Xiaohongshu, which translates as “Little Red Book” but is widely known in the US as RedNote, topped Apple’s free-app downloads this week as so-called TikTok refugees flocked to its platform.

Launched in 2013, RedNote has become one of China’s fastest-growing social platforms, with a value of over $17 billion, according to the Financial Times. Known as Xiaohongshu, which translates to “little red book,” RedNote features a layout similar ...

Xiaohongshu’s biggest shareholders are in talks to sell shares in the Chinese Instagram-like service at a valuation of at least $20 billion, drawing interest from Tencent Holdings Ltd. and other big names as a potential TikTok US ban approaches.

Ahead of a possible TikTok ban this week, RedNote (aka Xiaohongshu), a Chinese platform is gaining popularity.

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The Shanghai-owned social media platform Xiaohongshu, or RedNote in English, experienced a spike in downloads as some TikTok users are downloading the app as a U.S. ban on the latter looms. Until late December 2024,

As a TikTok ban looms, Americans are starting to download RedNote. Here's what you need to know about the app.

(AP Photo/Andy Wong) FIL E- A cell tower stands in Times Square in New York, June 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, Fie) As potential TikTok ban looms, some U.S. users are flocking to Chinese app Xiaohongshu instead Icons for the smartphone apps ...

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