This week, another Chinese app called Xiaohongshu, or RedNote, is gaining attention in the app stores. TikTok, owned by ByteDance, must sell the app by Jan. 19.

Lemon8 is ByteDance's rising social media platform encouraging users, aptly known as Zesties, to be their unfiltered selves.

TikTok Ban Update. In a landmark decision that could reshape the American social media landscape, ByteDance faces a critical January 19, 2025 deadline to sell TikTok or face a nationwide ban.

Xiaohongshu’s popularity had surged in non-Western countries, too. The app ranked among the top 10 on Apple’s App Store and Google Play between January 13 and January 21, the week the TikTok ...

But a surge in new users made Xiaohongshu the top free download on Apple’s App Store this week. No. 2 on the charts was another social media app developed by ByteDance, Lemon8.

Lemon8 was launched as a competitor to Xiaohongshu and is owned by ByteDance, which also owns TikTok. Bloomberg reported that Lemon8 downloads across iOS and Android tripled last week, and it was ...

As TikTok moves closer to being kicked out of the U.S., two Chinese apps — Xiaohongshu and Lemon8, which shares parent company ByteDance with TikTok — have blitzed to the top of the Apple App ...

Founded in 2013, Xiaohongshu is one of China’s biggest social media platforms with 300 million users, according to research firm Qian Gua. Described as China’s answer to Instagram, the app has ...

Founded in 2013, Xiaohongshu is one of China’s biggest social media platforms with 300 million users, according to research firm Qian Gua. Described as China’s answer to Instagram, the app has ...

With TikTok headed for a possible shutdown in the U.S. effective as soon as this Sunday, the Chinese app Xiaohongshu, or REDnote, is gaining interest in the U.S.. In April, lawmakers concerned ...