Live edition Vol. I · No. 40 Friday, 02 October 2026
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Top Short Dramas This Week

Week of 2026-09-28 · VerticalDrama Score · updated weekly

Week of 2026-09-28: “The Reckoning Takes Flight” tops the VerticalDrama Score (77/100) among the vertical dramas we track.

Composite VerticalDrama Score ranking (0-100), computed from 1 weekly ranking sources.

# Title VDS Signal
1 The Reckoning Takes Flight 77 hit
2 Their Brother Lost in Space 71 contender
3 High Society 61 contender
4 The Imperfect Marriage 59 mixed_signals
5 The Art of Letting Go 53 mixed_signals
6 Take Me Back to the Night We Met 45 mixed_signals
7 I Don't Need No Alpha Brothers 41 mixed_signals
8 Altarboy 33 niche
9 Just One Kiss 29 niche
10 Is It Just Me? 23 niche

Weekly chart archive: 2026-09-28 · 2026-09-21 · 2026-09-14 · 2026-09-07 · 2026-08-31 · 2026-08-24

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Top 10 Microdramas — Owl & Co Vertical Index, via The Hollywood Reporter

Source: Owl & Co Vertical Index, via The Hollywood Reporter — week of September 21, 2026 to September 27, 2026, updated September 28, 2026.

Views during the week, across all paid platforms (chart intro: “Most-watched vertical series across all paid platforms.”). Not comparable with the lifetime reads of the ReelShort chart.

# Title Platform Views this week
1 Rejecting My Five Female Mates ReelShort 24,000,000
2 Fated Reunion:My Daddy Is The Crown Prince DramaWave 22,300,000
3 Forbidden Fling With My Bestie's Dad DramaBox 19,800,000
4 The Betrayed Wolfless Is The Lycan King DramaBox 19,200,000
5 Craving the Wrong Brother DramaWave 17,200,000
6 The Great and Powerful Genie ReelShort 16,300,000
7 The Alpha and His Nanny Luna ReelShort 14,200,000
8 Step Back! That Homeless Man Is Not to be Messed with ReelShort 14,100,000
9 Poisoned by His Love DramaBox 12,100,000
10 Room Service Shortical 11,500,000
The ranking is free. The economics behind it aren't. Per-platform revenue, UA spend, forecasts — Vertical Invasion 2026.
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