Joox

{{Short description|Streaming music service developed by Tencent}}

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{{EngvarB|date = May 2022}}

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| name = Joox

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| caption = Screenshot of JOOX Web app

| foundation = {{start date and age|2015|1|df=yes}}

| location_city = Guangdong

| owner = Tencent

| industry = Music, podcast, and video

| language = English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Burmese, Indonesian, Malay, Thai

| type = Music streaming

| homepage = {{URL|www.joox.com}}
{{url|www.joox.co.za}}

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Joox (stylised in all caps) is a music streaming service owned by Tencent, launched in January 2015.{{Cite news|url=https://www.digitalnewsasia.com/personal-tech/wechat-tencent-enters-music-streaming-fray-with-joox|title=WeChat's Tencent enters music-streaming fray with Joox|date=2015-06-30|work=Digital News Asia|access-date=2018-01-24|language=en}} Joox is the biggest music streaming app in Asian markets such as Hong Kong, Macau, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and also in South Africa before it was shut down in early 2022. Joox is a freemium service, providing most of its songs free, while some songs are only available for premium users, offered via paid subscriptions or by doing different tasks offered.{{Cite news|url=http://technode.com/2017/01/03/tencents-joox-uses-curated-playlists-to-dominate-music-streaming-in-southeast-asia/|title=Tencent's JOOX uses curated playlists to dominate music streaming in Southeast Asia · TechNode|date=2017-01-03|work=TechNode|access-date=2018-01-24|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/the-tech-growth/joox-the-complete-free-legal-music-streaming-apps-87f490019c3a|title=JOOX : The Complete, Free, & Legal Music Streaming Apps|last=Halim|first=Billy|date=2015-12-27|website=Medium|access-date=2018-01-24}}

In 2017, Joox launched their service in South Africa, their first non-Asian market which for an unknown reason later shut down five years later.{{Cite news|url=https://stuff.co.za/meet-joox-wechats-music-streaming-service-thats-now-south-africa/|title=Meet Joox, South Africa's newest music streaming service - Stuff|date=2017-07-04|work=Stuff|access-date=2018-01-24|language=en-US|archive-date=2018-01-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125020421/https://stuff.co.za/meet-joox-wechats-music-streaming-service-thats-now-south-africa/|url-status=dead}} The service now accounts for more than 50% of all music streaming app downloads in their Asian markets.{{cite web |url= http://technode.com/2016/12/22/tencent-sanook/|title= [Update] Sanook Online Rebranded To Tencent Thailand|first= Emma|last= Lee|date= December 22, 2016|access-date= January 2, 2017|work= TechNode}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/mckinsey/industries/media%20and%20entertainment/our%20insights/digital%20musics%20asian%20beat/the-beat-of-progress-the-rise-of-music-streaming-in-asia.ashx|title=The beat of progress: The rise of music streaming in Asia|last=Bundgaard, Karlsson, Lau, Pereira|first=Tycen, Axel, Alan, Andrew|date=November 2016|website=Digital McKinsey|access-date=2018-01-24|archive-date=2019-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109090536/https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/mckinsey/industries/media%20and%20entertainment/our%20insights/digital%20musics%20asian%20beat/the-beat-of-progress-the-rise-of-music-streaming-in-asia.ashx|url-status=dead}} The number of music-streaming users in Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar and Indonesia was expected to reach 87 million by 2020.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-spotify-face-upstart-rival-in-streaming-music-chinas-tencent-1481875174|title=Apple, Spotify Face Upstart Rival in Streaming Music: China's Tencent|last1=Lin|first1=Liza|date=2016-12-16|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2018-01-24|last2=Kim|first2=Yun-Hee|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}}