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title: "ByteDance, CHINA LIT, and Zhihu target short stories"
description: "ByteDance has launched 20 short story mini-programs within the Douyin app, further expanding its presence in the content field. This move aims to leverage Douyin's traffic advantage to capture the sho"
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locale: "en"
url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/261460403.md"
published_at: "2025-10-16T13:08:39.000Z"
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# ByteDance, CHINA LIT, and Zhihu target short stories

> ByteDance has launched 20 short story mini-programs within the Douyin app, further expanding its presence in the content field. This move aims to leverage Douyin's traffic advantage to capture the short story market. Previously, platforms such as CHINA LIT, Alibaba UC, and Zhihu have also focused on short stories, launching related products to compete for market share

ByteDance has launched at least 20 short story mini-programs within the Douyin app, including Lingyun Stories, Taoyao Stories, and Tianmang Stories, operated by Juyuan Engine. This is not ByteDance's first foray into a scaled matrix in the content field; it has previously built a multi-product system in the short drama and novel sectors. The introduction of this short story matrix is equivalent to adding a new subcategory in the "short, flat, and fast" content sector, and ByteDance's intensive launch of short story mini-programs at this time clearly aims to quickly seize the short story market by leveraging Douyin's traffic advantages. Before ByteDance, many internet platforms had already set their sights on this "cake" of short stories. For instance, QQ Reading under China Literature has categorized short stories as a separate category, while Alibaba's UC has launched a standalone "Story" channel alongside the "Short Drama" channel. Even earlier, Zhihu directly launched an independent short story app called "Yanyan Stories" to capture market share

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