If the U.S. bans TikTok, quite a few apps are going to be affected.

Lemon8, which has been described as a cross between Instagram and Pinterest, has risen in popularity in the US a year after it was launched. It has been the most downloaded lifestyle app on Apple ’s App Store in the US.

In the last week alone, nearly a dozen other TikTok influencers have posted videos promoting Lemon8 that include a link to download the app. It’s unclear if ByteDance paid them for their posts.
Research from SimilarWeb in July last year found Lemon8 had just 6,360 active daily users.
Apptopia said the app has been growing in recent months, including 19% in March so far, with usage accelerating in the US, but decelerating elsewhere

Users complain the ByteDance app feels inorganic and curated, prioritizing the needs of influencers over ordinary people. Since April, the app’s daily active users have nearly halved from 11,930 to 6,360

While TikTok is under increasing political pressure in Western countries, the company is sneaking back in through the back door via the app Lemon8.

A new mobile app from TikTok-parent ByteDance is gaining traction in the U.S., despite growing national security concerns around ByteDance's China ties.

A new content-sharing social platform owned by TikTok parent ByteDance aims to capitalize on its sister app’s success – despite growing regulatory scrutiny of TikTok and its business practices.

As U.S. lawmakers move forward with their plans for a TikTok ban or forced sale, the app’s Chinese parent company ByteDance is driving another of its social platforms into the Top Charts of the U.S. App Store.

Insider viewed a document describing the Lemon8 platform and the guidelines creators should follow when posting to get paid.