An industry feature examines the addictive pull of AI-generated short dramas and the numbers behind them: citing Insight Data, it says AI photorealistic drama audiences have reached 600 million, while a DataEye report puts China's AI drama and comic-drama market above RMB 22 billion for January–May, on pace for RMB 40 billion for the full year, up 138% year over year, with more than 220,000 new AI dramas launched in the first half — about one every 36 seconds. Yet only 1,055 passed 100 million plays in that period, a hit rate of 0.47%, leaving over 99% of titles with little traction, while active practitioners exceed 500,000. The piece also notes AI titles hold four of Hongguo's top five chart spots, that the leading comic drama reached 89.19 million in heat with over 6.08 billion cumulative plays for its series, and that Douyin's July rules raise the revenue-share coefficient for dynamically narrated comic dramas from 1 to 10, offering up to RMB 200,000 per title for AI dramas above 50 million in Hongguo heat.