Chinese social apps Xiaohongshu and Lemon8 have soared to the top two spots on Apple's iPhone charts ahead of the U.S.'s impending TikTok ban.

By Katie Paul NEW YORK - Chinese social media app RedNote, known in China as Xiaohongshu, gained nearly 3 million U.S. users in one day earlier this week as a flood of self-proclaimed "TikTok Refugees" joined,

With TikTok's potential US ban nears, users are scrambling for new apps like RedNote and Clapper, hoping to replace the beloved short-form video platform.