Live edition Vol. I · No. 35 Tuesday, 25 August 2026
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Vertical Drama Apps · ReelShort vs DramaBox

ReelShort vs DramaBox

Two vertical drama platforms, compared on their numbers and catalogs.

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The global leader in vertical drama
70M+ MAU · $1.2B gross consumer spend 2025 · 22 languages
629 titles tracked here
Crazy Maple Studio, a COL Group company. 70M+ monthly users and 2.7M daily (up 125% year over year), ~3,000 titles in 22 languages, and roughly 70% of the US market. Gross consumer spend reached $1.2B in 2025 (Appfigures / Sensor Tower); parent COL Group booked CNY 5.72B (~$800M) in its FY2025 accounts — the gap is the app-store cut and refunds. The catch sits in the same books: about $27M of monthly user acquisition against $30M of monthly revenue.
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The content powerhouse
~50M MAU · ~$140M quarterly IAP · 2,902 titles indexed here
2,902 titles tracked here
The largest catalogue we index — 2,902 titles, more than any other app on this site. Around 50 million monthly users, and quarterly in-app revenue of roughly $140M, level with ReelShort (Sensor Tower). Strongest on romance, revenge and translated content, and the first vertical app to pass a Hollywood streamer on daily usage in a major market: 27.9 minutes a day in Mexico against Prime Video's 23.8 (Omdia, February 2026).
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What the numbers say

ReelShort posts 70M+ MAU · $1.2B gross consumer spend 2025 · 22 languages; DramaBox answers with ~50M MAU · ~$140M quarterly IAP · 2,902 titles indexed here. On the catalog we index, ReelShort lines up 629 titles against 2,902 for DramaBox — two different plays on the same coin-based freemium model.

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ReelShort vs DramaBox: The Full Comparison
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ReelShort Revenue 2026: $1B+ Breakdown
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The full head-to-head lives in the report. Revenue, UA spend, coin economics, forecasts — Vertical Invasion 2026.
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