The Best TV Shows on Youku

Every Youku Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Discover the best of Youku with our list of over 20 series, meticulously updated for June 2025. Icons of Youku, Strange Tales of Liao Zhai and GG Bond made their debut in 2005 and 2006, setting industry standards. A broadcaster of distinction, Youku has aired more than 20 shows between 2005 and 2025.

  • 猪猪侠之竞速小英雄
    猪猪侠之竞速小英雄 (2019)10.0

  • The Drug Hunter
    The Drug Hunter (2018)9.7

    An educated chemical engineer becomes an undercover officer against drug dealers.

  • GG Bond
    GG Bond (2006)9.0

  • The Seven Relics of ill Omen
    The Seven Relics of ill Omen (2025)9.0

    Adapted from the novel The Seven Relics of ill Omen by Weiyu. In ancient times, a mysterious substance descended upon Fengzi Ridge. Capable of parasitic invasion, it twists the human heart and lures its host into evil. Now, these relics of ill omen have reemerged, unleashing a series of bizarre and gruesome murders. Five ordinary yet passionate young people—Mu Dai, Luo Ren, Thirteen-Thousand, Yan Hongsha, and Cao Yanhua—are successively drawn into this crisis through their own fateful encounters. They form the "Phoenix Squad" and embark on a perilous quest to subdue these ill omens. Amid life-and-death trials, Luo Ren and Mu Dai heal each other's wounds and forge a genuine bond. Through a long and arduous journey fraught with danger, the five overcome relentless challenges, their friendship tempered and deepened in the fires of adversity.

  • Strange Tales of Liao Zhai
    Strange Tales of Liao Zhai (2005)8.5

  • Legend of Xianwu
    Legend of Xianwu (2023)8.4

    As a loyal disciple, Ye Chen dedicated himself to guard the spiritual medicine field for his sect. But, during a fight with enemies, the spiritual field was destroyed. His loyalty and dedication to the sect could not save him. The loyalty he thought he had obtained from his peers and lover, could not save him from betrayal. Thus, he was shamelessly banished from the sect. With the help of a flame falling from heaven, Ye Chen began to develop himself into a stronger cultivator. Battled against his opponents, unfolded his legendary life and rewrote his own story…

  • 赛尔号
    赛尔号 (2012)8.0

  • Super Brain
    Super Brain (2014)8.0

  • Legend of Zang Hai
    Legend of Zang Hai (2025)7.9

    "Legend of Zang Hai" follows the son of Imperial Astronomer Kuai Duo. Consumed by vengeance, he spends a decade honing his skills. Assuming the name Zang Hai, he ventures into the capital to uncover the truth, avenge his family, and restore justice.

  • Happy Toon
    Happy Toon (2010)7.8

  • The Story of Ming Lan
    The Story of Ming Lan (2018)7.3

    Sheng Minglan, the intelligent but overlooked sixth daughter of the Sheng family, hides her talents to survive a difficult childhood and avenge her mother’s death. As she navigates family struggles and political intrigue, she forms a complex bond with Gu Tingye. Together, they rise as a powerful couple, balancing love, loyalty, and duty in a changing empire.

  • Forensic Heroes V
    Forensic Heroes V (2022)7.0

  • The Magical Chef of Ice and Fire
    The Magical Chef of Ice and Fire (2021)6.3

    Nian Bing is the son of a fire mage and an ice mage. After both of his parents were killed by the Ice Lord, Nian Bing received both of his parents' magic gems. When Nian Bing was trying to escape from the Ice Lord's followers, he managed to cast both fire and ice magic at the same time. An impossible feat for a mage. He fell from the cliff, unconscious, and was saved by an oldman. After he woke up, the oldman gave him a food so delicious he never tasted before. It turned out that the oldman was a genius chef, once called a spirit chef. And he wants Nian Bing to be his disciple no matter what! Is Nian Bing able to seek vengeance while aiming to become the greatest chef?

  • Decisive Victory
    Decisive Victory (2021)6.0

  • Sing! China
    Sing! China (2012)5.7

  • Modern Dynasty
    Modern Dynasty (2022)5.5

    About sisters who married into the century-old chaebol Ma family on the same day as the "century wedding" as a clue, telling the ups and downs of the Ma family's three generations of ups and downs.

  • Love Stories in the Countryside
    Love Stories in the Countryside (2006)5.4

  • The Guardians of Carcosa
    The Guardians of Carcosa (2013)N/A

  • Chef Nic
    Chef Nic (2014)N/A

  • The Demon Hunter
    The Demon Hunter (2023)N/A

    Meng Chuan witnessed his mother killed before his eyes, so he trained very hard hoping to one day avenge her death. But his peaceful days were broken as his wedding engagement being called off, an invasion by foreign forces, the sanctuary fallen into enemy hands… In order to protect the people of Ning City, he picked up his sword and vowed to be the strongest. This is a heavy responsibility and a long journey…