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 ...

President Trump recently said he found a buyer for TikTok, the controversial Chinese-owned short-video app but his real problem is with the seller, On The Money has learned. TikTok is being used as a ...

With micro-short dramas, however, the content has traversed these traditional markets to reach even North America, marking a ...

Kuaishou’s text-to-video model Kling introduces new short video generation feature, results go viral in China. Credit: Kuaishou Chinese short video platform Kuaishou unveiled three AI-generated sci-fi ...

Artsy film critics are unlikely to be impressed by China’s micro-dramas. Even so, the roughly two-minute episodes, which cram soap-opera plots into a short-video format, are wildly popular. Watched ...

Short dramas, mini-games and AI-generated clips are emerging as the new growth engines of China’s short-video economy, offering platforms and advertisers steadier returns than the livestreaming boom ...