Jan 15, 2025 · TikTok U.S. users have been learning Chinese on Duolingo in increasing numbers amid their adoption of a Chinese social app called RedNote ahead of the TikTok ban.

Jan 16, 2025 · Duolingo, the mobile app that teaches users new languages, has reported a surge of 216%, primarily among US users. The language they’re trying to learn? Chinese. The spike …

Jan 16, 2025 · Duolingo says new users learning Chinese is up 216% as TikTok users flock to competing app RedNote, which gained three million users overnight and has a default …

Jan 17, 2025 · TikTok, although owned by Chinese company ByteDance, is headquartered in Singapore and says it is run independently. ... language-learning app Duolingo put out a graph …

Jan 16, 2025 · Duolingo has seen a surge in U.S. Mandarin learners as TikTok users explore Chinese social app RedNote amid a looming ban.

Jan 16, 2025 · Duolingo even joined in with a TikTok post translating common internet slang, like “My Shayla” and “raw, next question,” from English to Mandarin. TikTok users have also been …

Jan 16, 2025 · 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 …

Jan 17, 2025 · The threat of TikTok going dark in the US appears to have compelled some Americans to start learning Mandarin as they look to communicate on a rival Chinese app. …

Jan 16, 2025 · “Started learning in Duolingo and from creators on Red Note [or Xiaohongshu],” one TikTok user wrote to me. “Even added the Chinese keyboard option on my phone.”