As the threat of a TikTok ban looms, some U.S. TikTok users are flocking to Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu – making it the top downloaded app in the U.S.

On the heels of TikTok's looming shutdown on January 19 over its ownership in the U.S. (unless the Supreme Court intervenes), it looks like another American users are flocking to a Chinese app called Xiaohongshu as people become less optimistic that TikTok can overturn U.

(Reuters) -Backers of China's Xiaohongshu are looking to sell a part of their stake to the likes of Tencent, among others, in a deal that could value the TikTok-rival at at least $20 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.

Now that TikTok has been disabled for US users, these rival apps can help you get your fix of short-form video.

Chinese-owned TikTok is set to be banned in the United States on Jan. 19, 2025, and another Chinese-owned app is welcoming American "TikTok refugees."

People are going to Xiaohongshu a.k.a. RedNote, a Chinese social app, in the midst of TikTok's impending ban. Here's what you should know about it.

Welcome to Tech In Depth, our revamped daily newsletter with reporting and analysis about the business of tech from Bloomberg's journalists around the world. Today, Gao Yuan recounts the rise of Xiaohongshu,

Chinese social apps Xiaohongshu and Lemon8 have soared to the top two spots on Apple's iPhone charts ahead of the U.S.'s impending TikTok ban.

The newcomers, who refer to the app as “RedNote” or “the Chinese version of Instagram” and call themselves “TikTok refugees,” are relying on translation tools to navigate Xiaohongshu ...

But the influx of American TikTok users—as many as 700,000 in merely two days, according to Reuters—could be stretching Xiaohongshu’s content moderation abilities thin, says Eric Liu ...

As the potential TikTok ban looms, US users are migrating to Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, making it the top downloaded app in the US. Users, dubbed 'TikTok refugees,' have embraced the Chinese lifestyle app to protest the ban,