GoodShort
Key facts
- Operator / parent
- New Reading Era (新阅时代), part of the GoodNovel group; app entity registered in Singapore
- Origin
- China
- Headquarters
- Beijing
- Launched
- June 2023; entered China in November 2025
- Category
- App · Global (China-origin)
GoodShort is a vertical-drama app from New Reading Era, the Beijing company behind the GoodNovel web-fiction platform. It converts web-novel IP into AI-translated titles and originals in 14 languages, monetised through coins, ad-supported unlocks and a VIP tier. Third-party estimates put in-app purchase revenue at about $104m in the first half of 2025, third in the category. The United States supplies about 66% of revenue.
GoodShort revenue and key figures
Reported revenue: about $104m in H1 2025, third in the category (estimate, third-party estimate)
| Metric | Figure | Basis | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-app purchase revenue | about $104m in H1 2025, third in the category | estimate | third-party estimate |
| Revenue | about $17.2m in June 2025 | estimate | third-party estimate |
| Downloads | about 55m cumulative (November 2025) | estimate | third-party estimate |
| Daily active users | 500k+, from a single source | estimate | third-party estimate |
Profile
- Markets
- United States about 66% of revenue, plus Europe, South Korea, South-East Asia and Brazil; 14 languages.
- Content
- Hybrid of AI-translated titles and originals, built on web-novel IP.
- Genres
- Urban romance, live-in son-in-law (赘婿), miracle doctor, CEO.
- Monetisation
- Coins and in-app purchases, ad-supported unlocks and VIP tiers at $5.99-19.99 a week.
- Profitability
- Not disclosed.
People
- Cheng Xiaosen (程小森) — Founder and General Manager, Beijing New Reading Era (新阅时代), GoodNovel group, established 2020