We like everything that is instant. Instant food. Instant gratification.
Instant relationship.
Here is tinder. You do not need to learn how to socialize yourself in society or how to make friends, tinder will help you to connect with someone over a night through once time swipe, right?
These are fun facts about Tinder:
- The app was created by Sean Rad, Justin Mateen, Jonathan Badeen, Joe Munoz, Whitney Wolfe, and Chris Gylczynski. Sean Rad and Justin Mateen first met in high school, but didn’t become friends until they both attended USC together.
- Since launched back in September 2012, estimation of Tinder user is around 50 million users, with 10 million daily active users and available in 30 languages.
- The most Tinder obsessed country is the United States. The United Kingdom in second place, and Brazil in third.
- Swiping away in over 140 countries.
- Women spend on average 8.5 minutes on the app, whereas men spend only 7.2 minutes. When it comes to gender, men outnumber women 60:40.
- All that swiping results in over 15 million matches a day, not to mention literally hundreds of millions of rejections a day.
- Percentage of Tinder users that are single is 54%.
- Percentage of Tinder users that are divorced is 3%.
- Percentage of Tinder users that are already in relationship is 12%.
- Number of matches made by Tinder is 10 billion, with matches made daily is 26 billion.
- Research shows that men are 37% more likely to get a match without a beard. Time to get shaving, no?
- Tinder has matched over 250,000 transgender users since November.
- 66.4% of gay users and 62.1% of lesbian users on Tinder agree that using the dating app will lead to a long-term relationship.
- Approximately 72% of Tinder users post photos wearing muted colors.
- If you’re smiling in your photo you’re 14% more likely to be swiped right on.
And you, have you swiped right today?