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.

TikTok may be banned in the U.S. over the weekend, but Americans are heading to another Chinese-owned video platform: RedNote.

As American social media users brace for the Jan. 19 TikTok ban, thousands have begun searching for alternative apps to satiate their doom scrolling fix. While many American-based tech CEO’s such as Mark Zuckerberg had hoped that the TikTok ban would encourage users to flock to other short-form video players such as Instagram or

As uncertainty hovers around the TikTok ban that could go into effect in the U.S. on Sunday, users are flocking to a Chinese app called RedNote. President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview with NBC News that he will "most likely" give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from a potential ban.

Meanwhile, Snap is poised to capitalize, while other popular Chinese apps like RedNote may be newly scrutinized.

Here's a quick breakdown on what RedNote is, some Tweets that highlight how TikTok users are approaching the app and if the U.S. can ban RedNote too.

RedNote, the Chinese social media app also known as Xiaohongshu, rose to the number one spot on the Apple App Store as a US ban closes in on TikTok. The app offers a mix of pictures, short-form videos, and text posts across “follow,” “explore,” and “nearby” feeds.

Shanghai-based Xiaohongshu, or RedNote as it is known in English, is a Chinese social media platform growing in popularity as an alternative to TikTok, but with the same security risks.

Bongino Report host Evita Duffy-Alfonso discusses the surge in RedNote users after the Supreme Court upholds the ruling requiring TikTok to divest or face a U.S. ban on ‘Fox & Friends Weekend.’