Vertical drama news
Micro drama and vertical series stories, picked from the trades and beyond. New stories every morning, older days below.
Each story opens on the outlet that reported it.
Tuesday, Oct 20
ReelShort, Wattpad line up two more vertical dramas (opens C21media in a new tab)
China's AI Short Drama Global Expansion Report 2025: Surging Production Capacity, Traffic Encirclement & the Core Fierce Competition Focus of AI Short Dramas (opens 36Kr in a new tab)
Former Netflix and Tubi Producer To Launch Shortee, A Vertical Streaming and Gaming App (opens Where Is The Buzz in a new tab)
China’s ‘Hollywood’ turns film sets into short-drama experiences for tourists (opens Global Times in a new tab)
How Astral Tequila Built A Five-Episode Microdrama That Drew 6M YouTube Views (opens Net Influencer in a new tab)
Inside China’s Shift From Short-Drama Sets to AI Factories (opens Sixth Tone in a new tab)
China's AI Micro-Drama "Lottery Factory" Cools Off: Soy Sauce Culture's Team Shrinks from 1,500 to Several Hundred, Monthly 1,000-Show Plan Falls Through (opens BigGo Finance in a new tab)
Short-drama apps lure millions with promises of easy cash, deliver ads and malware instead (opens VnExpress International in a new tab)
China’s AI microdrama boom joins a global surge in mobile viewing (opens TechNode in a new tab)
Microdrama Guru Timothy Oh to Take the Stage at NEM Zagreb 2026 (opens FormatBiz in a new tab)