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

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.

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.

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

As a potential US ban on TikTok looms, some users of the video platform are already migrating... to other Chinese-owned lifestyle apps. Two apps owned by Chinese companies, Xiaohungshu (which translates to "little red book" and has been called RedNote) and Lemon8,

With the U.S. ban of TikTok inching closer, one of the new apps to emerge is Xiaohongshu - or RedNote - and it's serving as a sort of refuge for users. Xiaohongshu leapt to the top of the Apple App Store in the week leading up to the TikTok ban set to go into effect on Jan.