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   Fanqie Novel now requires new authors to finish a full book before signing

   On Oct 12, ByteDance's free web-novel platform Fanqie Novel announced a signing overhaul: Level 0 and Level 1 authors may only use "completed-work signing," meaning they must finish a 150,000- or 300,000-character book before they can even apply, with only three application attempts per book and content locked after signing; an eight-tier "Author Level 3.0" system launched alongside it. The platform frames the change as a crackdown on AI-generated, low-quality content, after already limiting how many books one account can create and banning 855 violating accounts in stages. The report says Fanqie has roughly 260 million monthly active users, more than 600,000 signed authors and a rights library of over 1.5 million works, and that its real business is short-drama adaptation of web-novel IP — per 36Kr, Fanqie-system revenue topped RMB 60 billion in 2025 (over 45 billion from Fanqie Novel, over 15 billion from Hongguo short dramas), while subscription-based China Literature saw online reading revenue of RMB 1.84 billion in H1 2026, down 7.3% year on year.

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   AI short dramas top 600M users as long-video platforms move in

   A TiMedia-published industry analysis says 128,000 micro-dramas launched in China in Q1 2026, of which 122,000 were AI-made — over 95% — with more than 1,300 new titles a day, while AI short-drama users passed 600 million in the first half and the market exceeded 22 billion yuan, with 40 billion forecast for the year. It cites QuestMobile data showing Hongguo reached 168 million daily active users in July 2026, up 107% year on year and more than iQIYI, Tencent Video, Youku and Mango TV combined, and a Nomura report estimating Seedance powers 80–90% of AI short-drama production, with Seedance 2.0 generating 1 billion yuan in monthly revenue in 2026. Long-video platforms have responded — iQIYI's Nadou Pro, Tencent Video's WorkRally, Mango TV's AIGC drama Hou Xiyouji on Hunan TV prime time and Youku's anime-drama channel — with all four tilting toward “live-action plus AI” formats in the second half of the year.

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