What is Xiaohongshu? All you need to know about TikTok’s rival app that’s No.1 on the App store as ban looms

The app is also known as RedNote in English-speaking countries (Picture: Getty)

With days to go before TikTok may be banned in the US over security concerns, users have sent a little-known app to the top of the app store charts.

Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, may not be a household name here but it has millions of users in China, and it is now gaining traction as a potential alternative if the short-form video app really is blocked on January 19.

Decscribed as a mix between Instagram...