Due to a potential TikTok ban, Americans are migrating to another Chinese app.

In light of a potential TikTok ban in the United States, its alternative, the Chinese app RedNote, has gained a significant number of new users in recent days.

Reuters reports on this development.

Chinese state media have actively supported the trend of American users transitioning from one app to another. The state broadcaster CCTV stated that TikTok users have found a "new home," according to Reuters.

 A spokesperson for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zhao Lijian, mentioned that using social media is a "personal choice."

TikTok, which has 170 million American users, faces the threat of being blocked in the U.S. over national security concerns, as noted in the report.

According to the agency, most Chinese social media platforms, like Weibo, require users to have a Chinese phone number for registration, which primarily makes them accessible to residents of China. TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, restricts foreign users to a separate app, while residents of mainland China have a different version called Douyin.

In contrast, RedNote does not require users to have a Chinese phone number and only supports one version of its app.

Many Chinese RedNote users posted selfies and messages reading "Welcome TikTok refugees" and responded to inquiries from newcomers. However, some expressed dissatisfaction with how English-speaking users are filling the platform.

Background. Previously, Mind reported that the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill that proposes blocking the short video app TikTok unless its Chinese owner ByteDance agrees to sell it to a local company.