Key Takeaways Millions of Americans downloaded Chinese social app Xiaohongshu, or RedNote, this week.Users are migrating to it and other apps as a potential shutdown of TikTok looms in the U.S.RedNote was the most downloaded free app among iPhone users in the U.

To show how little they care about TikTok’s ties to Beijing, people in the United States are downloading one of China’s most popular apps.

TikTok users are reportedly ditching the Chinese-owned app in droves as a possible US ban approaches, many jumping onto the "Goodbye to my Chinese spy" meme in the process. But the kicker is that many of them are choosing to jump onto RedNote. Yup, RedNote is Chinese, too.

RedNote has been thrust into the limelight after more than half a million TikTok users recently joined the platform in protest against a likely imminent ban on the short video app in the United States.

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

With TikTok's days in the U.S. potentially numbered, many American users are moving to another Chinese social media app: RedNote, a heavily censored platform similar to Instagram. Here's what to know.