
The balance between privacy and innovation (part 1)
Data is now considered as valuable as oil once was, yet most of us don't understand what personal data actually is, who owns it, or what rights we have over it.
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Data is now considered as valuable as oil once was, yet most of us don't understand what personal data actually is, who owns it, or what rights we have over it.
Google now dominates Japan with 75% market share after trailing Yahoo's 50%+ a decade ago, while Naver still leads Korea and Baidu holds 70% in China.

China's OTT market is exploding with 80M+ paid subscribers per platform spending just $26-35/year—a fraction of Netflix prices yet poised to overtake traditional TV.

China's influencer market hit $17.16B in 2018, with consumers twice as receptive to KOL endorsements vs Western markets—here's what makes it unique.
China's mobile gaming market dwarfs the competition with 2x more players than the next four markets combined and Tencent controlling 45% of this $12B+ goldmine.

China's retail e-commerce market isn't just big—it's larger than the rest of the world combined, with 600M+ mobile-first buyers reshaping global commerce.

China's ad spend per person is just 1/10th of the US, but it's growing twice as fast—65% of it already digital and dominated by three tech giants.

China's digital ecosystem dwarfs the rest of the world—with 855M internet users, e-commerce sales exceeding all other nations combined, and 4x more ride-sharing users than the US.

I analyzed 2017 data across APAC to reveal which markets lead in digital maturity—spoiler: population size doesn't equal digital advancement.
Baidu dominates China with 80%+ ad spend, but Yahoo! JP leads iOS searches in Japan—here's the data-backed breakdown of APAC search markets you need for your SEM strategy.
China's mobile e-commerce market dwarfs the US at 3.7X larger, with 335M buyers each spending $1000+ annually—growing 40% per year.
China's digital market dwarfs the US with 3X more mobile users and 2.5X more e-commerce sales—here are the 8 data points every marketer needs to know.