The others TikTok users didn’t wait until coming January 19 ban to try other short-form video sharing applications, but instead MetaSocial media sites or the Fediversethey are crowding out other Chinese-owned mobile software platforms.

Two apps owned by Chinese companies — Xiaohongshu (which translates to “little red book” and is also called RedNote) and Lemon8, owned by TikTok’s parent company ByteDance – tops the free app download charts in the US for the iPhone and Android users. RedNote is owned by Xingyin Information Technology, a private company based in Shanghai.

as Jen Hamiltona popular TikTok user, explained in a videothe act of downloading Chinese apps is a form of protest against the measures to close TikTok in the US. “You don’t want the Chinese to have our very sensitive personal data? We’re going to drop it right away,” Hamilton said. “I don’t care.”

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RedNote used to be likened to a cross between Pinterest and Instagram, focusing on short-form live content. Lemon8, a sister app to TikTok, also has a Like the Pinterest aesthetic but focuses more on videos about lifestyle topics such as food, home and health.

Lawmakers have expressed concern for years that TikTok, which has 170 million users in the US, poses a national security threat linked to privacy risks. Last year, a newly enacted federal law required TikTok looking for a US-based buyer or close, with a deadline of Sunday, Jan. 19. Lawyers representing TIkTok argued that the matter was a free speech issue. The US Supreme Court is expected within the next few days on rule whether to continue the said law.

It is unclear how the TikTok ban, if the law is upheld, could affect access to other apps owned by Chinese companies including RedNote and Lemon8. That didn’t stop Hamilton and other users from started learning Chinese languages ​​and directing friends to their profiles of those Alternative to TikTok platforms. App to learn the language Duolingo announced on January 15 which it sees as a whopping 216% growth in Mandarin students compared to last year.

Other alternatives to TikTok that appear to be gaining ground on the app charts include short-form video apps Flip and Clapper, both based in the US. Each is in the top five of free downloaded apps in the Apple App Store.