China’s New Micro-Drama Crackdown Targets AI. Here’s How the Vertical 52 Measures Up November 7, 2026 China's NRTA launched a two-month campaign against vulgar, look-alike and AI-made micro-dramas. We compare its targets with this week's Vertical 52 from ReelShort and DramaBox.
Vertical 52 Recap, Nov 5: Love Holds #1 as ReelShort Vaults Into the Top 10 November 6, 2026 Love Is A Dangerous Game holds #1 on the Nov 5 Vertical 52. My X-Ray Vision climbs 15 spots to #6, My Sister Is the Warlord Queen debuts at #7, and nine of ten new entries are ReelShort.
ReelShort Licenses Tessa Bailey’s Big Shot Books. Here’s What Our Chart Says About the Bet November 4, 2026 ReelShort is adapting Tessa Bailey's Fangirl Down and The Au Pair Affair. We look at why authors are signing with vertical apps and what our chart data says about sports romance and adapted books.
The Repeat Players: The Actors Starring in Two Vertical 52 Shows at Once November 3, 2026 Seven actors are credited on two shows on the Oct 29 Vertical 52, and Robbie Silverman is on both ReelShort and DramaBox. Here's what the cast data shows about micro-drama's emerging star system.
Hockey, Football and F1: Sports Romance Is Scoring on the Vertical 52 November 2, 2026 Six of the 52 shows on this week's chart are built around a sport, from How to Dump a Hockey Star to Rough Ride with My F1 Rival. Here's what the VertiScore data says about sports romance micro-dramas, and why DramaBox is betting on Heated Rivalry-style stories.
