Rednote, Chinese social media app also known as Xiaohongshu, reaches the number one spot on Apple App Store As soon as the US ban on TikTok stopped. The app offers a mix of pictures, short-form videos, and text posts in the “Follow,” “Explore,” and “Nearby” feeds.
A quick scroll through Rednote's Explore page shows a scattering of English-language and Chinese-language posts. Several American users call themselves “TikTok refugees” in videos, while others write in text posts that they are looking for a new community due to a potential TikTok ban. Some people are also asking questions from Chinese users, like “What are some popular memes in China?”
RedNote, which launched in 2013 as a shopping-focused app, now has more than 300 million monthly active users and turned over $1 billion in profit last year. according to bloomberg,
last week, Supreme Court heard oral arguments on whether to uphold a law that would ban TikTok or force its China-based owner ByteDance to sell it to a US company. The Supreme Court has time till January 19 to give its verdict.