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Vertical dramas /Vertical shorts/vertical movies - Is there an official way to mark/categorize them?

Hello. Where in the Help section can I find info about how to "mark/categorize" Vertical content? I'm new to this "genre", apparently there are a lot of new, often mini series with 2 minutes per episode, made in vertical format for mobile phones/apps. I think there are movies also. Created for mobile apps such as DramaBox etc. Searching for "Vertical" in the Help section did not give any helpful articles. I don't know if this is an interest, genre, subgenre, format or what? It feels like it should be a "Technical Info" but can't find a suitable option? https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/apr/04/tv-serials-vertical-drama-phones-grip-viewers

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Hi kristin- We are checking with the appropriate team and once we have further information we will post it here. Cheers!

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@kristin- Again, thank you for reporting and for the feedback! You are welcome to refer to our title eligibility guide for any general questions about if these titles are eligible based on our current criteria. https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/titles/title-eligibility/G9V8J6AXTQ292S5W?ref_=helpsrall# As per categorizing/marking as "vertical" we currently do not support it. Therefore, we have modified this as an idea so we can tracK interest and other members can vote and comment.

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kristin and Maya: One of the distinctive characteristics of these "vertical" dramas is that they are filmed in an Aspect Ratio such as 9:16 (that is, taller than they are wide). This is not to be confused with the 16:9 ratio that is commonly used in HDTV (current-day high-definition television). The 9:16 ratio is currently used by IMDb but there are under 1,000 titles listed with it.

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@kristin While not (yet) official policy, several of these titles are now tagged with the plot keyword vertical-drama as an interim step -> https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?keywords=vertical-drama&explore=keywords You are welcome to add more; the keyword belongs in the "Other" category on the keyword contribution form. We may eventually move this to an Interest (see https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/titles/interests/G4Q8HQTQJ6YZ7H7B)

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Thank you. I did search for "Vertical" in keywords to find something to use, but there were many, so ended up starting using "vertical format" and "other" on the once I have seen, (I tried again now and "vertical drama" does not show up on the list if I search for "vertical" on the keyword search on the main page search field). If I search for "vertical drama" or "Vertical-drama" on the keyword search on the main paige the search results in 3 results, one of them being "vertical drama" 0 tiles? So something is strange her?

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Thanks for the problem report on the discrepancy between the number of keyword matches on the search results page. We have reported this to the appropriate team.

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@kristin The issue with the mismatched results has now been addressed. Thanks again for the problem report. The keyword now has over 600 titles: https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?keywords=vertical-drama&explore=keywords

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@col_Needham Great! Thanks! However : If I go to IMDb main page, change from "all" to "keywords" in the search field on top and type inn "vertical drama" - enter, it says "188 titles". If I click on "vertical drama" in the results I get 728 titles. So something is still strange here.

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Sorry about that. It was definitely fixed earlier in the week. We will re-report it again.