"First of all, the Chinese are so nice, they're so sweet and so welcoming. They've over here teaching us Mandarin." ...
Duolingo has seen a surge in U.S. Mandarin learners as TikTok users explore Chinese social app RedNote amid a looming ban.
The logos for TikTok and RedNote, known in China as Xiaohongshu, are seen in this illustration taken Jan 15, 2025.
Whatever US politicians were hoping for, what they got was a huge increase in users signing up to Duolingo to learn Chinese and American users flooding Chinese apps.
With TikTok's potential ban in the United States (US) eerily looming over everyone's heads, online language-learning app ...
The social media app will likely disappear from U.S. app stores on Sunday following a decision by the Supreme Court.