A possible US TikTok ban is just days away. A list of other apps available

Recently, some US TikTok users have flocked to the Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu in protest of the looming ban. — AP

With a possible TikTok ban just days away, many US users are looking for alternative social media platforms to help them keep up with pop culture or provide the type of entertaining videos that popularised the short-form video app.

TikTok, which has been a cultural phenomenon, could be banned on Jan 19 under a law that forces the platform to cut ties with its China-based parent company, ByteDance, or shut down its US operation.