SceneTrace

SceneTrace is a searchable directory for Chinese short dramas that helps you find the title you can't stop thinking about. If you forgot the name of a drama, you can search by actor, character, story clue, trope, or platform, then jump straight to the cast and watch path. One unified search covers titles, actors, pinyin aliases, story tropes, episode counts, source pages, watch paths, and heat rankings. Each drama gets a detail page with cast, episodes, and story clues, and each actor has a profile page listing names, aliases, and known titles, so you can follow a face into their next story. The site also publishes signal-scored heat rankings across Chinese, global, and AI-generated short dramas, with charts reviewed on dated lists. SceneTrace is built for short drama viewers, overseas fans of Chinese vertical dramas, and anyone who wants to identify an actor, track down a drama by mood or trope, or keep up with what's trending on apps like ReelShort and Hongguo.