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worldoo.com launches doo Comics
MUMBAI: worldoo.com, India’s first online ecosystem for kids, have announced the launch of doo Comics. The comic will be exclusively available on worldoo.com.
worldoo.com will create 8 parts of the series “The Discovery of worldoo” and the first edition of the same is named as “The Last Mission”. worldoo.com will release one edition of these series each month and will also add some new titles over the course of the next year.
The first comic talks about worldoo’s peace-loving character – Nakamota, a topography expert and his efforts to find some help for him to get back to city from the island where he was stuck after his plane had crashed during the World War II.
“We are thrilled to launch the first digital edition of The Last Mission on worldoo.com, as we have always embraced original ideas from our own character(s). With the launch of doo Comics on worldoo.com, we see it as a continuation of our on-going commitment to delivering quality, original experiences online to the kids”, said worldoo.com experience & brand head Harsh Wardhan Dave.
worldoo.com’s mission is to take comic books far beyond the printed page and into the digital world. With worldoo’s wide online following, it is hopeful to help bring its stories to millions of new readers every week.
Worldoo.com got a good response from kids on the digital platform, within the launch of two months the website attracted 18,000+ kids in a short span of time. Worldoo.com has got around 1.13 lakh unique visitors and over 2.5 million page views till now. Kids are loving worldoo.com – as a result, average time spent is close to nine minutes and 11 page views are happening per visit, which is very encouraging for the platform.
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Arafta Season 2 greenlit as YouTube hit crosses 850 million views
GoQuest, Rains double down on global Turkish drama success story
MUMBAI: GoQuest Media and Rains Pictures have greenlit Season 2 of Arafta, riding on the runaway success of its debut season that has clocked over 850 million views on YouTube and secured licensing deals across 19 territories.
The upcoming season, already in production, will span 100 episodes and continue with a YouTube-first release strategy, a model that has proved to be a quiet disruptor in global content distribution. Season 1, which premiered in November 2025, built a strong digital following before translating that traction into international deals.
The series is currently licensed to platforms including Amazon MX Player in India, Kanal 7 in Turkey, and Vidio, along with several markets across Europe such as Romania, Hungary and Latvia. Across five language channels, the show has amassed more than 2.5 million subscribers, signalling growing global appetite for Turkish storytelling.
Notably, many of these licensing deals were struck after the show had already aired on YouTube, flipping the traditional distribution model on its head. Instead of competing with broadcasters, the digital-first strategy appears to be doing the heavy lifting in building awareness and audience demand.
GoQuest Media managing director Vivek Lath said, “Arafta is proving out what we believed about the make-to-sell model. A YouTube-first release does not compete with licensing. It builds the asset that licensees are buying.”
Season 1 wrapped on April 17 with a globally streamed finale that drew over 102,000 concurrent viewers, setting the stage for the next chapter. Lead actors İlsu Demirci and Emin Günenç will return, with the narrative continuing to explore themes of love, vengeance, sacrifice and fate.
Rains Pictures executive Sevda Kaygısız said the decision to move quickly into Season 2 was driven not just by success, but by the depth of the story still to be told. “Arafta is not just a successful project for us; it reflects our belief in powerful storytelling and building a genuine emotional connection with audiences,” she noted.
As Turkish dramas continue to travel beyond borders, Arafta’s success underscores a larger shift in how global hits are made and sold. In this case, the small screen found its big moment online first, and the world followed.
