Hooked on AI dramas: young viewers binge up to 8 hours a day and can't stop
创业邦 · wechat · 2026-10-13
An oral-history piece follows four young people hooked on AI-generated short dramas: one spent 1,000 RMB on an e-reader to quit, only to binge ten more seasons; a burnt-out hospital worker scrolls until 5 a.m.; a civil-service exam candidate oscillates between deleting and reinstalling the app, peaking at 8 hours a day.
The common thread: AI dramas are blunt, twist-heavy, one hour per season — a perfect fit for fragmented time and escapism, quietly displacing web novels, short video, gaming and even live-action dramas. Most describe a loop of guilt and relapse, though some see it as a legitimate new entertainment format creating new jobs.
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