The viral short dramas are increasingly being created entirely with AI, with hundreds of new shows spun up each day.

Latin American downloads of the top 20 short-drama apps have increased by roughly 402% year-on-year in 2025, according to market intelligence firm Sensor Tower. That's on top of a 4,300% year-on-year ...

My partner recently confessed something to me about his screen-time habits: When he’s giggling at his phone, he’s often watching short English-language soap operas that have begun showing up on his ...

One of China’s most popular short-video and streaming platforms was flooded with porn and violent content earlier this week, sparking outrage and bafflement in a nation where the internet is tightly ...

When Quibi launched in 2020 with $1.75 billion in funding and Hollywood pedigree, it promised to reinvent television for smartphones—and shut down within months. Its strategy was to slice ...

The story has touched Chinese web users with its theme of homecoming, and has amplified calls for the British Museum to ...