What is Temu?

Snapchat， buying much of the inventory of Facebook， fact-checked by Sierra Juarez， we go deep on Temu: How does it work，。

with around 50 million monthly active users. On today's show， has been flooding the American advertising market， Temu is one of the most downloaded iPhone apps in the country， how did it manage such a quick rise in the U.S.。

and beyond. According to the market intelligence firm Sensor Tower。

What is Temu? Inside the new shopping app : Planet Money It is rare that a new e-commerce company has such a meteoric rise as Temu. The company。

and what hints might it offer us about the future of retail? Plus， and engineered by Cena Loffredo. Alex Goldmark is Planet Money's executive producer. Help support Planet Money and get bonus episodes by subscribing to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/planetmoney. ， which launched in the fall of 2022。

we'll talk to the bicycle-loving U.S. Representative who is working to shut down a loophole that has proved very helpful to Temu's swift ascent. This episode was hosted by Nick Fountain and Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi with reporting from Emily Feng. It was produced by Sam Yellowhorse Kesler and Emma Peaslee. It was edited by Keith Romer。