By Katie Paul NEW YORK - Chinese social media app RedNote, known in China as Xiaohongshu, gained nearly 3 million U.S. users in one day earlier this week as a flood of self-proclaimed "TikTok Refugees" joined,

As a TikTok ban looms, Americans are starting to download RedNote. Here's what you need to know about the app.

TikTok is still three days away from a likely ban in the United States, but many users are already bidding the app farewell and seeking out alternatives.