Chinese social media app RedNote has risen to the top Apple App Store, highlighting fears that TikTok will soon be effectively banned in the United States
RedNote, or Xiaohongshu, as it is known in China, is the #1 free app on the web apple App Store as of Monday, followed by TikTok's photo-sharing app Lemon8 and OpenAI's ChatGPT.
a lot TikTok creators are rushing to find alternatives They can continue posting videos while waiting to see what happens with TikTok, which faces a potential ban on January 19 in the United States. The Supreme Court held oral arguments last week on the April law paving the way for the ban, and appears to be siding more… favorably agreed with the arguments of the US government ByteDance's ownership of TikTok poses a national security risk.
Lawyers representing TikTok and its creators argued that the law violates Protecting freedom of expression for millions of its users in the United States.
If the Supreme Court upholds the law, third-party service providers such as apple and Google They will be penalized for supporting TikTok, thus effectively banning the app in the United States. It is unclear whether President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office on January 20, will choose to implement the law.
Some TikTok creators are making contingency plans by turning to RedNote.
One creator, who goes by the username allieusyaps, said on mail on Monday that while he was “okay” with the possibility of TikTok being banned in the United States, he and other TikTok creators “will not be returning to Instagram and Facebook,” because they have joined RedNote.
“Look, I may not have a job next week, but we're about to learn Mandarin, baby!” User wrote.
Another TikTok creator named Krystan Walmsley to publish A short video that teaches people how to set up and decorate their RedNote accounts.
“This app is so cute and so much fun so far,” Walmsley said.
Founded in 2013, RedNote, based in Shanghai, faces increasing challenges Alibaba and Douyin, ByteDance's version of TikTok in China, in e-commerce and social media. It had about 300 million monthly active users as of July 2024, according to A a report By South China Morning Post.
RedNote was valued at $17 billion after raising funding in July from investors such as Boyu Capital and HongShan Capital Group, the former Chinese investment arm of Sequoia Capital, according to PitchBook. PitchBook said it has raised more than $900 million in total funding and has more than 2,000 employees.
Representatives for RedNote and TikTok did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
He watches: TikTok is seen as “Chinese eyes and ears in Western society.”
