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A global storytelling format founded by a Nigerian company — where every single Webtale is official canon, and none of them exist anywhere else.
A Webtale is a story written to be read the way people actually read on a phone today: in short, serialized episodes, released chapter by chapter instead of dropped as one long book. The name itself is a fusion of "Web" and "tale" — a tale told in the native format of the internet, rather than a printed page.
But the format on its own isn't what makes a Webtale different. What actually sets it apart is a rule the platform holds to for every single one: every Webtale is canon, and every Webtale is exclusive to Webtales Originals — you won't find one republished, mirrored, or split across another platform.
Being founded in Nigeria is where Webtales started — it isn't what defines a Webtale. These two rules are what do:
There's no "alternate version" or fan-made spin-off carrying the Webtale name. If it's published as a Webtale, it's official continuity — full stop.
Every Webtale is published under the Webtales Originals imprint and stays there. You can't read the canon version anywhere else.
Webtales was founded by a Nigerian company, drawing on one of the world's most prolific storytelling cultures — from oral tradition to Nollywood, one of the largest film industries on earth by output. That heritage shaped the format's instinct for cliffhangers and serialized drama.
But a Webtale was never meant to be a regional label. Where it was founded and who it's for are two different questions — Webtales Originals publishes for readers everywhere, and the canon-and-exclusive rule applies the same way no matter where a reader or writer is logging in from. Ready to jump in? browse stories by genre to find where to start.
Three formats, one continuity — each one is the same canon story, just told in a different medium. All three live under Webtales Originals.
The original text format — a canon, serialized story told in prose, released episode by episode.
The graphic counterpart to a Webtale — the same canon story told through illustrated panels, like a digital comic built for scrolling.
The animated counterpart — a Grapha story brought to motion, episode by episode, the way a Manha becomes an anime.
A writer publishes their story in serialized chapters on Webtales Originals, building an audience episode by episode.
The strongest stories get adapted into illustrated, panel-based Graphs — still canon, still exclusive to Webtales Originals. See which ones are climbing right now on the Power Ranking.
From there, a story can be animated into a Graphatoon — the same official continuity, now in motion.
Yes — there's no alternate-continuity or unofficial version published under the Webtale name. If it's on Webtales Originals as a Webtale, it's official.
No. Every Webtale, Grapha, and Graphatoon is exclusive to Webtales Originals — that's part of what the format guarantees to readers.
No — Webtales was founded by a Nigerian company, but the format and Webtales Originals itself are built for a global audience.
Graphs are built specifically for vertical, episodic scrolling — the same canon continuity as a Webtale, told entirely through illustrated panels instead of prose.
No — most Webtales stay as text. Adaptation into Grapha, and further into Graphatoon, happens for standout stories as they build an audience. Check what's new by genre to catch one early.
Discover the stories that started it all — and the Graphs and Graphatoons they've grown into.