Ahead of the possible TikTok ban, "TikTok refugees" are flocking to the Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu, or Red Note, with strange and fascinating consequences.

Cancel anytime. With an impending ban on TikTok in the U.S., Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu has become the most downloaded app from Apple's U.S. app store. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device.

BEIJING - Share prices related to Xiaohongshu surged in the morning session on Wednesday after the Chinese Instagram-style app reached the top of the Apple App Store chart in the United States.

RedNote became the top free-to-download app on the US Apple App Store this Monday amid fears of TikTok being banned in the United States.

As Supreme Court justices ponder the future of TikTok in the United States, a growing number of American social media users have responded by moving to an unlikely alternative: Xiaohongshu, a hugely popular social media app in China.

Several social media apps have appearing high in app store chart rankings as a potential U.S. ban hangs over the heads of TikTok and its American users.

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

With the U.S. ban on TikTok looming, many Americans are opting for another Chinese app known as RedNote. It could be short-lived.

Red hot: key facts about Xiaohongshu, the Chinese app taking the US by storm 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,

The Chinese app’s new American users are connecting directly with their Chinese counterparts at a time when the two countries are interacting less overall.

TikTok is owned by a China-based company named ByteDance. The Biden administration warned the app posed a "grave national security threat" because of its ties to China. Under the law, to avoid the ban, TikTok's Chinese owner had to sell to a U.S. company. The company said they will not sell. Now, the app supposed to banned in the U.S. on Sunday.