According to the latest data from QuestMobile, as of February 2025, China's AI native application market has ushered in explosive growth, with the number of active users of AI native apps reaching 240 million, and the net increase of users exceeding 115 million. Among them, DeepSeek ranked first with 194 million monthly active users, while Doubao and Tencent Yuanbao ranked second and third with 116 million and 41.64 million monthly active users respectively.

China's AI native apps have exceeded 240 million monthly active users: DeepSeek ranks first, followed by Doubao and Tencent Yuanbao

China's AI native apps have exceeded 240 million monthly active users: DeepSeek ranks first, followed by Doubao and Tencent Yuanbao

In addition, nano AI search and Imeng AI have entered the Top 5 for the first time, and its growth is closely related to accessing DeepSeek technology. Data shows that the number of active users of nano AI search access surged by 22.0% the next day, and Tencent Yuanbao's daily active users also increased by 15.3%.

China's AI native apps have exceeded 240 million monthly active users: DeepSeek ranks first, followed by Doubao and Tencent Yuanbao

The industry's technical threshold continues to rise, and 70% of the top 15 applications have supported the dual-drive architecture of "1 dialogue model + 1 reasoning model". Applications such as Tencent Yuanbao and Wen Xiaoyan have even integrated more than 4 large models, and nano AI searches are the first to support 15 models. Analysis points out that when the underlying technologies converge, the focus of competition has shifted to user experience and operational capabilities. For example, DeepSeek leads the user stickiness list with 82.3% of the continuous active users, while Tencent Yuanbao has become one of the most efficient applications in the first quarter with the proportion of new installers of 37.5%.

China's AI native apps have exceeded 240 million monthly active users: DeepSeek ranks first, followed by Doubao and Tencent Yuanbao

China's AI native apps have exceeded 240 million monthly active users: DeepSeek ranks first, followed by Doubao and Tencent Yuanbao

At present, AI native applications are moving from a "technology competition" to a "ecological deepening" stage. How to optimize interaction design and build differentiated scenarios under a multi-model architecture will become the key to competition in the next stage.

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