It holds the top position among the most downloaded social networks in the Apple stores in the United States. Shuang is hooked on an app that many of its followers believe ironically adopted the name of a popular red-covered book full of doctrinal quotes from the founding father of communist China.

In the days leading up to a proposed US government ban on the social media platform TikTok, American users have turned to another Chinese-owned app, Xiaohongshu.

With ByteDance-owned TikTok facing imminent ban in the US this week, users in America are switching to another Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu or RedNote which has seen a surge in downloads over

After the new rules established for the operation of TikTok in the United States, a new Chinese social network is said to be taking the place of the popular video app if it shuts down in the country.

BEIJING, China (WKRC) - American TikTokers are fleeing the popular short-form video platform for another competitor that is based out of China, Xiaohongshu, or "RedNote" in English.

“The ones benefiting from traffic from the TikTok ban are still Chinese apps,” GSR Ventures managing director Allen Zhu wrote on WeChat, posting a screenshot of the US App Store download chart. A stream of new English-language content and users showed up on Xiaohongshu this week, and the #tiktokrefugee hashtag garnered more than 25 million views.

As the threat of a TikTok ban looms in the United States, users there are flocking to the Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu - making it the top

As Chinese users settle into their nightly routine on Xiaohongshu, they are overwhelmed by a flood of English-language content. Tens of thousands of self-proclaimed "TikTok refugees" from the United States have arrived at this Chinese app, which, even lacking an official English name, has been dubbed "Red Note" by U.S. users.

The TikTok ban is just days away unless the Supreme Court or new legislation stops it. Here's where users are going.