[bbno4]

Looks like you have never used TikTok or RedNote.

Chinese users are starting to caption their videos in English. American users are posting regularly.

It is the number 1 app in my country right now, because of the TikTok ban.

Look up the playstore and you will see. Download it for yourself and you will see.

[tmnvdb]

According to CNN, roughly 700,000 people have installed Rednote—though that figure only represents those who have tested the app and doesn’t necessarily reflect sustained usage. By comparison, TikTok is said to have around 110 million users in the United States, meaning 700,000 installs amount to less than 1% of TikTok’s user base.

Meanwhile, YouTube’s user numbers in the U.S. are estimated at 240 million, but it’s unlikely to gain many new downloads since almost everyone already has the app.

In my view, it’s unrealistic to think Rednote will replace TikTok.

[senko]

> 700,000 installs amount to less than 1% of TikTok’s user base.

700k in how much time? RN tops the (Play Store) charts here (EU/Croatia) as well, and anecdotally there's a lot of word of mouth growth. Even though TikTok will not get banned over here.

> It’s unrealistic to think Rednote will replace TikTok.

Possibly, but it does have a foot in the door. It doesn't look like they were ready for western audience so remains to be seen if they can seize on the opportunity.

[johnnyanmac]

So what number do we determine it to be a matter of national security? 10 million? 50 million?

[shock-value]

I don’t think anyone thinks RedNote will replace TikTok — it’s potentially subject to the same ban after all.

But it illustrates the general dissatisfaction among TikTok users with the other mainstream US social content platforms.

[riskable]

Considering that RedNote doesn't allow LGBTQ+ content or "too much skin" to be shown (women-only policy BTW) I don't think it'll end up being very popular with today's TikTok crowd.

[glurblur]

It does allow LGBTQ+ content actually. There are tons of it on the platform. It's just it doesn't "explicitly" allow it, if that makes sense.

[energy123]

> It is the number 1 app in my country right now, because of the TikTok ban.

This is like the Mastodon spike when Elon bought Twitter. It doesn't mean anything.