TikTokโs takeover in the US has prompted users to join an alternative social platform called UpScrolled. The app, which is available on Android and iOS, currently holds the 12th spot in Appleโs App Store, and itโs struggling to keep up with an influx of new traffic.
โYou showed up so fast our servers tapped out,โ UpScrolled writes in a post on Bluesky, adding that itโs working to get things up and running. Data shared by Appfigures indicates that the app had been downloaded 41,000 times between Thursday and Saturday, while averaging about 14,000 downloads per day โ 29 times more than the 460 daily downloads it averaged before TikTokโs takeover.
UpScrolled was founded in 2025 by Issam Hijazi, a Palestinian-Jordanian-Australian technologist, with the goal of giving users the ability to โfreely express thoughts,โ while โensuring every post has a fair chance to be seen.โ Its website says the platform will remain โimpartialโ to political agendas, wonโt shadowban users or content, and will โuphold social responsibility.โ The appโs interface looks like a mix between Instagram and X, allowing you to post and discover photos, videos, and text posts, as well as write private messages to other users.
This isnโt the first time weโve seen such a large call to switch to alternative social networks, as TikTokers flocked to apps like RedNote in response to the TikTok ban last year, while other networks, like Bluesky and Mastodon, emerged as popular spots for people looking to get away from X.
Update, January 26th: Added data from Appfigures.
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