WHERE THE DATA COMES FROM

WEIBO SOCIAL LISTENING,
CHINA'S PUBLIC DEBATE.

Weibo is China's great public square: trending topics, celebrities, controversies. A brand crisis in China often becomes visible there first.

Weibo official site
Official site, captured weibo.com

WHY WEIBO

Why listen to Weibo?

Trending topics

What occupies the debate, and your brand's place in it.

Celebrities and KOLs

The voices that make and break an image.

Controversies

Sensitive topics to follow as early as possible.

Related expertise Social listening

DATA AND LIMITS

What we collect on Weibo, and what we do not read.

WHAT WE COLLECT

The public side of Weibo

Public posts, their comments and trending topics.

WeiboPublic data

WHAT WE DO NOT READ

Private stays private

Restricted accounts and messages. Some content can be removed quickly: monitoring has to be continuous.

WeiboNever collected

Covers Weibo, per the vendor

Talkwalker

Volumes, topics and tone, with a history that allows before / after reads.

TalkwalkerSee the page

METHOD

How we listen to Weibo.

  1. 01

    Framing

    We start from the decision to make, not from a keyword list: the perimeter follows the question.

  2. 02

    Collection

    Queries, sources, languages and periods, set by the consultants who will read the output themselves.

  3. 03

    Reading

    An analysis crossed with our other sources, and a recommendation your teams can act on.

USE CASES

Weibo social listening: use cases.

Each card leads to the use case it contributes to.

FAQ

Social listening on Weibo: frequently asked questions.

Is Licter a Weibo social listening agency?

Yes: we listen to Weibo for our clients, with the right platforms, and our consultants read what is said there. We do not run your accounts or your ads: we read the conversation and tell you what to decide.

Can you alert us to a crisis in China?

Yes, with continuous monitoring read in Mandarin, and an alert protocol agreed with you.

Weibo or Douyin?

Both: debate on Weibo, consumer trends on Douyin.

TIME TO ACT

Looking for a Weibo social listening agency?

Send us the question. If another tool answers it better, we will tell you: we use about fifteen.