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# Tencent

2026-09-29

Pony Ma: in the worst month of the 3Q War, he approved WeChat

On 3 November 2010 Tencent announced 'a very difficult decision' and told users to stop running QQ on any computer with 360 installed. On 19 November a new project that could replace QQ was formally approved inside Tencent: WeChat. On 21 November the 3Q War ended in mutual apologies. No. 17 of the 100 product managers who changed the world, six dimensions 90/94/88/96/97/89.

2026-09-07

WeChat's Product History, and Why It Ranks 5th

Mi Talk launched on December 10, 2010. WeChat launched on January 21, 2011 — 42 days later. Push-to-talk was also Mi Talk first, WeChat second. By Q3 2025 the combined Weixin and WeChat monthly active users reached 1.41 billion. This walks the product history in order and explains the 94.75 score, including why originality is only 92.