Douyin format radar: five fresh China signals to test

The 6 August Douyin pull has five fresh China signals worth turning into test briefs. Search heat and hot-video heat score are labeled separately; do not compare the raw numbers as if they were the same measure.

The cards turn each spike into a usable brief: what the format is, who it reaches, why it travels, and a safe way to adapt the mechanic without copying the original scene.

Korea watch: no card made the cut. The accessible current YouTube results did not provide a Shorts-native format with verifiable heat and enough context to explain honestly, so this edition stays China-first rather than padding the Korea block.