1. visit this link https://www.iqiyi.com/v_jun1tfqci4.html?vfrm=pcw_home&vfrmblk=B&vfrmrst=fcs_0_p11

2. heat index is number in red color below title of the drama

It’s amazing how many people on Weibo want this show to fail. They are so irrational that they can’t even follow the math. This show is averaging 8200 on Weibo’s Heat Index since Monday. The show in 2nd place is averaging 2400. If you like stats that’s an astonishing range. In no way, is this shows numbers going sideways or plummeting yet. In fact.p, FoF’s average implies that this weekend’s heat index should rise past 8200. That’s when we’ll see if it stalls. It’s facing off against The Story of Pearl Girl which - on paper - should be beat it because it stars one of Weibo’s most talked about actresses. I’m amped for the weekend,

 kaddie001:

It’s amazing how many people on Weibo want this show to fail. They are so irrational that they can’t even follow the math. This show is averaging 8200 on Weibo’s Heat Index since Monday. The show in 2nd place is averaging 2400. If you like stats that’s an astonishing range. In no way, is this shows numbers going sideways or plummeting yet. In fact.p, FoF’s average implies that this weekend’s heat index should rise past 8200. That’s when we’ll see if it stalls. It’s facing off against The Story of Pearl Girl which - on paper - should be beat it because it stars one of Weibo’s most talked about actresses. I’m amped for the weekend,

i agree. i see so many posts on weibo of fof failing EVEN BEFORE it started. like its really unfair. and the story of pearl girl will be a hard competitior as  the leads are more or less more popular/well known than that of fof (zhao lusi and liu yuning)


also, im kinda dissapointed that the heat index is 8200, i really want it to be above 9000 at least

FoF deserves to be above 9. It’s clear there’s industry bias against the cast and the directo. I dont know what’s driving that… 

In any case, I hope that the public keeps defying the pundits. SOPG has 0 reasons to debut under 7900. As for FoF,  I’m ecstatic that it got to 8400. That’s higher than 75% of the iQiyi’s other content released this year. 

When the heat index rise so fast after debut, I thought they would gain enough popularity to reach 10,000 in no time. I didnt know it received so much hate in china

 L_H:

When the heat index rise so fast after debut, I thought they would gain enough popularity to reach 10,000 in no time. I didnt know it received so much hate in china

ya. same happened with KMLM. it rose to 9000 so fast then stuck below 9000. 

 kaddie001:

FoF deserves to be above 9. It’s clear there’s industry bias against the cast and the directo. I dont know what’s driving that… 

In any case, I hope that the public keeps defying the pundits. SOPG has 0 reasons to debut under 7900. As for FoF,  I’m ecstatic that it got to 8400. That’s higher than 75% of the iQiyi’s other content released this year. 

thing is that if drama can keep up initial momentum. Kill me love me also rose to 9000 very quickly, then got stuck below 9000. so initial hype can only give good heat index debut but to break it 10000, drama need to have engaging storyline for winder audience.

I don’t think it’s received a lot hate in China. It just hasn’t been marketed strongly in China. Its viewership is being driven word of mouth which is why this drama may have a shot at 10K. Kill Me, Love Me was a very highly marketed show. It came off the FL’s success in The Double in the Chinese market so it seemed destined to be another hit then it fizzled and flamed out.

FoF is exactly the opposite. It had minimal marketing. IQIYI even dropped it with very little fanfare. It still has lots of momentum with the public if you look at Douyin’s Top 30. The real questions for me are:
What will the weekend viewership be like? Will people binge watch it now that they have more free time?
What type of competition will The Story of Pearl Girl be? It’s being hyoed the way that an evangelist hypes the Bible so it should be strong competition.
Will iQIYI drop more than 1 episode a day over the weekend? Most of us in MDL have VIP subscriptions or rogue access to the shows so we’re in episode 11 but, officially, the mainland is still on Episode 5. That’s a big gap.

It broke 8500 a few hours ago so it still has momentum.

why im not really sure, is 8500 a good number for heat index? 

Good question. I’m going to cite MDL’s analysis to help answer it. As per this page, which was last updated this year, the iQIYI heat index:


“Heat Index measures the investment and popularity of a drama. It takes into account the video views, search, and engagement for a drama. The way it is calculated is not really clear and is proper for the company. So, we can't compare it with other companies' heat index.

Signification of iQiyi heat index (from my interpretation) :

A drama has some popularity when the index reaches 5 500/6 000 (5 500 for dramas that aired all the episodes the same day)
A drama that reaches 9 000 is well known and really popular.
A drama that reached 10k can be considered a super popular and successful drama (top drama from the platform).
10k is not the limit and the score can be higher.
The comparison between dramas of the same company is not significant too. Depending on the actors, the IP's popularity, the drama's budget, etc..., the score's meaning is totally different. For a high-budget drama with popular actors and ip, reaching 7 500 is average. However, for a low budget with no so well-known actors and not-so-popular ip, reaching 7 500 shows that the drama is a success.“

https://it.mydramalist.com/list/4q6a5k81

Although this show is already a success, 8500 means that we are getting closer to that evasive 9000 mark.


Datawin has released their stats. They confirmed that FoF has been at the top of their Prosperity Index since its debut. They reach some interesting conclusions.

https://weibo.com/6335541255/5095527405063034

Whether you support the show or don’t, I think that if you’re a data nerd then you probably think that this is interesting stuff.

I haven’t been this interested in content metrics since the conclusion of Phase 4 of the MCU.