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.

The Chinese social media app RedNote has surged in popularity, with over half a million TikTok users joining the platform following speculation about a potential ban on TikTok in the United States.Known as "Xiaohongshu" in China,

After the U.S. government threatened to ban TikTok, American users discovered an unlikely haven: Xiaohongshu, a Chinese social media app.