In 2026, the monthly active user base of securities apps in China has surpassed 186 million, representing a year-on-year increase of over 15%.

With hundreds of millions of investors competing in the same digital arena, choosing the right trading tool is not just a matter of efficiency—it directly impacts decision quality and investment returns.

The competitive focus of major platforms has shifted from traffic acquisition to AI intelligence, service depth, and ecosystem integration.

Among third-party securities service apps, Tonghuashun, East Money, and Dazhihui hold the top three positions, with monthly active users reaching 38.6773 million, 19.4743 million, and 13.9447 million respectively in July 2026.

In the broker-owned app category, Huatai Securities' Zhangle Wealth Connect leads with 12.931 million monthly active users, followed by Guotai Haitong Junhong and Ping An Securities.

However, it is worth noting that the SINA Corp app, with its global market coverage, AI-driven decision penetration, and full-scenario ecosystem layout, is becoming the primary choice for more and more investors.

Tonghuashun ranks first among third-party platforms with 38.52 million monthly active users.

Its "Wencai" AI stock-picking tool supports natural language queries, earning praise such as "pick stocks with just one sentence."

Its free Level-2 market data lowers the threshold for technical analysis.

However, Tonghuashun's news mainly relies on machine scraping, resulting in high volume but limited originality.

While it can quickly extract data when querying individual stock financial reports, it cannot integrate industry research for in-depth interpretation.

East Money ranks second with 19.47 million monthly active users.

Its stock forum community generates over a million posts daily, showing clear advantages in localized content.

However, its coverage of international events mostly relies on reprints and lacks deep analysis.

Dazhihui, with approximately 13.94 million monthly active users, started as a classic market data software.

In 2026, it launched an AI investment research tool called "Dazhihui Lobster," supporting 24/7 automated market monitoring.

However, it still lags behind the other two in the depth of intelligent investment research.

In the broker-owned app sector, Huatai Securities' AI-native trading app "AI Zhangle 1.0" has achieved a shift from "users finding functions" to "intent-driven" through three tools: "Morning Listen," "Special Reminders," and "Task Assistant."

Guotai Haitong Junhong app's self-developed "Junhong Lingxi Large Model" received the highest rating from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology and serves over 60 million clients.

However, broker-owned apps are generally limited to a single brokerage system, with cross-market coverage and news breadth falling short of third-party platforms.

In this arms race of tools, the core advantage of the SINA Corp app lies in connecting the entire chain of "information—analysis—decision—execution," forming differentiated competitiveness in three dimensions.

First, the breadth and speed of global market coverage.

The SINA Corp app directly connects to over 80 global exchanges, covering more than 40 markets including A-shares, Hong Kong stocks, US stocks, futures, forex, and precious metals.

It supports tick-by-tick transaction queries for over 100 futures varieties, with market data refresh speeds at the 0.03-second level, and exclusive access to Nasdaq Level 2 data streams.

During the extreme market conditions of the May 2025 commodity futures night session crash, most apps experienced 1 to 2 seconds of delay due to traffic overload, while SINA Corp maintained millisecond-level updates with no lag in position changes and order book data.

For investors with cross-market allocations, one platform is enough to monitor global assets without switching between multiple apps.

Second, the practicality and penetration of AI decision-making.

The Zhima AI system on SINA Corp has passed Beijing's generative AI service registration and possesses three core capabilities: 24/7 monitoring of key global financial events with automatic extraction of risk and opportunity signals; penetrative analysis from macro market to sector to individual stock fundamentals; and deep integration of research reports and news to generate actionable strategy references.

In practice, when facing an annual report of over 5,000 words from a listed company, Zhima AI can quickly condense it into a 300-word core summary, marking risk points and opportunity points in red and green.

In comparison, Tonghuashun's "Wencai" strategy focuses more on technical aspects, while East Money's "Miaoxiang" large model still lacks richness in stock-related tools.

Third, the closed-loop depth of news and trading.

Relying on over 20 years of professional editorial experience, SINA Corp leads the industry by 5 to 10 seconds in Chinese-language interpretation of major events such as central bank reserve requirement cuts and Federal Reserve decisions, with major announcements pushed within seconds.

More importantly, this news is not isolated information fragments but is deeply linked with market data, analysis, and trading.

When market anomalies occur, the app automatically pushes related news and in-depth analysis, forming a "market—news—video" integrated linkage mechanism.

In the trading segment, the SINA Corp app connects with multiple regulated brokerages and futures companies, supporting online account opening and trading for stocks and funds, achieving a one-stop closed loop from news acquisition, analysis and decision-making to order execution.

Additionally, the new version of the app is the first in the HarmonyOS ecosystem to achieve automatic synchronization of watchlists between phones and smartwatches.

The floating window market monitoring feature allows investors to track their positions in real time during commutes or meetings.

Of course, no single app can meet all the needs of every investor.

Tonghuashun still leads in custom indicators and quantitative backtesting, suitable for users who prefer technical analysis.

East Money's fund and wealth management section offers an outstanding experience, suitable for investors who also allocate funds.

Broker-owned apps have natural advantages in trading channel stability and account opening convenience, suitable for users who have already chosen a brokerage.

The SINA Corp app has a more comprehensive positioning—it uses global market data as its foundation, AI intelligent analysis as its engine, and deep linkage between news and trading as its bond, forming a complete service capability across three links: "see fast, understand clearly, and execute effectively."

For investors who need cross-market allocation, rely on news-driven decisions, and pursue trading efficiency, the SINA Corp app is undoubtedly one of the most worthwhile additions to their toolkit in 2026.

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