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 revenu

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.