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The Wanted Detective hits 8000 on heat index – vibrant celebratory visual of main cast drops to celebrate

Michelle Topham August 2, 2025

The Wanted Detective hits 8000 on iQIYI heat index

If you’re a fan of well-written and acted mystery/detective-themed stories that take place in ancient China, you may want to check out the latest iQIYI drama The Wanted Detective.

Wang Xing Yue and Julia Xiang’s The Wanted Detective premiered on iQIYI yesterday, and has already earned 8000 on that platform’s heat index.

So, yep, audiences have tuned in in substantial numbers and are sticking around so far. Although, I will warn you, it takes the Chinese drama up to about mid-Episode 2 before the story really takes off.

With 10000 on iQIYI signifying that a drama is a solid success, let’s hope the quite-good-so-far C-drama continues to climb the platform’s index then, eh?

RELATED: 6 vibrant character visuals drop for The Wanted Detective

To celebrate The Wanted Detective hitting 8000, iQIYI released a vibrant new visual featuring the main cast and the lead supporting actors. (see full list in the iQIYI comment below)

They also commented:

Great News Alert! 

The Wanted Detective has surpassed 8000 in popularity on iQiyi! Mysterious cases arise one after another, suspense builds, and the fog thickens—who is the mastermind behind it all?

Tune in daily at 18:00 on iQiyi to uncover the truth!

Starring: Wang Xing Yue (@王星越) and Xiang Han Zhi (aka Julia Xiang) (@向涵之)
Co-starring: Chen You Wei (@陈宥维), Zhang Nan (@张南_zZ)
Special Appearance: He Luo Luo (@何洛洛_Ning)
Guest Star: Deng Kai (@邓凯-Kai)

The Wanted Detective is now streaming via iQIYI, with the first three episodes free to watch and up to Episode 8 available for VIP subscribers.

Episodes 1 and 2 are also free on iQIYI’s YouTube channel. You can watch the Chinese drama’s first YouTube episode below.

RELATED: 9 beautiful The Wanted Detective Stills are released as the C-drama drops its final episodes

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Michelle Topham

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British-American journalist currently residing in Vienna, Austria and obsessed beyond measure with C-dramas, a subject I have been writing about for more than two decades. How many C-dramas have I watched? Many many hundreds. How many are still in my backlog? Hundreds more.

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Tags: Chen You Wei Chinese Historical Mystery Drama He Luo Luo iQIYI Julia Xiang The Wanted Detective Wang Xing Yue Zhang Nan

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