Language learning app Duolingo has seen an over 200% spike in U.S. users learning Mandarin "out of spite" as many flee to Chinese app RedNote amid the uncertainty surrounding TikTok's future.

Never discount the resolve of the American spirit in the face of adversity — in this case, the determination to learn a little bit of Mandarin Chinese to make navigating the popular TikTok ...

Americans are flocking to Chinese app Xiaohongshu, or RedNote, as a potential US TikTok ban looms. Some of them are learning Mandarin in an attempt to bridge the language divide on the app.

On TikTok, Duolingo posted videos with the hashtags #rednote and #tiktokban. In one video, someone wearing a mask of the app's green owl mascot is teaching Mandarin Chinese for beginners ...

Who knew your favorite content creators were fluent in Mandarin Chinese? If you’ve been wondering why your TikTok For You feed is flooded with Chinese-language videos, it’s because many users ...

Searches online around "learn Mandarin" have surged in the United States over the past week, as the Chinese app RedNote enjoys a spike in interest ahead of a looming U.S. ban on TikTok on January 19.

Tens of millions of American users of TikTok ... to another Chinese-owned platform that has emerged as an alternative. RedNote, which is known in China as Xiaohongshu, the Mandarin term for ...

That means Americans have made a Chinese app the most popular free ... You might find him learning Mandarin after TikTok gets banned.

But it’s still unclear what TikTok’s future holds. Meanwhile, as Americans settle into using RedNote, with some saying they’re attempting to learn Mandarin to speak with Chinese locals ...