Short drama data from our catalog
Counts and medians from the 3,909 dramas we track on 11 apps, read from the apps' own pages and partner catalogs, latest read Oct 24, 2026. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with a credit. 366 Mature (17+) titles are counted in the totals by app and left out of everything else.
The numbers
All titles, 17+ left out; read Oct 24, 2026.
- Dramas tracked
- 3,909
- 11 apps
- Median free episodes
- 8
- 2,639 titles with a free count
- Median cost to finish
- $24.95
- our math, 654 titles priced
- Labelled AI-made
- 11%
- 8 of 72 where the app says
By app
A drama on two apps counts on each. Medians over the titles that have the number.
| App | Titles | 17+ (count) | Median free eps. | Median to finish | AI-labelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetShort | 1,358 | 98 | 8n = 932 | – | not stated |
| ReelShort | 654 | 164 | 9n = 654 | $24.95n = 654 | 8 of 72 |
| GoodShort | 434 | 42 | 9n = 310 | – | not stated |
| ShortMax | 283 | 7 | 9.5n = 6 | – | not stated |
| VibeShort | 274 | 5 | 7n = 274 | – | not stated |
| StoryReel | 237 | 8 | 7n = 236 | – | not stated |
| FlickReels | 235 | 10 | 9n = 235 | – | not stated |
| MoboReels | 215 | 14 | – | – | not stated |
| DramaBox | 130 | 32 | 9n = 35 | – | not stated |
| FlexTV | 121 | 6 | 9n = 24 | – | not stated |
| My Drama | 104 | 4 | – | – | not stated |
“–” means the app does not show that number, not zero. Cost to finish is our math: the cheapest mix of the app's coin packs that unlocks the episodes after the free ones, only where the app publishes a per-episode coin price. “AI-labelled” counts only the app's own answer on the drama's page; most apps do not answer title by title.
Chart moves this week
Each app chart we read on two days within a week, 17+ titles left out.
| Chart | Reads | Titles | New | Up / down | Biggest climb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FlexTVFlexTV Daily Top | Oct 22, 2026 → Oct 24, 2026 | 21 | 2 | 4 / 6 | +6 |
| FlickReelsFlickReels 7-Day Star | Oct 22, 2026 → Oct 24, 2026 | 9 | 0 | 0 / 0 | – |
| NetShortHottest English Short Drama Series | Oct 18, 2026 → Oct 24, 2026 | 1108 | 653 | 2 / 453 | +192 |
Download
UTF-8 CSV, comma-separated, one header row. Updated with every catalog read.
dramas.csv: one row per drama
- slug
- : Page id on shortdramadesk.com: /dramas/<slug>
- title
- : Title as the main app lists it
- apps
- : Apps that list the drama, separated by ';'
- episodes
- : Episode count the app lists (the highest when apps differ)
- free_episodes
- : Free episodes before the paywall, as the app shows them (the most generous app); empty when no app shows it
- finish_usd
- : Our math: cheapest mix of the app's coin packs to unlock the rest, cheapest app; empty when no app publishes a per-episode coin price
- ai_label
- : yes / no when the app's own page says the drama is AI-generated or not; unknown otherwise
- best_chart_app
- : App of the drama's best place on an app chart we read
- best_chart
- : Name of that chart
- best_chart_position
- : Place on that chart
- first_seen
- : First day our reads saw the drama (YYYY-MM-DD)
- checked_at
- : Day of the latest read behind the row (YYYY-MM-DD)
apps.csv: one row per app
- app
- : App id on shortdramadesk.com: /apps/<app>
- titles
- : Dramas with a listing on the app, 17+ left out
- mature_titles
- : 17+ dramas with a listing on the app (count only)
- episodes_median
- : Median episode count
- free_episodes_median
- : Median free episodes, over the titles with a free count
- free_counts
- : Titles with a free count
- finish_usd_median
- : Median cost to finish on this app (our math), over the titles priced
- finish_priced
- : Titles priced
- ai_stated
- : Titles whose app page says whether it is AI-generated
- ai_yes
- : Of those, titles the app labels AI-generated
License and how to cite
The numbers and both CSV files are licensed Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0): use, share and adapt them, commercially too, with a credit and a link. Titles are the apps' own; posters, covers and the apps' texts are not part of the data.
Suggested credit:
ShortDramaDesk (2026). Short drama catalog data, checked Oct 24, 2026. https://www.shortdramadesk.com/research. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
In a chart or a short mention: “Data: ShortDramaDesk (shortdramadesk.com/research), CC BY 4.0”.
How the numbers are made
- Dramas come from the apps' own public pages and charts, read by script at most every 6 hours, and from the apps' partner catalogs (ReelShort's RS Boost, DramaCPS); each drama page names its source and the day it was read.
- Episode and free-episode counts are what the app shows. Where an app shows no free count, the drama has none here: nothing is estimated.
- One drama on several apps is one row in dramas.csv and counts once on each app in apps.csv.
- Chart moves compare two of our own dated reads of the same chart, at most 7 days apart; a title not on the earlier read is “new”.
- Mature (17+) titles: counted per app, never named, listed or priced here.
- Coverage differs by app (see Apps compared): a bigger count can mean we read more of that app, not that it has more dramas.