Name: Red Note Q&A - Half a Million Followers and Monetizing
Uploaded: 2025-07-23T02:09:17.000Z
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Hey everyone, this is John, and I have about half a million followers on the RedNote app, and I've been monetizing there for probably about the last year or two, and I wanted to answer some common questions you might have about the app, either as a creator or just a viewer.

So the first thing is, what exactly is the RedNote app?

So a lot of people have been saying, okay, it's the Chinese version of TikTok.

Actually, there are two versions of TikTok.

You have the international version, which you're probably watching right now, and then the Chinese version, which is called Douyin.

RedNote is more like a combination of Instagram and Pinterest.

So as soon as you open the app, it's just a bunch of pictures or like banners or screenshots, thumbnails, and you can actually pick what you want to watch.

If you watch a video, then you can start scrolling.

So it's more of a combination of those two.

In fact, for a long time, RedNote, which I believe used to be called Little Red Book, but anyways, was more compared to the Chinese version of Instagram.

Now, next question is, can you use it in English?

Now, I've seen some people say, I don't understand all the buttons or anything.

Just in case there is an English interface option, just go to settings and look for the English settings there.

Now, the next question is, what is the demographic?

So obviously, it is a Chinese app, but there are also a lot of foreigners there as well now, especially a lot more now.

Now, generally, it tends to be more female.

This app, RedNote, compared to the other local apps is more of like a fashion and lifestyle and like a foodie app.

But honestly, now over the last year, it's really become kind of everywhere, all sorts of things.

For example, I teach English, I do comedy there.

Like I said, I have about over half a million followers there right now.

You can kind of equate it to like, for example, how Instagram has photo posts or reels, which are videos.

Actually, in my honest opinion, I feel just as a creator there that most of the users on this app tend to be usually the best English levels.

So as an example, I sell English courses.

I feel like on RedNote, I don't really sell that great there because most people there actually speak good English already.

They're more international in that sense or whatever, I guess, semantics.

So if you are a creator, can you make money there?

So like I said, I've been monetizing there because I sell courses in a live stream, but that's because I have a Chinese company.

That's a whole different thing that if you're not in China, you probably will not be able to do.

They do not have a pay for view program, for example, like the TikTok creator fund that does not exist on this app.

But what a lot of people do is they get sponsorships, they get ads.

And if you are already a big creator there, there's been a lot of celebrities that are already on the app already.

Honestly, as you can see, I would recommend for all creators, regardless of where you are, you could consider localizing for different countries as well, especially China.

Now, the last thing, I think this is a really interesting one.

So as you know, censorship is a thing in China.

Okay, that's all that needs to be said here, more so than on international apps or American apps.

Will you be able to post anything you want?

So either the AI like moderation or human moderation will come to get you eventually.

And your content might just get taken down.

So for example, you see what's very common that a lot of really pretty girls will, for example, on TikTok or Instagram will post some cleavage or post some kind of revealing photos.

On an app like Red Note, they'll cover it up with like a little sticker emoji or a cloud or something like that.

If your app gets taken down for some reason, you should know that Red Note to comply with Chinese laws will be working, especially right now, super overtime to make sure that they are not getting themselves in trouble.

That's a very common thing on Chinese social media.

So guys and girls, again, I don't really usually post this type of content, but honestly, I see a lot of people posting videos about Red Note that honestly, in my opinion, have are just trying to kind of capture like a viral trend right now.

Again, I've been creating content there for over a year, half a million followers, been monetizing there, have a decent business there as well.

So if you have any questions, you can write me in the comments.

But again, this account is primarily a language and comedy account as well.

Hope TikTok doesn't get banned, but if not, I'll see you over there at Red Note.

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Red Note Q&A - Half a Million Followers and Monetizing

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