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As TikTok’s U.S. Shutdown Looms, Users Seek Refuge on RedNote

Ahead of a potential U.S. shutdown of TikTok this Sunday under legislation signed by President Joe Biden, millions of American users are migrating to Chinese app RedNote, which surged to the top of the U.S. Apple App Store. ByteDance has filed a legal challenge to the Supreme Court, while alternatives such as Lemon8 and domestic platforms face their own hurdles.

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    RedNote surged to the top of the U.S. Apple App Store with over 700,000 new downloads. January 13 only The Standard recently surged to the top of the U.S. Apple App Store with over 700,000 new downloads on January 13

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  • 170 million TikTok U.S. users The Standard the app’s 170 million U.S.-based users aren’t waiting for a resolution

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  • over 700,000 RedNote new downloads The Standard recently surged to the top of the U.S. Apple App Store with over 700,000 new downloads on January 13

    Word for word from the report in The Standard. Open the report

  • approximately 300 million RedNote monthly active users The Standard the app boasts approximately 300 million monthly active users, most of whom are based in China

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  • Lemon8 rose to the second spot on the U.S. Apple App Store. earlier this week U.S. Apple App Store The Standard rising to the second spot on the U.S. Apple App Store earlier this week

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  • ByteDance launched a legal challenge to the Supreme Court to halt the ban. Supreme Court The Standard ByteDance, has launched a last-minute legal challenge to the Supreme Court to halt the ban

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