Lots of female dominating consumer categories are showing growth in
2024,“Her Economy” continues to drive consumption growth
Three major group emotions - Discourse Restructuring, Self Reshaping, Free Advocacy
Showcasing the extraordinary power of “Her Home Field”
Data source: CBNData compiled based on publicly available information
Emotion Driven In-depth Self-enjoyment
Women power films such as “HERSTORY (好东西)”received great attention, sparking heated discussions about the “true self of women”. Research shows that 41.9% of women are motivated by female topics, willing to choose a more self-comforting lifestyle.
Data source: Mar. 2025 CBNData survey questionnaire
The major characteristic of “Her Economy” is moving from “I advocate” to emotional declaring “I like”, pursuing in-depth self-enjoyment.

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Emotion 01
Hardcore
Practical
Rational
Discourse Restructuring: Women can also have voice in male dominating categories!- 3C Digital
Women are having more dominating power in the 3C digital category in the past year, with 51.1% of women having purchased audio and video devices (smart speakers, smart headphones), accounting for over half.
85.1% of women are more willing to try digital products designed for women, and being suitable for women's preference will become a new focus in this field.
Data source:
Mar. 2025 CBNData survey questionnaire
- Automobile
54% of women are interested in choosing mid-size vehicle models, tearing off the stereotypical gender label of “Mini vehicle model”.
On RED and Douyin, there is considerable amount of discussions about #Vehicle modification related topics. For example, #Car stickers reached 10.04 billion views on Douyin, 79.1%of female consumers said they had done some modification for their cars.
Data source:
Mar. 2025 CBNData survey questionnaire
Data source: Douyin, RED
- Smart Home
Smart Home is another important pursuit for women born after 1985 to 2000.
Smart home appliances,intelligent security, and smart home with emotional companionship as the core function are highly favored by women users.
Data source:
奥维云网 (AVC) [2024 Home · Lifestyle Trend Report]
Data source: Mar. 2025 CBNData survey questionnaire
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Emotion 02
Healing
Relaxing
Health Preservation
Self Reshaping: Self-charging and slow body nurturing in fast-paced life!- Body Care
89.7% of women believe that the body care’s key procedure has significant impact on physical and mental relaxation and healing. Soothing and relieving stress is a major keyword in the body care category.
The voice share of bathing tools such as shower pouf has increased more than 10 times on social media in the past year.
Data source:
Mar. 2025 CBNData survey questionnaire
endata [2024 Wash & Care Market Trend Insight], qian-gua.com
DATASTORY analysis based on all channel user 2024 “Body care” related content
Data period: Jan. – Dec. 2024
- Dietary Therapy &
Female PreservationFemale consumers are paying more attention to the concept of “Dietary therapy and health preservation”. Nearly 88% of women use dietary supplements to preserve their bodies in daily diet.
Post-85s and post-00s tend to adopt “Dietary therapy” to alleviate anxiety at work. Women over 30 are concerned about issues like #Ovarian early aging, and tend to try dietary therapy for female preservation.
Data source:
Mar. 2025 CBNData survey questionnaire
DATASTORY, based on short video, RED.
- Healthy Diet
Healthy snacks are also highly favored by female consumers. Social gatherings have become a new consumption venue, grow 79% YOY.
Protein and Calorie control are the major decision-making factors for female consumers when purchasing healthy snacks.
Data source:
CBNData [2024 New Healthy Consumption Life Trend Report]
DATASTORY, Analysis based on short video, RED.
based on Bilibili user Mar. 2024 – Feb. 2025 healthy snack related content
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Emotion 03
Real Me
Free
Individual
Free Advocacy: Life has no definition, go honest to what you love in your heart!- Daily Dressing
Female consumers are deeply exploring the concrete expression of dressing towards individual. The topic #Who is wearing disorderly clothes has got 101 million views on RED in 2024.
68% of women hope to convey their own value through dressing.
Data source:
qian-gua.com (some data shown after compiling)
Data period: past 180 days means 180 days prior to Mar. 4th, 2025
qian-gua.com, Mar. 2025 CBNData survey questionnaire
- Dressing Style
PreferencePost 95’s Post 00’s
Y2K Style
Dopamine Style
Post 80’s Post 90–95’s
Neutral Style
Post 90’s – Post 80’s
Mountain Style
Old Money Style
Barnfit Style
- Goods Companion
Goods is becoming a major source of emotional comfort for women, and a high healing emotional companion.
More than 75% of women spend more than or equal to 500 yuan on purchasing trendy toys & goods, among which nearly 45% spend up to thousand yuan.
Data source:
Mar. 2025 CBNData survey questionnaire; DATASTORY, Analysis based on short video, RED, Bilibili user Mar. 2023 – Feb. 2024 vs. Mar. 2024 - Feb. 2025 trendy toy, goods related content
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2025 Consumption Trend Summary
Discourse Restructuring
Self Reshaping
Free Advocacy
Workplace
Newcomer
Elite Mid-age
Woman
Small Town
Noblewoman
New Silver-
hair Group
Single Pretty
Girl
Campus
Youth
Digital 3C/Automobile/Household & Home Appliance
Pioneer Product Experiencer
Quality Seeker
Cosmetic & Care/Food Health
Comfort Experiencer
Life Entertainer
Clothing shoes bags/Trendy toys goods
Self explorer
Individual Expressor