Nation's short-video viewers top 1 billion

China has seen the rapid growth of short videos over the past five years, with the number of related users exceeding 1 billion for the first time in December, a report said.

By the end of last year, the ranks of Chinese netizens had surpassed 1.06 billion, 35.49 million more than in December 2021, according to the report released by the China Internet Network Information Center on Thursday.

"With fast development of the short-video industry, this format has been more involved in people's daily lives and has become a main source of rising mobile internet views," said Zhou Jie, deputy secretary-general of the China Netcasting Services Association.