Social media site UpScrolled is seeing a surge in downloads following TikTok’s takeover in the US

Following the change in ownership of TikTok in the US last week, some users are looking for it another way platform. One program that is gaining attention is UpScrolleda social network that promises to be politically neutral. The app is currently ranked 12th overall in Apple’s App Store and second in the social media category.

High risers combines the popular features of Instagram and X, allowing users to share photos, videos, and texts, discover new content, and send direct messages.

The app was launched last year by Issam Hijazi, a Palestinian-Jordanian-Australian technology expert, with the goal of giving users a place to “talk freely, share time, and connect with others,” according to app page. The team behind the app says they’re “building a platform for the people who use it — not hidden algorithms or outside agendas.”

“UpScrolled is the foundation of a digital ecosystem that puts power back in the hands of people – not corporations,” says Hijazi in a statement on UpScrolled’s website. “It’s not just an alternative to Meta, X, or TikTok – it’s a reimagining of what social media should be: a place where creators, communities, and businesses thrive on their own, with real control, transparency, and accountability.”

This program is available for both iOS and Androidis struggling with the influx of new users, but says it is growing to meet demand.

Based on data from a market intelligence provider App iconsUpScrolled had about 41,000 downloads between Thursday, the day the TikTok deal was finalized, and Saturday, accounting for nearly a third of its lifetime installs. UpScrolled has seen nearly 14,000 downloads each day since Thursday, representing a 2,850% increase in daily downloads.

In total, the app has been downloaded 140,000 times to date, and 75,000 of those have been installed in the US.

“Well, this is new… You appeared so quickly our servers went out,” the company he wrote in the post on Bluesky. “Depressing? Yes. Touching? Also yes. We’re a small team building what Big Tech left behind. Right now we’re using caffeine to keep up with what you started. Stay with us. We’re doing it.”

The operation comes as TikTok announced last Thursday that signed a contract and a group of non-Chinese investors to create more American businesses for the development program to work in the US TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance owns less than 20% of the new company, while the company’s three managers, Oracle, Silver Lake firm, and Abu Dhabi-based investment company MG15%, each have a share. Some users worry that TikTok’s new US advertisers may be politically motivated by Trump.

Following the download, some users criticized the app possible to restrict certain political activities. This criticism included a few high-profile users, including Senator Chris Murphy and singer Billie Eilish, who raised concerns that TikTok is suppressing or suppressing anti-ICE posts. In addition, others said they were unable to find information about the protests taking place in Minneapolis following the killing of Alex Pretti by border patrol.

However, TikTok said this was due to a ongoing data center outageswhich has affected the performance of his program.

Concerns also grew after TikTok released its revised privacy policy they allow The program for monitoring GPS coordinates, among other things. This led some users to encourage people to uninstall the app instead of other options, with UpScrolled being one of the most popular options, mostly for this reason. promise not to shadowban each and give “every post a chance to be seen.”

UpScrolled is not the only app that is seeing a lot of users take over. Skylight, an alternative to TikTok built on open source technology, is now said to be up over 380,000 subscribers and continues to grow.