TikTok Competitor UpScrolled Hits No. 1 On App Store Following Allegations TikTok Suppresses Anti-ICE Videos

30 Jan 2026

Social media app UpScrolled ranks No. 1 on Apple’s U.S. app store as of Thursday as it capitalizes on user discontent with TikTok, which has drawn allegations it is suppressing content critical of the Trump administration’s immigration raids, though TikTok blamed technical issues that caused difficulty posting.

UpScrolled launched in June, founded by Hijazi, who had previously worked at tech companies including IBM and Oracle. Hijazi, who is Palestinian, Jordanian and Australian, got the idea to create the app in late 2023 when “meaningful stories disappeared from feeds while misinformation thrived,” according to UpScrolled’s website. UpScrolled says it does not push any agendas, “political, commercial, or otherwise,” and that every post has a fair chance to be seen, noting there are no “shadowbans, no hidden throttling, no pay-to-play favoritism” for any posts or creators. Upscrolled says the only posts it restricts are those that violate community guidelines or contain illegal activity, hate speech, bullying or harassment.

UpScrolled offers users a “following” feed, consisting of posts from people a user follows, and a “discover” feed. For the following feed, posts are ordered chronologically with “no manipulation,” UpScrolled says. On the discover feed, posts are ordered by likes, comments and reshares with a “light decay over time so fresh content rises, plus a touch of randomness” so all posts have a chance to show up on a user’s feed.