Users looking for a TikTok alternative learn about daily life in China, but some posts are taboo.

Qu, 40, is currently president of and owns an estimated 10% stake in the private company; Forbes estimates she has a net worth of around $1.3 billion. She grew up in Wuhan, China, and studied journalism at Beijing Foreign Studies University before working in marketing, as Fortune ’s Nicholas Gordon reported in October 2024.

Chinese tech companies and their censorship apparatus look to be early beneficiaries of the Supreme Court’s decision to keep a law forcing the sale or shutdown of TikTok in the coming days.

As the threat of a TikTok ban looms, U.S. TikTok users are flocking to the Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu – making it the top downloaded app in the U.S. Some of the “TikTok refugees,” as they call themselves,

Ahead of a potential ban this Sunday, Xiaohongshu, which is also known as Red Note or Booktok, quickly became the most downloaded free app on the U.S. App Store on Tuesday, surpassing Lemon8, a social network app that is also owned by TikTok parent ByteDance.

Chinese social apps Xiaohongshu and Lemon8 have soared to the top two spots on Apple's iPhone charts ahead of the U.S.'s impending TikTok ban.

The social media app, Xiaohongshu, is lifestyle based and has features like live-streaming, shopping, and similarly to TikTok, users have the facility to upload short videos, images, and messages.

The Chinese social media app, popular in the United States a week after being flooded by TikTok users, has added language translation features.

Shanghai-based Xiaohongshu, or RedNote as it is known in English, is a Chinese social media platform growing in popularity as an alternative to TikTok, but with the same security risks.

As the fate of TikTok hangs in the balance, U.S. TikTok users are flocking to Xiaohongshu — making it the top downloaded app in the U.S.