BAT when this statement began to prevail

This statement should be derived from February 17, 2011, the Internet Laboratory in Beijing released the "Internet Research Survey Report", which points out that China's Internet industry has appeared oligopoly phenomenon, Tencent, Baidu and Alibaba three companies in their respective fields ranked in China's Internet monopoly enterprises in the top three. Major media and good people accordingly called the Big Three. As for who first abbreviated as BAT, temporarily found out.

The title has gone through several stages:

1, February 2011-September 2012, the media and online forums called it "China's three Internet giants";

2, September 2012-April 2013, the media and online forums called it "China's three Internet giants. September 2012 - April 2013, evolved into "China's three Internet giants";

3, April 2013 to the present, evolved into the final form of "BAT", and more and more frequently appear in the Internet.

3, April 2013 to the present, evolved into the final form of "BAT", and more and more frequently in the online media and traditional media;

4, February 2014, who will first exit the BAT become the topic of some netizens, at present, Baidu's voice is higher;

5, the fourth giant, the topic of the second half of 2013 since the occasional emergence of the current, 360's voice is higher.