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.

As the US looms over a TikTok ban, American users are deserting the platform in droves, seeking refuge in RedNote, a lesser-known, albeit another Chinese, alternative. On Monday, this unexpected shift catapulted the China-owned app,