Overseas Active Users of Chinese AI Comic Dramas Surpass 150 Million; Chinese Companies Take 9 of Top 10 Spots on Overseas Short Drama Paid Charts
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Chinese AI comic dramas are rapidly gaining traction overseas. Chinese companies occupy 9 of the top 10 spots on the overseas short drama paid app rankings, and active users have surpassed 150 million. The minimum production cost per minute can be as low as 350 yuan, the production cycle has been compressed from 90 days to about 10 days, and the cost of AI translation and production per title has dropped to 300 to 500 yuan, more than 80% lower than manual translation. Domestic short dramas mostly earn 1 yuan to a few dozen yuan per 10,000 views, while overseas they can earn 1 to 10 US dollars; institutions predict that the overseas micro-short drama market is expected to reach 6 billion US dollars in 2026, of which AI comic dramas will exceed 4 billion US dollars.
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The original article uses three sets of figures—cost, production cycle, and revenue—to explain why the overseas expansion of AI comic dramas has become a business that adds up on paper.
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中国爆款AI漫剧全球“刷屏”：超1.5亿海外用户在看快科技下载客户端 独家抢先看2026年10月31日 08:31:46 来自河南Updated 2026年10月31日 11:02:13
快科技10月31日消息，国产AI漫剧正在海外迎来爆发，数据显示，海外短剧付费应用前十榜单里，中国厂商拿下9席，活跃用户已经突破1.5亿，成为又一个走红全球的中国内容赛道。
和传统真人短剧相比，目前国产AI漫剧单分钟制作成本最低可达350元，一部漫剧的制作周期从原先的90天，压缩到现在10天左右；AI译制的单部成本降至300元至500元，较人工译制成本降低了80％以上。
此外，国内短剧每万次播放收益大多在1元至几十元，海外区间可达1至10美元，商业回报明显更高，这也是行业加速出海的重要推动力。
得益于海外广阔的市场需求，不少国内企业搭建独立分发平台，打磨适配当地文化的剧本，不再单纯输出中式故事，多家出海企业的业务结构已经反转，海外收入占比反超国内。
机构预测，2026年海外微短剧整体市场规模有望达到60亿美元，其中AI漫剧市场规模将突破40亿美元，同比增幅接近390%，中国厂商在该赛道占有率超过90%。
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