Possible TikTok ban: What social media apps have popped up in app stores?

Several social media apps have emerged high in the App Store chart rankings, as a potential US ban looms over TikTok and its American users.

Apps such as Xiaohongshu, Lemon8, Clapper and Flip took places in the top five on Apple and Google’s app store rankings of “Top Free Apps” in the US on Thursday morning.

Two apps – Xiaohongshu and Lemon8 – were in the spotlight in particular.

Lemon8 It allows users to “discover and share useful content related to beauty, fashion, travel, and more” through photos and videos, according to a recent press release from TikTok.

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It belongs to Chinese technology company Behind TikTok, ByteDance. Some of Lemon8’s interfaces seem similar to Instagram and Pinterest.

Meanwhile, Shanghai-based app Xiaohongshu has been around since 2013. The co-founders of the app, nicknamed RedNote, are Charlwin Mao and Miranda Qu, according to its website.

“Xiaohongshu is a lifestyle platform that inspires people to discover and connect with a range of diverse lifestyles, with more than 300 million users sharing their life experiences every month,” its description on the Apple App Store reads.

Its US ranking on the Apple and Google app stores Thursday morning was No. 1 for free apps.

Based in the United States Social media application Clapper focuses on bringing local and global videos to everyone, according to its website. It has video, live streaming and radio capabilities.

Its features make it “the ideal candidate to replace TikTok” if the ban occurs, she said in a blog post.

Flip also appeared in the US App Store’s rankings of best free apps.

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Flip said on its website that it is a “social shopping app for discovery and shopping” with videos. The app is currently only available in the US

The apps’ high rankings in the App Store charts come amid TikTok users’ uproar over the potential ban of the ByteDance-owned app in the US and other apps they use.

Instagram, YouTube and other popular social media apps also offer short video capabilities that may appeal to TikTok users considering new platforms in the event of a US ban.

The threat to ban TikTok stems from a law signed by President Biden last year that seeks to ban the platform in the US on Sunday if ByteDance does not divest.

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Lawyers for the government and TikTok presented oral arguments in a case centered on the potential ban of TikTok supreme court Late last week – and since then, the country’s highest court has been weighing how to decide.

The law that seeks to ban TikTok in the US if there is no divestiture focuses on apps and websites “directly or indirectly operated” by ByteDance, TikTok and their subsidiaries.

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More than 170 million people in the United States use TikTok. The app, headed by CEO Xu Qiu, was launched in America in 2018.

ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, Lemon8, and other apps like CapCut and Lark, was founded in 2012.