# China’s Short-Drama Boom Is Now 95% AI — And Performers Are Training Their Own Replacements

Of the roughly 128,000 short dramas published in China during the first quarter of 2026, 95 percent were AI-generated, according to the China Netcasting Services Association. The context makes the figure sting: Q1 2026 on its own turned out three times as many short dramas as the whole of 2025.The p

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| Published | 30 August 2026 |

Source: https://egamers.io/chinas-short-drama-boom-is-now-95-ai-and-performers-are-training-their-own-replacements/