Duolingo shares climbed 10% this week as Americans turn to Chinese-language social media app RedNote and rush to learn Mandarin ahead of TikTok's ban slated for Sunday.

Popular language learning platform Duolingo Inc. (NASDAQ: DUOL) has been a key benefactor just from the threat of a TikTok ban. American Users Desperately Trying to Learn Mandarin to Use RedNote ...

In the meantime, TikTok users have started migrating to Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, a Chinese social media app that is similar to TikTok. RedNote was the No. 1 free app being downloaded in ...

Duolingo has seen a 216 percent increase in Chinese lessons. Rednote has also introduced in the past week a button to translate comments into English and other languages.

On Jan. 13, over 50,000 U.S. and Chinese users joined a RedNote live chat, dubbed “TikTok Refugees,” where longtime fans of the app in China welcomed their incoming counterparts.

Shanghai-based Xiaohongshu, or RedNote as it is known in English, is a Chinese social media platform growing in popularity as an alternative to TikTok, but with the same security risks.

Despite the sudden surge in popularity, RedNote is not a 1:1 alternative for TikTok. Still, it does a great job of filling a similar niche to what TikTok users look for in a social media app.

Published: January 19, 2025 9:27am EST TikTok refugees fled by the millions to RedNote, a Chinese app, in response to the TikTok ban, which went into effect Jan. 19, 2025.

On Jan. 13, over 50,000 U.S. and Chinese users joined a RedNote live chat, dubbed “TikTok Refugees,” where longtime fans of the app in China welcomed their incoming counterparts.