Fanqie's second-version posting rules: daily caps on new books, updates and words, by author level

Who this is for, and what it helps you decide

Writers publishing long-form novels on Fanqie Novel, especially those running several serials at once, uploading stockpiled chapters in bulk or heavily revising old chapters, and new writers about to start a book there. It helps you decide which signing mode to choose for a new book, how to schedule a backlog, how to plan revisions, and whether to change your update plan before levels are reassessed in mid-November.

This covers only posting quotas for long-form works on Fanqie Novel. It does not cover short stories or other platforms.

What the new rules say

According to the notice in Fanqie's writer zone, the rules took effect at midnight on October 20, 2026, apply to long-form web-novel author accounts and their works, and replace the earlier notice on optimising posting rules. "Daily" means a calendar day and "monthly" a calendar month; October has a special period running from October 20 to 31.

Under the notice's quota table, each account can create at most one serial-mode book and one completed-work-mode book per day, and at most three long-form books per month. Lv.0 and Lv.1 authors cannot create serial-mode books, so their three monthly slots can be used only for completed-work-mode books.

The number of serial-mode books that can be updated each day is one for Lv.0–1, up to three for Lv.2–3 and up to five for Lv.4 and above. Word caps per serial book are under 20,000, 30,000 and 50,000 Chinese characters a day, and under 400,000, 600,000 and 1.5 million a month, respectively. For completed-work-mode books, both the daily update count and word limits are listed as "unlimited".

The notice says authors who deliberately get around the rules may receive a warning, posting restrictions or a permanent ban, depending on how serious the case is.

How the quotas are counted

A scheduled chapter uses the update and word quota of the day it is scheduled for; switching it to immediate publication moves it to the current day. Editing chapters that are already published, without posting a new one, does not count as an update for that day.

Only body text counts, not chapter titles. When you edit an old chapter, only the added characters count against that day's quota, and cuts have no effect; expanding a 2,000-character chapter to 2,100 uses 100. If a new chapter is deleted or fails review, its update and word quota is returned. Revisions made to a whole book after it fails review do not use the daily quota.

Quotas follow your level: an upgrade applies the same day, while after a downgrade the rest of the month's quota is recalculated at the new level. The notice warns that this can leave you with no quota left for the month.

How this links to signing modes and Author Level 3.0

The quota table depends on two other recent Fanqie changes. Its signing-mode notice says that from October 12, new books by Lv.0 and Lv.1 authors can only use the completed-work signing mode, while Lv.2 and above can choose either mode; books already created can all continue as serials regardless of level.

The completed-work signing mode launched on September 7. According to its notice, a book can apply for a contract only once it is finished and meets the word requirement for its category; it is not shown to readers or searchable before signing; the signing mode cannot be changed after the book is created; and each book has three contract applications in total.

Author Level 3.0 took effect on October 12. A level score combines growth, royalty and bonus points, with the royalty score based on the highest actual royalties earned by a single work over the past 12 months. In the notice's threshold table, on top of level-score and growth-score thresholds, Lv.2 requires a royalty score of at least 3,000 and Lv.4 at least 20,000. From October 12 to November 11 is a transition period in which levels can only go up; after that the platform reassesses everyone under the new rules, with adjustments completed by midnight on November 14.

What it may mean for writers (editorial inference, not tested by us)

Serial writers can no longer upload a large backlog in one day, because each book has a daily word cap. Anything beyond it could be scheduled across the following days. By the notice's counting method, scheduled chapters are charged to their publication day, but we have not tested this in the author dashboard.

Writers with several serials at Lv.2–3 can update at most three serial books a day, so a rotation needs planning. Before a major rewrite of old chapters, work out how many characters you will add so it does not eat into that day's quota for new chapters.

New and Lv.0–1 writers can currently start new books only in the completed-work signing mode, which means no reader feedback before signing. One approach is to finish the book to the required length before applying.

With the transition period ending soon, check your author level page to see where you would land under the new rules. If you are downgraded in mid-November, the rest of that month's quota is recalculated, so plans for the second half of the month may need trimming.