Short Drama Daily Top 10 — May 24, 2026

Short Drama Daily Top 10 — May 24, 2026

Three May 22 debuts hit the chart simultaneously: 沉乔未晚 (Guo Yuxin × Wang Daotie, 197万 pre-orders) lands at #2 with 7542万 on day 2, 我真没想重生啊2 enters at #3, and ENEMY exits the chart after 24 days. 爱在久别重逢时 holds #1 at 8188万 on day 9 — a 1700万 gap over the rest of the field.

Short Drama Daily Top 10
May 24, 2026 · 8:11 AM
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Three May 22 debuts crashed the chart overnight. ENEMY is gone. And 沉乔未晚 (Shen Qiao Wei Wan) became the fastest-climbing title this month, jumping straight to #2 in 24 hours on 197 万 pre-orders.

Today's ranking

RankTitleGenrePlatformHeat scoreEpisodesOn-air day
1爱在久别重逢时 (Ai Zai Jiubie Chongjfeng Shi)Modern / Female-growthHongguo8188 万85Day 9
2沉乔未晚 (Shen Qiao Wei Wan)Modern sweet-romanceHongguo7542 万TBCDay 2
3我真没想重生啊 2 (Wo Zhen Mei Xiang Chongsheng A 2)Campus / YouthHongguo6671 万122Day 2
4今天裴总和月亮谈恋爱了吗 (Jintian Pei Zong He Yueliang Tan Lian'ai Le Ma)Modern sweet-petHongguo6379 万63Day 12
5山海藏墟,无眼窥天 (Shanhai Cang Xu, Wu Yan Kui Tian)Fantasy xianxia — AI-animated (漫剧)Hongguo6244 万
6鱼群跟着游向陆地 (Yuqun Genzhe You Xiang Ludi)Modern slice-of-life romanceHongguo + Tencent6191 万Day 5
7野欲!爱是利多卡因 (Ye Yu! Ai Shi Liduokayin)Modern / Redemption-pullHongguo5840 万Day 5
8结婚那天,身为新郎的我被告上法庭 (Jiehun Na Tian, Shen Wei Xinlang De Wo Bei Gao Shang Fating)Modern social dramaHongguo5824 万
9将军请自重 (Jiangjun Qing Zi Zhong)Historical sweet-romanceHongguo5816 万81Day 7
10被贬边境,归来已是最强摄政王 (Bei Bian Bianjing, Guilai Yi Shi Zuiqiang Shezhen Wang)Historical / System-power fantasyHongguo5793 万63
Source: Hongguo 热播榜 (heat index), snapshot captured May 23–24, 2026. 1 2 3
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Entry notes

#1 — 爱在久别重逢时 · 8188 万 · Day 9

Modern / Female-growth · Hongguo · 85 eps · 孟娜 × 沉思
The 8188 万 score on day 9 is 620 万 below the day 8 peak of 8808 万 but still well above the titles below it — a gap of roughly 1700 万 between first and second place. That's an unusually wide margin for this late in a drama's run. 4
The premise drives the staying power: full-time wife Shen Yanxin discovers her husband is cheating with their son's tutor, quietly collects evidence, divorces him, and re-enters the workforce. Audiences keep returning because the script doesn't resolve the emotional fallout instantly — the ex-husband's arc keeps the viewer unsettled. The 孟娜 × 沉思 third pairing after 漫长觊觎 earns repeat viewers who want the prior installment's emotional debts settled.
The show already crossed 10 billion cumulative plays on May 22 (day 7). 1

#2 — 沉乔未晚 · 7542 万 · Day 2

Modern sweet-romance · Hongguo · 郭宇欣 × 王道铁
197 万 pre-orders before premiere — the second-highest of the May class — and then 7542 万 heat by end of day 2. That's a faster opening velocity than 爱在久别重逢时's own first two days. 5
The setup is: media professional Shen Yiqiao has kept a quiet crush on Zhou Chen for years. A convenient-marriage arrangement brings them into the same household. Then her ex, tennis star Xiang Zhinan, returns from overseas and starts re-entering the picture. The show runs three-way tension without a clear villain — the ex is likable, the husband is devoted, and the lead knows what she wants but won't say it.
郭宇欣's reputation for chemistry-heavy performances after 沉乔未晚 has been tracking well across fan communities since announcement. The pre-order count placed this title in the week's most-watched conversation before episode one aired. The chart entry at #2 confirms the pre-orders converted to actual views.

#3 — 我真没想重生啊 2 · 6671 万 · Day 2

Campus / Youth · Hongguo · 122 eps · 邱柏皓 × 吴洛浛 × 张炣艾
A sequel picking up the Chen Hansheng timeline. 122 episodes is long for this format — most Hongguo top-10 titles run 60–90 eps. The length signals the production team believes the original's fanbase will sustain a slow build. 6
The opening heat of 6671 万 on day 2 is the strongest debut of any sequel currently on the chart. Three leads split the romantic triangle across Shanghai and overseas, which keeps the plot from settling — the drama's emotional engine is delay, not resolution.

#4 — 今天裴总和月亮谈恋爱了吗 · 6379 万 · Day 12

Modern sweet-pet · Hongguo · 63 eps · 李柯以 × 张翅
Still holding at day 12, though it's slipping by roughly 1000 万 per day from its 8478 万 peak at launch. The 63-episode structure is working in its favour — shorter runs maintain episode urgency better than sprawling formats, and viewers who started at premiere are near the end now, keeping daily replays high.
This is the first time Li Keyi and Zhang Chi have been paired. The premise — contract girlfriend hired to fend off arranged marriage, who keeps her "get paid and leave" attitude intact while the boss quietly defects — has generated a specific audience who clip the non-romantic scenes for the comedic timing rather than the romance.

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#5 — 山海藏墟,无眼窥天 · 6244 万 · AI-animated (漫剧)

Fantasy xianxia · Hongguo · AI-animated
The highest-ranked AI-animated title on today's chart — the only 漫剧 in the top five. The title (Mountains and Seas Conceal Ruins; Blindness That Spies on Heaven) signals dense lore rather than the light comedic register of earlier AI titles on this chart. What limited information is available suggests an action-heavy xianxia setting.
Its presence at #5 over multiple live-action competitors continues the pattern of AI-animated titles reliably holding mid-chart positions since Hongguo merged its live-action/漫剧 leaderboard in April 2026. 7

#6 — 鱼群跟着游向陆地 · 6191 万 · Day 5

Modern slice-of-life romance · Hongguo + Tencent co-release · 赵夕汐 × 黑泽
Co-produced with Tencent Video and shot on-location in Shunde (Foshan), which gives it a texture unusual for platform-native short dramas — real market exteriors, real light. The premise pairs an elementary school teacher with a fish shop owner who's also a single father; the story runs on misread character rather than misunderstanding plot. 8
黑泽, cast as the fish vendor, drew significant commentary for a physical presence unusual in the Hongguo male lead roster — tanned, not styled into the default boyband silhouette. The heat on day 5 at 6191 万 suggests the show is holding its audience past the initial curiosity spike. The title is adapted from a Douban novel of the same name.

#7 — 野欲!爱是利多卡因 · 5840 万 · Day 5

Modern / Redemption-pull · Hongguo · 姚冠宇 × 朱小雪
One of the 520 premiere-class titles that has converted its 140 万 pre-orders into a sustained mid-chart position. Lidocaine — a local anesthetic — gives the title its metaphor: love as something that numbs pain while surgery proceeds underneath. The lead escapes a forced marriage by attaching herself to a higher-status figure; the script runs on danger and proximity rather than sweetness. 1
Adapted from a 番茄小说 original. The darker-register source material is visible in the heat structure: 5840 万 at day 5 is a slower slope than the top-four titles but unusually steady compared to tonally similar titles.

#8 — 结婚那天,身为新郎的我被告上法庭 · 5824 万

Modern social drama · Hongguo · 陆绎方 × 郑宁玥
The premise: on their wedding day, the groom refuses to comply with the bride's family's escalating cash demands — having already paid 880,000 yuan in bride price — and walks out. The bride's side files a complaint to frame him for assault. He's acquitted, then ends up with a woman who tried to stop the scheme.
This is the clearest case on the chart of audience identification replacing romance as the engagement driver. The plot is less about the couple than about watching an absurd extortion scenario get dismantled with procedural satisfaction. The high heat without an obvious star cast suggests the premise itself is carrying shares that typical romance titles need a celebrity name to pull. 1

#9 — 将军请自重 · 5816 万 · Day 7

Historical sweet-romance · Hongguo · 81 eps · 蔡欣洋 × 梁雯晶
The original trajectory of 蔡欣洋 (male lead of 错嫁有喜) holding a second consecutive top-10 title is now confirmed. 将军请自重 premiered while 错嫁有喜 was still charting, meaning 听花岛 held two roster positions simultaneously. 9
The plot has a structural twist from the standard arranged-marriage formula: the original groom dies before the wedding, and the female lead spends three years as a de-facto widow running a bean curd stall before the dead man's younger brother — now a decorated general — returns and insists on marrying her. The guilt and devotion are pre-established; the audience doesn't wait for the leads to fall in love. They're already there before episode one.

#10 — 被贬边境,归来已是最强摄政王 · 5793 万

Historical / System-power fantasy · Hongguo · 63 eps · 王宇峰 × 车芊云
A system-activation revenge fantasy: transmigrator discovers he's the discarded eighteenth prince, gets framed for border wars, activates a "sovereign skill system," and systematically neutralizes the princes who harmed him on his way to becoming regent. 63 episodes, already concluded. The chart appearance likely reflects algorithm re-surfacing after cumulative play volume crossed a threshold. 10

What's moving the chart

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May 22 as a launch slate, not a single premiere. Three titles debuted on May 22 — 沉乔未晚, 我真没想重生啊 2, and likely 复燃 (邓灵枢 / 王凯沐, workplace-reunion) — and two of them entered the top three simultaneously. That's the May 20 pattern repeating: on both dates, three debuts landed close enough together in heat to compress the chart mid-section and displace incumbents in a single day. 退婚强嫁九千岁 and 将军请自重 both sat in positions #3–4 on May 23; both are gone or pushed to the margin today. The bottleneck isn't making a hit — it's surviving the next launch cluster.
ENEMY exits at 24 days. The indie title held the chart from its viral social spike in late April through May 24. That's an unusually long tail for a title with zero traditional promotion, and it did it by charting on heat scores typically reserved for cast-driven releases. Its exit frees up a structural slot that has now been claimed by 结婚那天, another title without a marquee cast — which suggests Hongguo viewers are receptive to premise-driven formats when the hook lands immediately.
The top-four score compression is gone. On May 23, positions #1 through #4 were within a 2500 万 range. Today, #1 stands alone at 8188 万 while #2 is at 7542 万 — a 646 万 gap — and positions #4 through #10 are packed within a 586 万 range. The chart is bifurcating: one title significantly above the field, and then a dense competitive cluster for the remaining nine spots.

Chart data as of the May 23–24 Hongguo 热播榜 snapshot. Heat scores (热度指数) reflect platform-internal signals; effective play counts (全网有效播放量) follow a separate metric published by 163.com/网易.

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