Smartphone is on everyone’s hand and Vietnamese spend hours playing with it. We made the research as to what apps are indispensable for those who live in urban area of Vietnam.
Vietnam mobile application popularity and user analysis
1. Q&Me is online market research provided by Asia Plus Inc.
Popular mobile app and user analysis in Vietnam
Asia Plus Inc.
2. Objective
Smartphone is on everyone’s hand
and Vietnamese spend hours playing
with it. We made the research as to
what apps are indispensable for those
who live in urban area of Vietnam.
The survey was conducted to about
600 male & female among 18-39 years
old in HCM & Hanoi.
3. Media spending hours (TV / Internet)
27% 28% 27% 25% 25%
32%
28% 27%
23%
32%
88% 88% 88%
92%
88% 85% 87% 89% 86%
90%
54% 52%
56%
61%
57%
45%
53% 55%
50%
58%
Total Male Female 18-24 25-29 30-39 HCM HN Class D, E Class A, B,
C
People watching TV more than 2 hours/day People using internet 2 hours/day and more
People using internet 4 hours/day and more
Vietnamese in urban area spend much more hours for internet
Q. How long do you watch TV a day / spend internet a day?
5. Popular mobile application
Facebook (84%)
M=80% F=87%
No.1
Zalo (58%)
M=52% F=64%
No.2
YouTube (17%)
M=20% F=15%
No.3
Messenger (12%)
M=13% F=11%
No.4
Gmail (9%)
M=9% F=10%
No.5
Lazada (8%)
M=8% F=8%
No.6
Instagram (7%)
M=6% F=8%
No.7
Chrome (7%)
M=9% F=5%
No.8
Shopee (6%)
M=4% F=8%
No.9
Viber (5%)
M=4% F=5%
No.10
Q. Please name 3 applications that you use spend use the most.
6. Youth are with YouTube and Instagram
22%
16%
13%
18-24 25-29 30-39
YouTube and Instagram gather popularity among 18-24 age group
13%
4%
3%
18-24 25-29 30-39
7. Social usage and email
89%
51%
83%
59%
77%
66%
Facebook Zalo
18-24 25-29 30-39
Facebook is more for the youth,
while Zalo is more for elderly.
8. Email for adult
Email is used for the elderly group more.
Less usage among 18-24 years old
6%
11%
12%
18-24 25-29 30-39
9. Key findings : EC apps usage
Facebook is more for the youth, while Zalo is more for elderly. Email is
used for the elderly group more
16%
13%
19%
10%
22%
19%
21%
11%
8% 8% 8%
3%
9%
12% 10%
5%
6% 4%
8%
4%
10% 3% 8%
4%
3%
2%
3%
2%
2%
3%
3%
2%
Total Column2 Male Female Column3 18-24 25-29 30-39 30-40 high
social
users
low social
users
Lazada Shopee Others Online shopping
10. Key app user profile: Facebook
84%
80%
87%
89%
83%
77%
83%
85%
87%
81%
Total Male Female 18-24 25-29 30-39 HCM HN Class D, E Class A, B,
C
Generally popular regardless of the profile. Higher popularity in female.
11. Key app user profile: Zalo
58%
52%
64%
51%
59%
66%
61%
55% 53%
62%
Total Male Female 18-24 25-29 30-39 HCM HN Class D, E Class A, B,
C
The ratio of using Zalo higher at female and elders.
12. Key app user profile: YouTube
17%
20%
15%
22%
16%
13%
18%
17%
23%
12%
Total Male Female 18-24 25-29 30-39 HCM HN Class D, E Class A, B,
C
The ratio of using YouTube higher at male & youngsters.
13. “What are the apps that you installed recently
and would like to recommend others?”
14. App that Vietnamese recently likes
Shopee (9%)
No.1
• Online
shopping app
• Download: 5m
• Rating: 4,1/5
(47.777
persons)
Grab (7%)
No.2
• Travel app
• Download:
50m
• Rating: 4,5/5
(1.220.134
persons)
Lazada (7%)
No.3
• Online
shopping app
• Download:
50m
• Rating: 4,2/5
(1.232.488
persons)
Mocha (7%)
No.4
• Message app
• Download: 5m
• Rating: 4,3/5
(94.607
persons)
Momo (5%)
No.5
• Payment app
• Download: 1m
• Rating: 4,2/5
(21,974
persons)
Q. Please name applications that you installed within 30 days and would like to recommend it. (excluding the
ones that are already mentioned in the apps that are used mostly)
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1%
18%
31%
22%
14%
7%
3% 3%
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Age
19%
18%
6%
4%3%3%
47%
HCM Hanoi Can Tho Da Nang
Hai Phong Dong Nhai Others
56%
44%
Male Female
Gender City
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with irrelevant
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Contradicted
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answer users
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users
• We count the
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comments
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out while prioritizing
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good feedbacks.
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97%
THOUGHT
CONSISTENCY SCORE
91%
STRAIGHT-LINER/ FLAT-
LINER SCORE
89%
SPEEDERS SCORE
97%
QUALITY CHECK SURVEY SPECIFICATION
N (Sample size) 300
IR (Incident rate) 100%
LOI (Lenght of Interview) 10 minutes
Success Criteria Overral score of 80% or higher
THE RESULTS
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Average score
in the industry
73%
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