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Alibaba is China's commerce-and-entertainment backbone — Taobao and Tmall shopping habits fund Youku streaming and Alibaba Pictures, tying online spending to what China watches.
The commerce colossus that quietly became an entertainment power: beyond Taobao and Tmall, Alibaba owns streaming platform Youku and Alibaba Pictures, wiring China's shopping reflexes and its pop-culture appetite into the same ecosystem.
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In the news
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How Alibaba makes money
Alibaba shows up by owning what happens after discovery: the platform, community, commerce, or repeat habit people keep returning to.
By the numbers
RMB941BFY2024 revenue (~$130B)For the fiscal year ended March 2024, revenue rose 8% to RMB941.17 billion (US$130.3 billion).RMB93.2BTaobao & Tmall quarterly revenueThe core China commerce arm generated RMB93.22 billion (US$12.9 billion) in the March 2024 quarter, its largest segment.RMB25.6BCloud quarterly revenueCloud Intelligence Group brought in RMB25.6 billion (US$3.5 billion) in the March 2024 quarter, with AI product revenue up triple