Xiaohongshu and Lemon8 have jumped to the top of Apple's App Store as TikTok moves closer to being kicked out of the U.S.

The app that Americans are flocking to as a TikTok alternative is Xiaohongshu, or RedNote, which translates to “Little Red Book.” This name carries significant historical weight, as it alludes to Mao Zedong’s Little Red Book, a mandatory collection of his quotes and philosophies that symbolized the Cultural Revolution in China.

The data suggests an even larger shift to RedNote by U.S. users this week than was previously known, explaining its dramatic rise to the top of U.S. app store download rankings. R

As self-described "TikTok refugees" pour onto the Chinese social media app RedNote, also known as Xiaohongshu, some foreign netizens are already running up against the country's extensive censorship apparatus.

The deliberate choice to seek refuge on another app of Chinese origin says what TikTok’s users think of the plan to ban it in five days’ time. The Supreme Court and the U.S. government seem hell-bent on pushing TikTok out of existence in the United States in the next week—at least unless its Chinese-based parent company,

In the days before a ban on the popular app TikTok is set to take effect in the United States, other Chinese social media platforms have seen a spike in downloads among American users. But whether any of these Mandarin apps will actually replace TikTok,