Popular TikTok accounts such as DuoLingo shared trade secrets before the app went dark in the US, while creators confessed to long-running inside jokes.

That One Sound is a column from internet culture reporter Charlotte Colombo that explores the origin of popular sounds heard on TikTok. On Jan. 17, the Supreme Court ruled that banning TikTok is not a violation of users’ First Amendment rights. This paved the way for that much-dreaded ban to come into effect from Jan. 19.

The language-learning app Duolingo has seen a surprising trend emerge, the closer we get to the TikTok ban -- there's been a 216% spike in US users learning Mandarin compared to this time last year.

A roundup of the most shocking confessions that influencers like Charli D'Amelio, Meredith Duxbury, and Hayley Kalil made before TikTok's ban on Jan. 19.

As the hours drew closer to TikTok going dark on Saturday night, many brands took the opportunity to share humor and truths.

In protest of the anti-Chinese banning of TikTok, hundreds of thousands of users have flocked to Rednote, a TikTok-like app available in both China and the US with a substantial Chinese user base.

What a stand-alone TikTok U.S. might look like. Then Motley Fool co-Founder David Gardner and host Ricky Mulvey talk about the stock market in 2025 and how to keep the short-term noise out of the way of your long-term returns.

The labels of being “leftist” or “liberal” need to stop. Everyone needs to pull a huge stick out of their ass and strategize efficiently! No, a girl isn’t impressed that you took shrooms and gained empathy for people. She discovered those thoughts at nine and your time would be better spent doing anything, like literally staring at a wall.

Even if you're unfamiliar with the label, you've likely encountered fitfluencers on your FYP. Think of the people sharing impossibly perfect physiques, fitness tips, workout routines, and the occasional smoothie recipe (undisclosed Bloom ad notwithstanding).

By all appearances, you are doing nothing. But, quite the opposite: You are hurkle-durkling.