“TikTok refugees” drove a global Xiaohongshu boom Rest of World By: Khadija Alam 24 January 2025 at 06:00 Ahead of the short-lived U.S. TikTok ban on January 19, so-called TikTok refugees flocked to popular Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu. In the U.S., the app was number one on... © Rest of World/Shutterstock