User blog comment:Hidden Scorpius XI/My Impressions on "RWBY Chibi - Episode 17"/@comment-410526-20160903214424

>Wow... 17 episodes? At this rate this is going to become longer than a canon volume.

Fun fact, it's already longer than the longest canon Volume by number of episodes (which was Volume 1 at 16 episodes). They've also stated that RWBY Chibi will continue to run concurrently until the premiere of Volume 4, which puts it at exactly 24 episodes for the first "Season" of RWBY Chibi.