# The First Frost

> A Chinese romance reached No. 6 on a worldwide daily Netflix TV ranking.

- Owner: Youku
- Kind: Series
- Sector: Entertainment
- Seed date: 2025-02-18
- Milestone date: Week of Feb 24, 2025
- Date basis: Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak. Some dates are known only to the week, month or year.
- Spread Score: 43 (Notable), v1.3
- Mechanics: Press loop, Controversy

## Summary

The First Frost premiered on Youku with App Store ads. It topped Taiwan’s weekly Netflix TV chart and reached sixth on a reported worldwide daily ranking. Online debate and filming-location guides followed.

## Timeline

- 2025-02-12 — DramaPanda (Press) — DramaPanda reported a February 18 Youku premiere for the Hidden Love spinoff.
- 2025-02-18 — Youku (Open web) — Youku premiered the series and promoted its launch with App Store ads.
- 2025-02-20 — Youku (Open web) — The drama reached 10,331 points on Youku’s popularity index.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/mcp#api).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/the-first-frost-chinese-drama-2025

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “The First Frost.” Case HIS-01997. Spread Score v1.3: 43/100. Updated 2026-10-28. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-01997