With TikTok facing a potential ban in the U.S. on Sunday, Jan. 19, RedNote a Chinese application, has becomes the most downloaded app alternative. But given that RedNote's interface is still ...

Education app Duolingo is reporting a spike in new Mandarin learners in the US as the country prepares to ban TikTok. On X, Duolingo said: “Learning Mandarin out of spite? You are not alone.” ...

“Welcome, American friends to Xiaohongshu,” one Chinese user wrote in English on the platform, while another said that “[you] can learn real local Mandarin here instead of Duolingo”.

During that time, people were looking at RedNote as a potential alternative to TikTok. However, because RedNote’s default language is Mandarin Chinese, Duolingo suddenly noticed roughly 216% growth in ...