Short Drama Apps Dataset (2026)

Every short drama app in our ranking, in one file you can download and reuse: App Store and Google Play ratings, installs, in-app prices, what users complain about, and our score. It's free, it's updated every week, and you only need to credit us.

These are the same numbers you see across Vertical Drama Reviews. Both files come straight from the data that powers the site, so a rating or a score in the CSV always matches the one on our pages from the same week.

What's in the dataset?

One row per app, for every app in our ranking. Store numbers come from the US App Store and US Google Play. The review columns are shares, not reviews: we don't publish what users wrote, only how often a topic comes up.

Empty cells mean the value isn't available. Numbers are plain, with no thousands separators or currency signs, so they load into a spreadsheet or pandas without cleanup.

One thing to keep in mind about prices. Apple shows only the most popular in-app purchases on an app's page, not the full price list. That's why the subscription column is either true or empty, never false: if a subscription isn't in Apple's top list, it may still exist.

How is the data collected?

Each week we pull ratings, listings and in-app prices from the App Store and Google Play, then recompute the scores. Once a month we re-analyze up to 150 App Store and 150 Google Play reviews per app, spread over the past 12 months, and sort each one into topics automatically. One review can count toward more than one topic. The score formula and every input behind it are on our How we test page.

Want to see what the data says? Our research on billing, ads and paywall complaints is built on this dataset.

Where are the older versions?

The files above always hold the latest data. On the first update of each month we also save a snapshot, and once saved it never changes, so you can compare apps over time.

• November 2026 snapshot (CSV) · 25 apps

Can I use it, and how do I credit it?

Yes. The dataset is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). You can share it and build on it for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as you credit us with a link:

Source: Vertical Drama Reviews (https://verticaldramareviews.com/data)

Vertical Drama Reviews (2026). Short Drama Apps Dataset [Data set]. https://verticaldramareviews.com/data. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

@misc{vdr_short_drama_apps_2026,
  author       = {{Vertical Drama Reviews}},
  title        = {Short Drama Apps Dataset},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://verticaldramareviews.com/data}},
  note         = {Version of 2026-11-09. Licensed under CC BY 4.0},
}

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