Crazy Maple Studio

Name

Crazy Maple Studio

Legal name

Crazy Maple Studios Inc.

Website

https://crazymaplestudios.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mobile Microdrama Streaming

NAICS

Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (516210), Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Narrative/Adventure & RPG Game Studios (MPAFAAAL)

Keywords

• Microdrama streaming apps
• Mobile interactive fiction
• Vertical short-form video
• Serialized story platforms
• Mobile entertainment apps

Headquarters

HQ city

Sunnyvale

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. In-App Purchases (Virtual Currency/Coins): Users purchase virtual coins or currency to unlock episodes or content within the app. This is the primary revenue driver, with micro-transaction model borrowed from mobile gaming.
2. Subscription (VIP): Subscription model offering unlimited access to content, with auto-renewal terms and cancellation rights. Subscription pages available in-app for VIP management.
3. Advertising: Platform generates revenue from in-app advertising, with rewarded video ads and offer walls as monetization mechanisms.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Crazy Maple Studio develops and operates mobile-first entertainment applications that deliver vertical microdramas, interactive stories, and serialized fiction to global audiences. Its flagship product ReelShort pioneered the vertical microdrama format in English-speaking markets, while Chapters provides choose-your-own-adventure interactive romance stories and My Fiction serves serialized novel readers. The company produces the majority of its content in-house and leverages AI tools to reduce content production costs by approximately 90%.

Product overview

Crazy Maple Studio operates a diversified product matrix consisting of three core consumer-facing products: ReelShort (vertical microdrama streaming platform with bite-sized one-minute episodes for mobile-first audiences), Chapters (interactive storytelling app with choice-based narratives), and My Fiction (serialized fiction reading and writing platform). The company focuses on content expansion across short dramas, interactive games, and novel-reading platforms, creating a vibrant creator ecosystem. ReelShort is the flagship product, generating over 90% of revenues from in-house produced content, while Chapters and My Fiction provide complementary entertainment experiences in the interactive fiction space.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ReelShort: Vertical streaming platform for bite-sized one-minute episode dramas spanning drama, romance, and suspense genres
• Chapters
• My Fiction

Products and services

• ReelShort
• Chapters
• My Fiction A mobile application offering serialized fiction and novel-style stories for readers, with a catalog of titles updated regularly. Targeted at mobile readers of serialized long-form fiction.

Quantifiable outcome

• AI reduces production costs by approximately 90%
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration11 records

AI capability11 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AIS (Thai Telecom)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 19 June 2026Carriage agreement with Thai telecom AIS for ReelShort distribution in Thailand, part of international expansion strategy targeting Southeast Asian markets.
• Globe Telecom (Philippines)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 19 June 2026Carriage agreement with Philippine telco Globe for ReelShort distribution in the Philippines, enabling localized content delivery through telecom channels.
• Showbox (Korean Studio)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 June 2026Content partnership with Korean studio Showbox for co-producing Korean-language microdrama shows, representing strategic entry into Korean content market.
• Islas Vlogs (DW Entertainment)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 21 November 2025Partnership with leading content creator Islas Vlogs from DW Entertainment to spotlight Latin America's microdrama and creator economy sectors at MIP CANCUN 2025.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• GoodShort: Cloud Village/Tencent-affiliated microdrama app targeting the same US female-mobile romance audience as ReelShort with a similar freemium + coin-purchase model.
• DramaBox: Operated by Storymatrix/COL Group, DramaBox is the closest direct competitor to ReelShort in the global vertical microdrama market; together they control 70%+ of short-drama in-app spending.
• ShortMax: Emerging vertical microdrama app competing head-to-head with ReelShort in Tier-1 Western markets, with comparable content formats and IAP monetization.
• FlexTV: Short-form vertical drama platform with a similar bite-sized episode format and in-app purchase model, directly competing in the microdrama category.

Broad incumbents

• ByteDance (TikTok): TikTok's short-form video platform and parent ByteDance's Chinese microdrama ecosystem (Douyin) are the most powerful adjacent incumbents; ByteDance is rapidly rolling out mini-drama rails that compete for the same mobile attention budget.
• Netflix: Dominant long-form streaming incumbent that ReelShort directly competes with for mobile entertainment time; ReelShort's 35.7 min/day already exceeds Netflix's 24.8 min/day in the US.
• Wattpad (Webtoon Entertainment): Serial-fiction reading and writing platform with overlapping romance-audience and serialized-storytelling DNA comparable to Crazy Maple's My Fiction app.
• Quibi / Roku Short-Form: Quobi pioneered short-form premium mobile video and is now distributed via the Roku Channel; the closest historical analog to ReelShort's mobile-vertical content strategy at incumbent scale.

Emerging players

• Pocket Gems (Episode): Operates 'Episode', an interactive choice-based storytelling platform with a similar mobile-first romance audience to Crazy Maple's Chapters app.
• GoodNovel: Serialized fiction platform focused on romance and werewolf genres — directly comparable to Crazy Maple's My Fiction product in content type and audience.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/chaptersgame
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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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