TikTok users flock to Chinese-owned RedNote as ban looms
The Shanghai-owned social media platform Xiaohongshu, or RedNote in English, experienced a spike in downloads as some TikTok users are downloading the app as a U.S. ban on the latter looms. Until late December 2024, more than 85% of RedNote users were based in China. On Tuesday, It was the most downloaded free app in the U.S. Apple store.