TikTok users flock to Chinese-owned RedNote as ban looms

Published January 14, 2025 12:31pm ET



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.

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