With ByteDance-owned TikTok facing imminent ban in the US this week, users in America are switching to another Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu or RedNote which has seen a surge in downloads over

As the threat of a TikTok ban looms in the United States, users there are flocking to the Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu - making it the top

BEIJING, China (WKRC) - American TikTokers are fleeing the popular short-form video platform for another competitor that is based out of China, Xiaohongshu, or "RedNote" in English.

A commonly used app in China and Hong Kong, Xiaohonshu – which translates to “little red book” in English – welcomed troves of new American arrivals on Monday. TikTok users began to flee the ByteDance-owned social platform ahead of a crucial Supreme Court decision on its future.

Xiaohongshu — which translates to "little red book" — is being referred to as RedNote by English users, who have flooded the app with the hashtag #tiktokrefugee. As the TikTok ban looms, RedNote has become the most downloaded app in the US.

Xiaohongshu, or RedNote, has attracted a flurry of self-called ‘TikTok refugees’ who are refusing to join Meta. View on euronews

With TikTok facing an imminent shutdown in the United States, American content creators have taken flight — to another Chinese social media app. Xiaohongshu, known as Red Note in English, surged to the top of the Apple App Store downloads on Monday,