As the threat of a TikTok ban looms, U.S. TikTok users are flocking to the Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu – making it the top downloaded app in the U.S. Some of the “TikTok refugees,” as they call themselves,

TikTok refugees flocked to Chinese platform Xiaohongshu on Monday, where users greeted them with offers of Mandarin lessons and jokes about spying.

With the Chinese version of TikTok, Douyin, unavailable on U.S. app stores, self-described "TikTok refugees" are flocking to Rednote, some aiming to build new followings and others seemingly protesting the looming ban.