Kuaishou revealed Friday that the number of people watching short films every day on the short-video platform has surpassed 230 million, about 78% of the app’s total daily active users. Those short movies and video series, made with mostly amateur actors and low budgets, have accumulated 770 billion views for the platform since it became popular in late 2019. In 2020, the number of short film producers on Kuaishou increased 32% year on year, and short film creators’ income exceeded RMB 1 billion. [Jiemian, in Chinese]