Unless TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, sells the app into new ownership, TikTok will be removed from Apple and Google app stores on Sunday, Jan. 19, reports CNN. The app will still be accessible on phones that have it previously downloaded, but it will not be able to update.

TikTok may soon be banned in the US. Its sister app Lemon8 is a little different, but could be a great alternative.

Several social media apps have appearing high in app store chart rankings as a potential U.S. ban hangs over the heads of TikTok and its American users.

Hearing a lot about Lemon8 lately? You’re not the only one. Amid a looming U.S. ban on TikTok, content creators have been pushing the platform’s sister app.

ByteDance has until January 19th to sell TikTok to a non-Chinese owner, or see the app banned in America. As the chances of a ban have grown, following the Supreme Court’s decision on January 17th to uphold a sell-or-ban law passed last year,

The company behind social media giant TikTok may face a nationwide ban in the U.S. if it fails to find a buyer for the app in less than one week. On Friday, lawyers for TikTok’s Chinese parent company,

The Supreme Court upheld the TikTok ban. The Biden administration has left it to the incoming president, Trump, to decide whether to enforce the law.

Here are some of TikTok's alternatives, explained:

While TikTok remains hugely popular in Brazil, Indonesia and other markets, its 170 million users in the United States are its most valuable.