China's AI micro-dramas grew 13x this year and are still hiring more people
Substantial-Fun9958 · reddit · 2026-09-23
A Reddit post notes China's AI-generated micro-dramas grew 13x this year, and the boom is actually increasing hiring and headcount despite reduced demand for actors.
The author argues this contradicts Western AI job-loss fear-mongering: Chinese audiences don't mind AI-generated video, the market embraces it, and a new industry boom is underway. They predict that as AI video generation keeps improving while Western filmmakers stay committed to all-human production, China may eventually usurp Hollywood. Clearly opinionated, but reflects a real AIGC commercialization trend in China.
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