Chinese social media app RedNote has been thrust into the limelight after more than half a million TikTok users recently joined the platform in protest against a likely imminent ban on the short video app in the United States.

Instead of wallowing in misery about potentially losing access to their favorite short-form video app, many TikTokers are flocking to RedNote, a Chinese social media platform also called Xiaohongshu.

STORY: Chinese app Xiaohongshu – or RedNote in the West – saw a spike of new users from the U.S., just days before a proposed ban on social media TikTok.In fact – it topped free download rankings on Apple's U.