It starts when they post the first ep. You can follow the heat index in the chinese Youku app or website. Otherwise, you can follow Weibo too. It's easier. The drama page or fan pages posts everytime it reach a new record. Besides, most of popular dramas (same for iQiyi and Tencent) make a report when the drama finishes its airing. And you can find the highest peak, the views etc...
Thank you for the list. I'm surprised that "The Blood of Youth" is not in the top 16 of Youku.
You're welcome❤️. No, it did hit 10k and it's in the top. I just didn't put it in the list because the drama started airing in December. I only put dramas that started airing in 2023. But fyi, this drama was a surprise hit and succeded to hit 10k 21 times! If you look at 2023, only 2 dramas did better than him.
Thanks for the list! Question: does YouKu do more than 10000? And what’s the 36 times vs the 2 times mean? Like…
Not exactly. 36 times means that the drama was able to hit the highest score 36 times during its airing time. It's not 36 days because it supposes that the heat never goes down. And it's not the case.
For your other question, the Youku heat index limit is at 10k. For dramas that succeded to reach 10k, the popularity is evaluated by its capacity to hit again 10k.
At first, I was scared that the FL was going to repeat a year just to be in the same university as the ML. This trope has been used quite a few times in some recent school dramas. But after hearing what she said to ML, I was so happy that she won't take the promise as the goal of her life!
Sorry, I can't answer your question. I don't know how the promotion is going on in China... I can only tell you that based on the heat index, the drama is performing well. But whether this drama becomes a hit or not, it must reach at least 27/28k
Great if you find it useful!❤️ Yes, it's moving up really fast but not the fastest from Tencent this year. If I recorded correctly, Three-body is the fastest. In one day, it reaches 25k.
Do you know anything about MANGO TV and how the calculate thw Index or Views ??? - Thanks
Contrary to the three others, Mango TV didn't create a heat index. To know the popularity of Mango TV dramas, you have to use external comparators like vlinkage, maoyan etc.
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Otherwise, you can follow Weibo too. It's easier. The drama page or fan pages posts everytime it reach a new record. Besides, most of popular dramas (same for iQiyi and Tencent) make a report when the drama finishes its airing. And you can find the highest peak, the views etc...
But fyi, this drama was a surprise hit and succeded to hit 10k 21 times! If you look at 2023, only 2 dramas did better than him.
For your other question, the Youku heat index limit is at 10k. For dramas that succeded to reach 10k, the popularity is evaluated by its capacity to hit again 10k.
Tencent: https://kisskh.at/list/1NkjklkL
iQiyi: https://kisskh.at/list/4a6Q6n01
Youku: https://kisskh.at/list/1NkjwQeL