10 Highest Rated Chinese Drama on Douban in 2025

We're almost halfway through the year 2025, and lots of dramas we expected to air this year have finished their broadcast. So, which one lives up to the expectations and which one does not? 

Here, we gathered a list of the highest-rated dramas so far on Douban, China's most popular rating platform, to know which series aired this year have managed to impress domestic viewers. 

Top 10 Highest-rated Chinese dramas on Douban as of May 29, 2025:

1. I am Nobody season 2 (Youku)

Douban score: 8.3
Number of reviewers: 99,008
Number of episodes: 13
Genre: Martial Arts, Adventure, Fantasy
Leads: Peng Yuchang, Wang Yinglu, Hou Minghao, Wen Qi, Yin Fang

Story background:

Zhang Chulan (Peng Yuchang) was forced to break into the alien world and experience hardships. He grows into a righteous and responsible alien hero. He and Feng Baobao (Wang Yinglu) are bound by fate. An unexpected incident makes the two of them anxious

2. Endless Protection (Tencent)

Douban score: 8.3

Number of reviewers: 72,212

Number of episodes: 24

Genre: Prosecution, Legal, Suspense

Leads: Ren Suxi, Vengo Gao, Liu Lin

Story background:

The story focuses on the judicial protection of minors. and follows the founding of the juvenile prosecution team led by Prosecutor Lin Zhitao and Assistant Prosecutor Bai Enyu. They join hands to fight against the evil of human nature for the sake of children.

3. Legend of the Undercover Chef season 2 (Tencent)

Douban score: 8.2

Number of reviewers: 32,096

Number of episodes: 40

Genre: Costume Comedy

Leads: Zhao Benshan, Song Xiaobao, Song Xiaofeng

Story Background:

Ximen Changhai (played by Zhao Benshan) survived the disaster and returned to Dingyuan League after recovery, continuing to shoulder the heavy responsibility of defending the territory and fighting against the Japanese pirates. His twin brother Ximen Changzai (also played by Zhao Benshan) has also gradually become the head of the Quedao Sect, and occasionally indulges in the fantasy of a hero.

4. Sandstorm (Youku)

Douban score: 8.0

Number of reviewers: 98,917

Number of episodes: 12

Genre: Suspense

Leads: Duan Yihong, Wang Qiang, Zhang Jianing, Zhang Yao

Story background:

An old case of burning corpses was re-investigated, and grassroots policeman Chen Jianghe (Duan Yihong) was also urgently transferred back. When he entered the small town again, the disruptive liar, the lying murderer, and the victim of revenge, like a sandstorm, enveloped him. But he firmly believed that all evil had its source, and no matter how big the storm was, it would eventually subside, and the world would always return to clarity.

5. Always Home (Tencent)

Douban score: 7.9

Number of reviewers: 47,653

Number of episodes: 30

Genre: Youth, Family

Leads: Zhai Xiaowen, Daniel Zhou, Yang Xizi, He Qi

Story Background:

A small town girl named Chen Huaner moved to a big city with her parents. She and her two new friends, Jing Xichi (Zhai Xiaowen) and Song Cong (Daniel Zhou), went through all the important nodes of life together, from high school to college and then to graduation. During this period, there were plain and trivial days such as reading, outings, sports games, and book drifting. There was also the sourness of secret love, the unwillingness of aborted ideals, the unpreparedness of family changes, and the confusion and pain of facing the death of relatives for the first time

6. Me and My Family (Hunan TV, Mango TV)

Douban score: 7.9

Number of reviewers: 39,248

Number of episodes: 27

Genre: Family Life

Leads: Zhou Yutong, Wu Yue, Liu Chang, Geng Le

Story Background:

After experiencing a major life setback in the city. 28-year-old Gu Yunsu (played by Zhou Yutong) chose to go home, only to find her middle-aged mother, Wu Limei (played by Wu Yue), pregnant. The new mother-daughter relationship, accompanied by the new members of the reorganized family, staged a series of hilarious and warm, and healing family stories.

7. Flourished Peony (Hunan TV, Mango TV)

Douban score: 7.8
Number of reviewers: 349,607
Number of episodes: 32
Genre: Costume Historical
Leads: Yang Zi and Li Xian

Story Background:

The play tells a legendary inspirational story of a woman who started from cultivating peonies and eventually helped the community to thrive. After He Weifang (played by Yang Zi), the daughter of a merchant, met Jiang Changyang (played by Li Xian), the two formed a combination of craftsmen and investors. With her superb skills in cultivating rare peonies and her extraordinary business acumen, He Weifang led a group of women to run a flower shop, eventually overcoming obstacles.

8. Reopen My Journal (Tencent)

Douban score: 7.8
Number of reviewers: 21,004
Number of episodes: 33
Genre: Period Youth and Family
Leads: Li Yunrui, Huangyang Tiantian, Chen Heyi

Story Background

Qian Jia Yue is admitted to a prestigious high school, where she faces various academic challenges. Her plan to confess to her neighbor, the outstanding student Xiao Han, ends in failure. Her foster brother, Mao Tou, is intelligent but always causing trouble. Qian Jia Yue befriends a new, bold friend, Chen Mo, and the girls grow through their friendship. Meanwhile, the parents go through a series of life changes, including family crises and restructuring.

9. Trident Season 2 (iQIYI)

Douban score: 7.7
Number of reviewers: 28,189
Number of episodes: 34
Genre: Crime Suspense
Leads: Chen Jianbin, Dong Yong, Hao Ping

Chen Jianbin, Dong Yong, and Hao Ping

Story Background:

Cui Tiejun, Xu Guozhu and Pan Jianghai, known as the "Trident" of the Municipal Bureau, found that the key suspect was involved in a murder case 20 years ago when they were investigating a pyramid scheme. In order to thoroughly investigate the case, the three veteran policemen, with the support of Director Guo, set up the Trident Studio. With the cooperation of their apprentice Xiao Lu and the young female police officer Xu Man, the three veterans assisted various police forces in solving many major and important cases, and the truth of the suspicious case 20 years ago was finally revealed.

10. The Demon Hunter's Romance (iQIYI)

Douban score: 7.5
Number of reviewers: 147,847
Number of episodes: 36
Genre: Costume Fantasy
Leads: Ren Jialun and Song Zu'er

Ren Jialun and Song Zu'er

Story Background: 

In Guangping City, where humans and demons coexist, Ban Xia, a wealthy girl with the rare ability to see demons' true forms, is deemed delusional by her family. After exposing her cousin’s bride as a demon, she’s forced to flee and meets demon hunter Xuan Ye. He helps her see the hidden world more clearly and reveals that not all demons are evil. As they investigate her father's mysterious death and other strange events, their bond deepens. But Xuan Ye's buried past and a shocking truth about his identity threaten to tear them apart.