July 16 — Sensor Tower reports Q2 2026 growth in Chinese non-game mobile apps
overseas with widening divergence across segments. Short-drama apps led
monetization, making up eight of the top 20 revenue earners; PictureThis revenue
rose 237% QoQ and AI video generator Kling AI entered the revenue ranking at
#17. On downloads, new products scaled rapidly while incumbents kept acquiring
users: ByteDance’s PineDrama downloads rose 460% QoQ and NetShort posted
concurrent gains in downloads and revenue.