Luo Yonghao Admits to Being Addicted to Douyin: Weekly Install-Delete Cycle, Often Stays Up All Night Watching Videos
This afternoon, the podcast "Luo Yonghao's Crossroads" officially launched, featuring a conversation between Luo Yonghao and Cai Kangyong. During the program, Luo Yonghao stated, "I watch Douyin and see a lot of boring short videos, and I learn a lot of useless knowledge." When questioned by Cai Kangyong about still using Douyin, he candidly revealed his addiction.
Luo Yonghao explained, "Sometimes I can't help myself, so now I install it once a week for work, and then uninstall it to avoid getting distracted, it's a fixed weekly routine."
He revealed, "If I install it, there's always one day a week where I lose control and stay up all night watching it, which delays all my work. That's why I usually install it on our launch day to check the feedback, and then quickly uninstall it on the spot."
Cai Kangyong immediately joked, "Are you afraid of yourself? The mighty Luo Yonghao is being controlled by Douyin."
Luo Yonghao was very candid about this, stating that he was also addicted to games when he was younger. He believes that short videos are essentially high-quality products that accurately exploit human weaknesses and innate characteristics, making it difficult for ordinary people to resist.
Cai Kangyong commented, "I thought you were a very ambitious person, one who would destroy Buddhas when they appear," and after learning about Luo Yonghao's weekly forced software uninstall self-control method, he also said that this self-discipline is rare.
In fact, not only Luo Yonghao loves to browse short videos on his phone, but the data from the 23rd National Reading Survey recently released also confirms the current situation of digital media deeply penetrating life.
The data shows that in 2025, the mobile reading rate of adult nationals in China is 79.0%, an increase of 0.3 percentage points from 78.7% in 2024.
More and more people are choosing to read through audiobooks and video lectures, increasing from 38.5% and 5.7% in 2024 to 38.7% and 6.3% in 2025 respectively.
In addition, the duration of contact with digital media continues to increase, and the allocation of national reading time is being restructured.
Among digital media, the average daily mobile contact time for adult nationals in China in 2025 is 109.54 minutes, an increase of 0.78 minutes from 108.76 minutes in 2024.