Unless TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, sells the app into new ownership, TikTok will be removed from Apple and Google app stores on Sunday, Jan. 19, reports CNN. The app will still be accessible on phones that have it previously downloaded, but it will not be able to update.

Several social media apps have appearing high in app store chart rankings as a potential U.S. ban hangs over the heads of TikTok and its American users.

Hearing a lot about Lemon8 lately? You’re not the only one. Amid a looming U.S. ban on TikTok, content creators have been pushing the platform’s sister app.

With the proposed TikTok ban coming soon, loyal users are looking to the RedNote platform as an alternative. Here's what you need to know before downloading.

Here are some of TikTok's alternatives, explained:

TikTok may be banned in the U.S. over the weekend, but Americans are heading to another Chinese-owned video platform: RedNote.

As a U.S. ban on TikTok looms, users are turning to RedNote, a Chinese app now topping the App Store charts and ByteDance's Lemon8.

The Supreme Court upheld the ban on TikTok in the US, so here's what you should know about its sister app, Lemon8.

The Supreme Court upheld the ruling that could ban TikTok on Sunday, but “TikTok refugees” across the country are already finding new platforms.

Several apps like Lemon8, RedNote, Fanbase and Twitch are getting attention as the date of a potential TikTok ban draws closer.

As content creators and people who enjoy watching TikToks are seeking another app, I downloaded Lemon 8 to see if it could be a possible replacement.

As self-described " TikTok refugees" pour onto the Chinese social media app RedNote, also known as Xiaohongshu, some foreign netizens are already running up against the country's extensive censorship apparatus. Newsweek reached out to Xiaohongshu with a request for comment via a general contact email address.