Chinese language-made social media apps Xiaohongshu and Lemon8 have soared to the highest two spots on Apple’s iPhone obtain charts within the U.S., as customers search for alternate options to TikTok forward of an imminent ban stateside.
This week, Xiaohongshu (often known as Pink Be aware) turned the most-downloaded free app on iOS and rose to the highest 10 on the Google Play retailer. A number of new customers have labeled themselves as “TikTok refugees” once they joined. Xiaohongshu was based in 2013.
Lemon8 was launched as a competitor to Xiaohongshu and is owned by ByteDance, which additionally owns TikTok. Bloomberg reported that Lemon8 downloads throughout iOS and Android tripled final week, and it was briefly the most-downloaded free iPhone app on Monday, earlier than touchdown within the second-highest spot.
TikTok has till January 19 to seek out an American purchaser to proceed working within the nation, underneath the route of an upcoming Supreme Courtroom ruling.
Except the coverage is reversed by President-elect Donald Trump, TikTok might be breaching the legislation inside every week.
Authorities authorities within the U.S. and different nations have been involved that the Chinese language authorities might use TikTok to entry person knowledge, together with looking histories and placement. There are additionally considerations that China is ready to make the most of the favored video and social media platform to unfold false data amongst TikTok’s 170 million customers within the states.
Xiaohongshu is a Chinese language social media platform just like Instagram, with customers capable of put up pictures, movies, captions and life updates. There are additionally new options permitting for livestreaming and e-commerce alternatives. The platform is extensively utilized by Chinese language-speaking communities abroad.
A stream of latest customers posting English-language content material appeared on Xiaohongshu this week, with the #tiktokrefugee hashtag garnering greater than 25M views.
