As TikTok Ban Nears, Peeved Users Flock to Other Chinese Social Media Apps

Chinese Media Celebrates U.S. Tiktok Addicts Flocking to Censor-Happy 'RedNote' App

The Chinese state propaganda newspaper Global Times celebrated a surge in American users downloading the Chinese application Xiaohongshu.

US TikTok users flock to Chinese app as ban looms

HONG KONG — As the threat of a TikTok ban looms, U.S. TikTok users are fl ocking to the social media app Xiaohongshu — making it the top downloaded app in the U.S.

When U.S. authorities decided to ban the application of short TikTok videos by claiming national security concerns, they probably didn’t imagine that thousands of users would seek refuge on another platform that would also be Chinese: Xiaohongshu, which in Mandarin means “small red book.” The app—practically unknown outside China until the beginning of this week—has reached the peak of the Apple Store’s download chart in the last few days in the…

‘TikTok refugees’ flock to another (heavily censored) Chinese app

As the clock ticks for TikTok, users can migrate to numerous alternatives

People are migrating to different apps like RedNote and Lemon8 with the TikTok ban looming

No, Bo Burnham didn't write ‘TikTok Baby’, the app's outro song — here's who did

After months of back and forth, it seems TikTok’s time in America is coming to an end. The U.S. government made the decision, in early 2025, to ban the app across the country, and users are facing the end of an era. Unless a deal emerges to shift control of TikTok to an American investor or the Supreme Court steps in to save it, it seems TikTok is on its way out. Within days, users across the country could lose access to the app, and one brillia…