As "TikTok refugees" flood to Chinese site RedNote, language learning app Duolingo has reported an over 200% spike in people learning Mandarin.

That One Sound is a column from internet culture reporter Charlotte Colombo that explores the origin of popular sounds heard on TikTok. On Jan. 17, the Supreme Court ruled that banning TikTok is not a violation of users’ First Amendment rights. This paved the way for that much-dreaded ban to come into effect from Jan. 19.

The TikTok ban in the U.S is currently on pause. But a story you may have heard claims the threat of the app going away has led to a massive spike in people learning mandarin on Duolingo.

A roundup of the most shocking confessions that influencers like Charli D'Amelio, Meredith Duxbury, and Hayley Kalil made before TikTok's ban on Jan. 19.

As the hours drew closer to TikTok going dark on Saturday night, many brands took the opportunity to share humor and truths.

The language-learning app Duolingo has seen a surprising trend emerge, the closer we get to the TikTok ban -- there's been a 216% spike in US users learning Mandarin compared to this time last year.

TikTok may be back, but that hasn't prevented other Chinese competitors from gaining users. In the lead-up to a ban on TikTok — which kicked off Sunday

Yes, the language-learning app has been the big winner amid TikTok’s impending demise and it’s mostly due to spite. According to the app, Duolingo has seen a 216 percent growth in users learning Mandarin Chinese over the last year, which is tied to the growing popularity of RedNote.

An American influx to the social media app has shown people in both countries what every day life is like. As one person in China put it, “We were united together as more similar than different"

Facebook: It was a mistake to create an app to gather together all the unvaccinated people in your home town, your high-school classmates currently in M.L.M.s, and every family member with whom you can only stomach one conversation per year.

The social media landscape experienced a dramatic shift last week when TikTok temporarily went dark in the U.S., hours ahead of its "divest or ban" deadline. While the platform's services have since been restored — reportedly thanks to intervention from President Trump — the 12-hour blackout has left an indelible mark on user trust and brand strategies.