Over the years，short video has developed fast，and has become an emerging sector to publicize the court. In addition to transmitting information more effectively，reaching more audience groups，and exerting an amazing transmission effect，judicial publicity by short videos can also promote rational interaction between the court and the public，make justice visible and enter the complicated public opinion field. By analyzing 2，887 short videos published by the TOP20 TikTok court accounts，this paper shows the current judicial publicity by short videos，and summarizes the dilemma faced by courts in the short platform considering the content，operation and distribution. Since the judicial publicity by short videos requires equal stress on affinity and seriousness as well as the vertical field and pan-entertainment field，improvement should be made in content，operation and distribution.