The 10 most-watched ReelShort dramas right now, and how much of each is free
ReelShort shows a view count on every drama page. We pulled those numbers for 79 dramas on October 2, 2026 and ranked them. This list is about popularity, not quality. Our editors haven’t scored most of these yet, and when they do, the scores go on each drama’s page.
| # | Drama | Views | Episodes | Free | Made with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Great and Powerful Genie | 538.7M | 51 | 9 | AI |
| 2 | Move Aside! I’m the Final Boss | 476.4M | 75 | 9 | Live-action |
| 3 | Married at First Sight | 353.8M | 90 | 6 | Live-action |
| 4 | Don’t Miss Me When I’m Gone | 301.1M | 64 | 13 | Live-action |
| 5 | The Lost Quarterback Returns | 250.6M | 78 | 13 | Live-action |
| 6 | Daddy Help! Mommy’s in Prison! | 214.4M | 89 | 10 | Live-action |
| 7 | Married In A Heartbeat | 213.3M | 94 | 7 | Live-action |
| 8 | You’ve Been Replaced, First Love | 193.0M | 74 | 13 | Live-action |
| 9 | The Reckoning Takes Flight | 189.3M | 42 | 9 | Live-action |
| 10 | Abandoned Pawn, Unrivaled Dragon King | 129.1M | 43 | 12 | AI |
What the list tells you
Two of the top ten are AI dramas, and both are new. The Great and Powerful Genie came out on July 14, 2026 and is already number one. Abandoned Pawn, Unrivaled Dragon King arrived on August 12. Everything else in the top ten is live-action and at least a few months old. For more on how fast AI dramas are spreading, see our count of ReelShort’s new releases.
Old hits keep earning. Married at First Sight came out in November 2023 and still sits at number three. Secret-identity romance has a long tail.
If you only watch free episodes, pick carefully. Don’t Miss Me When I’m Gone, The Lost Quarterback Returns and You’ve Been Replaced, First Love each give you 13 free episodes. Married at First Sight gives you 6 out of 90.
One line on each
- The Great and Powerful Genie: a genie in a lamp who can grant three wishes, and the people who want them.
- Move Aside! I’m the Final Boss: the secret richest man on Earth comes home from the battlefield, and his childhood sweetheart dumps him for a nobody.
- Married at First Sight: cheated on by the boyfriend she put through medical school, Summer signs a contract marriage with a billionaire she has just met.
- Don’t Miss Me When I’m Gone: an orphan raised alongside the Miller brothers gets her heart broken when the maid’s daughter moves in. After she leaves, they tear the town apart looking for her.
- The Lost Quarterback Returns: swapped as a boy after a fire, an NFL legend’s son turns up at football tryouts twelve years later, and his own family turns on him without knowing who he is.
- Daddy Help! Mommy’s in Prison!: a CEO discovers he has a daughter and frees her mother, his college sweetheart, from prison.
- Married In A Heartbeat: betrayed by her fiancé and her own sister, Esther marries Ricky without knowing he’s a secret billionaire.
- You’ve Been Replaced, First Love: treated as a practice run by her first love, Tessa walks away, and someone else refuses to let her go alone.
- The Reckoning Takes Flight: a seat fight on Eve’s flight to her brother’s wedding spirals into an emergency landing and a family showdown.
- Abandoned Pawn, Unrivaled Dragon King: a discarded heir, secretly the only disciple of a legendary master, awakens the power of a dragon god.
Method: view counts, episode counts and free episodes are taken from each drama’s ReelShort page on October 2, 2026, from a sample of 79 dramas across eight ReelShort shelves. We’ll update this list monthly.