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

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...