Hinge dating app that it for now
When two Tinder users swipe right on each other's profile, they become a match. Despite a growing number of competitors, such as Hinge, owned by the same parent company, and Bumble, where women make the first move, Tinder manages to remain dominant.Īccording to data obtained from analysts at App Annie, it continues to take the top spot among dating apps with the most active monthly users in Australia. Tinder has shouldered a hefty share of controversy, implicated in high-profile cases of sexual violence and disturbing stories of in-app harassment, often involving unwanted “dick pics” or crass messages for sex. “You might go into a pub and not know who is single, but you open the app and find 200 profiles you can look through,” Condie says. According to Tinder, the app has been downloaded 340 million times globally and it claims to be responsible for 1.5 million dates each week.
Western Sydney University sociologist Dr Jenna Condie says the main advantage of Tinder is its enormous user base. Millennials are sometimes referred to as the “Tinder generation”, with couples having Tinder dates, then Tinder weddings and Tinder babies.Īs many as a third of Australians have used online dating, a YouGov survey found, and this rises to half among Millennials. “Swiping right” has wedged itself into modern vernacular.