The Chinese TV drama show Story of Yanxi Palace wowed the world by becoming the most searched TV drama of 2018, according to Google’s Year in Search 2018, as Chinese TV dramas experience growing popularity around the world.
The Chinese series was followed by American sci-fi web TV series Altered Carbon, according to Google, which did not include data from the Chinese mainland.
The popular online drama set in the Qing Dynasty has won an enormous fan base. People enjoy the intelligent, determined female character who eventually becomes the second highest imperial noble consort. It has racked up over 18 billion views on iQiyi, a Chinese Netflix-like video platform, since its debut in July 2018.