Xiaohongshu (RedNote): where Chinese consumers trust strangers more than ads
Xiaohongshu has become the place where urban Chinese consumers check a purchase before they make it, and that position is now under pressure from its own business model. The app told Beijing Business Today in May 2026 that it had passed 400 million monthly active users and about 800 million searches a day. Three quarters […]
Luxun meets Xiaohongshu in viral TVC, “The Diary of a Hipster”
On December 24th, 2021, Xiaohongshu (小红书, Chinese equivalent of Instagram); released a fashion TV Commercial (TVC) – “Chao’s Diary” (潮人日记, which can also be translated to “The Diary of a Hipster”), with cinematic retro shots that referenced Lu Xun (鲁迅), who is considered China’s greatest modern writer of the 20thcentury. The commercial tells a story […]
Daxue Talks Transcript #62: How are brands adapting to the coronavirus outbreak on Xiaohongshu?
Brands adapting to coronavirus outbreak on Xiaohongshu Find here Daxue Talks episode 62. In this interview, Miro Li provides her insights into what brands are doing differently on Xiaohongshu (Red) in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Full transcript below: Can you provide interesting cases on how brands on Xiaohongshu adapted to new conditions during the […]