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Which Stocks Are Primed For India's HUGE Social Media Market?
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[{"type":"text","content":"Which Stocks Are Primed For India's HUGE Social Media Market?\n \n \n (NewsDirect)\n \n \n \n \n \n ValueTheMarkets\n \n \n \n \n \n News Commentary\n \n \n \n \n - India is on course to soon become the\nplanet's biggest social media market, with the country gaining\nsome serious ground on China. According to\n \n Statista\n \n ,\nIndia's 1.18 billion unique users will be just 33 million behind\nthe top spot. This article examines who is seeking to capitalize on\nthis huge market with reference to\n \n Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:\nMETA)\n \n ,\n \n Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP), Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL)\n \n and\n \n QYOU Media\n \n \n (TSXV: QYOU) (OTC: QYOUF)\n \n .\n \n \n Meta Platforms enjoys a\ndominant position in terms of platforms and uses India to test out new\nmonetization strategies. Alphabet has an already hugely successful\nproduct in the country, and one of its features looks set to go from\nstrength to strength. Finally, Snap is seeking to leverage its massive\naudience in the country.\n \n \n \n QYOU Media\n \n \n (TSXV: QYOU) (OTC: QYOUF)\n \n produces and\ndistributes content created by social media stars. It has a multitude\nof TV channels and platforms and is\n \n \n attracting\na rapidly growing audience\n \n \n .\n \n \n Now, the business has brought in bonafide social\nmedia royalty to push it to the next stage.\n \n \n It has\n \n \n appointed\nIndian digital leader and strategist, Raj Mishra\n \n \n , to the role\nof Group CEO of its India operations.\n \n \n Mishra has held leading roles in some of the most\nsuccessful app businesses in India. This includes an instrumental role\nat Musical.ly (now TikTok), leading it to over 150 million monthly\nactive users.\n \n \n He\nserved as Country Head and led Musical.ly to become the most\ndownloaded app on Android and iOS app stores. He oversaw the\nrebranding transition from musical.ly to TikTok after its 2017\nacquisition wherein it racked up 611 million downloads in under three\nyears.\n \n \n \n Meta\nPlatforms Inc (NASDAQ: META)\n \n is dominant in the Indian social\nmedia market.\n \n \n The\ncompany's flagship Facebook app has a 55% market share in the\ncountry, according to data from July 2023\n \n \n provided by\n \n \n \n Statista\n \n \n \n . Additionally, the same\nsource has its Instagram app as the second biggest platform in the\ncountry, with a market ...