The number of China's online literature users surpassed 500 million as of 2023, according to a report released by the China Writers Association on April 28, 2024. More than 30 million literary works had been published online by the end of 2023, with about 2 million newly created.

Content and genre

As of the end of 2023, over 1.6 million realistic works had been published, with more than 200,000 newly published in 2023.

As of the end of 2023, over 2 million sci-fi works had been published, with 250,000 newly published in 2023, a year-on-year increase of 15%.