The most popular Cdramas of 2016 according to TV ratings:

1 Legend of Mi Yue (Dragon TV) 3.594
2 Legend of Mi Yue (BTV) 3.502
3 The Interpreter (Hunan TV) 2.048
4 Sparrow (Hunan TV) 1.714
5 Decoded (Hunan TV) 1.648
6 Catching the Wrong Bus (Shandong Satellite TV) 1.501
7 Princess Weiyoung (Dragon TV) 1.483
8 Beautiful Secret (Hunan TV) 1.422
9 Stay With Me (Hunan TV) 1.419
10 A Detective Housewife (ZJSTV) 1.414
11 Stepfather, Come Home (Shandong Satellite TV) 1.399
12 Princess Weiyoung (BTV) 1.345
13 The Imperial Doctress (Dragon TV) 1.296
14 Impossible Mission (Jiangsu TV) 1.284
15 Shao Shuai (BTV) 1.281
16 A Happy Life 2 (Hunan TV) 1.233
17 Xiao Zhang Fu (Hunan TV) 1.216
18 Ode to Joy (Dragon TV) 1.21
19 Hot Girl (Hunan TV) 1.204
20 Chinese Style Relationship (BTV) 1.184
21 We Fall In Love (Hunan TV) 1.182
22 The Imperial Doctress (Jiangsu TV) 1.175
23 Chronicle of Life (ZJSTV) 1.173
24 To Be a Better Man (Jiangsu TV) 1.172
25 To Be a Better Man (ZJSTV) 1.169
26 Hero Dog 2 (Hunan TV) 1.152
27 Husbands’ Secret Stash (Jiangsu TV) 1.144
28 God of War, Zhao Yun (Hunan TV) 1.14
29 Still Lala (Jiangsu TV) 1.126
30 The Thunderbolt Commando (Jiangsu TV) 1.114
31 Whirlwind Girl 2 (Hunan TV) 1.085
32 Beautiful You (Dragon TV) 1.058
33 Chinese Style Relationship (Dragon TV) 1.019
34 The Love of Happiness (Hunan TV) 0.996
35 Police Beauty & K9 (ZJSTV) 0.983
36 A Love for Separation (ZJSTV) 0.982
37 The Legend of Zu (Anhui TV) 0.972
38 The Ladder of Love (ZJSTV) 0.971
39 Ode to Joy (ZJSTV) 0.968
40 Love O2O (Jiangsu TV) 0.965
41 Hunter (BTV) 0.953
42 Tian Lun (BTV) 0.953
43 First Love (Jiangsu TV) 0.949
44 Once Upon a Time in Tsingtao (Shandong Satellite TV) 0.948
45 A Love for Separation (BTV) 0.939
46 Shao Shuai (Dragon TV) 0.924
47 The Mystic Nine (Dragon TV) 0.923
48 Love O2O (Dragon TV) 0.91
49 Good Luck (Anhui TV) 0.901
50 The Distant Distance (Shandong Satellite TV) 0.894

 

Numbers of dramas that simultaneously aired on several channels put together:

1 Legend of Mi Yue (Dragon TV & BTV) 7.096
2 Princess Weiyoung (Dragon TV & BTV) 2.828
3 The Imperial Doctress (Dragon TV & JSTV) 2.471
4 To Be a Better Man (Jiangsu TV & ZJSTV) 2.341
5 Shao Shuai (Dragon TV & BTV) 2.205
6 Chinese Style Relationship (Dragon TV & BTV) 2.203
7 Ode to Joy (Dragon TV & ZJSTV) 2.178
8 The Interpreter (Hunan TV) 2.048
9 A Love for Separation (BTV & ZJSTV) 1.921
10 Love O2O (Dragon TV J& JSTV) 1.875
11 Sparrow (Hunan TV) 1.714
12 Decoded (Hunan TV) 1.648
13 Catching the Wrong Bus (Shandong Satellite TV) 1.501
14 Beautiful Secret (Hunan TV) 1.422
15 Stay With Me (Hunan TV) 1.419
16 A Detective Housewife (ZJSTV) 1.414
17 Stepfather, Come Home (Shandong Satellite TV) 1.399
18 Impossible Mission (Jiangsu TV) 1.284
19 A Happy Life 2 (Hunan TV) 1.233
20 Xiao Zhang Fu (Hunan TV) 1.216
21 Hot Girl (Hunan TV) 1.204
22 We Fall In Love (Hunan TV) 1.182
23 Chronicle of Life (ZJSTV) 1.173
24 Hero Dog 2 (Hunan TV) 1.152
25 Husbands’ Secret Stash (Jiangsu TV) 1.144
26 God of War, Zhao Yun (Hunan TV) 1.14
27 Still Lala (Jiangsu TV) 1.126
28 The Thunderbolt Commando (Jiangsu TV) 1.114
29 Whirlwind Girl 2 (Hunan TV) 1.085
30 Beautiful You (Dragon TV) 1.058
31 The Love of Happiness (Hunan TV) 0.996
32 Police Beauty & K9 (ZJSTV) 0.983
33 The Legend of Zu (Anhui TV) 0.972
34 The Ladder of Love (ZJSTV) 0.971
35 Hunter (BTV) 0.953
36 Tian Lun (BTV) 0.953
37 First Love (Jiangsu TV) 0.949
38 Once Upon a Time in Tsingtao (Shandong Satellite TV) 0.948
39 The Mystic Nine (Dragon TV) 0.923
40 Good Luck (Anhui TV) 0.901
41 The Distant Distance (Shandong Satellite TV) 0.894

Source: Wikipedia

Note: The list includes reruns, all numbers in %.