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.

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.

The impending U.S. ban on TikTok has sparked a mass migration of users to RedNote, known in China as Xiaohongshu. The app, which combines social media, e-commerce, and video sharing, has become the most downloaded app on the U.