A Chinese social media app called “RedNote” or Xiaohongshu is the top app in Apple's App Store as TikTok users are searching for alternatives.

Users who have the TikTok app on their phone will still be able to access it after Jan. 19. However, because the ban would prevent Apple and Google from providing the app with necessary updates, TikTok would quickly break down and become unusable, leading Americans to look for an alternative app.

RedNote is gaining ground globally in the same week that TikTok could disappear in the U.S. An increasing number of U.S. TikTok users are joining the app, many of them commenting that they are doing so as a way to challenge the measures the U.S. is taking to ban TikTok.

Here's a quick breakdown on what RedNote is, some Tweets that highlight how TikTok users are approaching the app and if the U.S. can ban RedNote too.

As a TikTok ban looms, Americans are starting to download RedNote. Here's what you need to know about the app.

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.

RedNote, the Chinese social media app also known as Xiaohongshu, rose to the number one spot on the Apple App Store as a US ban closes in on TikTok. The app offers a mix of pictures, short-form videos, and text posts across “follow,” “explore,” and “nearby” feeds.

American TikTok users have been thumbing their collective noses at the U.S. government's decision to ban TikTok by spitefully joining another Chinese

BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese social media app RedNote has been thrust into the limelight after more than half a million TikTok users recently joined the platform in protest against a likely imminent ban on the short video app in the United States.