<s>
Tinder	B-Application
is	O
an	O
online	B-Application
dating	I-Application
and	O
geosocial	O
networking	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Tinder	B-Application
,	O
users	O
"	O
swipe	O
right	O
"	O
to	O
like	O
or	O
"	O
swipe	O
left	O
"	O
to	O
dislike	O
other	O
users	O
 '	O
profiles	O
,	O
which	O
include	O
their	O
photos	O
,	O
a	O
short	O
bio	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
their	O
interests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tinder	B-Application
uses	O
a	O
"	O
double	O
opt-in	O
"	O
system	O
where	O
both	O
users	O
must	O
like	O
each	O
other	O
before	O
they	O
can	O
exchange	O
messages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tinder	B-Application
was	O
launched	O
by	O
Sean	O
Rad	O
at	O
a	O
hackathon	O
held	O
at	O
the	O
Hatch	O
Labs	O
incubator	O
in	O
West	O
Hollywood	O
in	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2014	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
was	O
registering	O
about	O
one	O
billion	O
daily	O
"	O
swipes	O
"	O
and	O
reported	O
that	O
users	O
logged	O
into	O
the	O
app	O
on	O
average	O
11	O
times	O
a	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
was	O
the	O
fifth	O
highest-grossing	O
mobile	O
app	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
2019	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
highest-grossing	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
had	O
6.2	O
million	O
subscribers	O
and	O
75	O
million	O
monthly	O
active	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2021	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
has	O
recorded	O
more	O
than	O
65	O
billion	O
matches	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
prototype	O
for	O
Tinder	B-Application
,	O
called	O
'	O
MatchBox	O
 '	O
,	O
was	O
built	O
during	O
a	O
hackathon	O
in	O
February	O
2012	O
by	O
Sean	O
Rad	O
and	O
engineer	O
Joe	O
Munoz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Realizing	O
the	O
name	O
MatchBox	O
was	O
too	O
similar	O
to	O
Match.com,	O
Rad	O
,	O
his	O
co-founders	O
,	O
and	O
early	O
employees	O
renamed	O
the	O
company	O
Tinder	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
a	O
hackathon	O
in	O
his	O
first	O
month	O
,	O
he	O
presented	O
the	O
idea	O
for	O
a	O
dating	B-Application
app	I-Application
called	O
Matchbox	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rad	O
and	O
engineer	O
Joe	O
Munoz	O
built	O
the	O
prototype	O
for	O
MatchBox	O
and	O
presented	O
the	O
"	O
double	O
opt-in	O
"	O
dating	B-Application
app	I-Application
on	O
February	O
16	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
,	O
co-founder	O
Jonathan	O
Badeen	O
(	O
front-end	O
operator	O
and	O
later	O
Tinder	B-Application
's	O
CSO	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Chris	O
Gulczynski	O
(	O
designer	O
and	O
later	O
Tinder	B-Application
's	O
CCO	O
)	O
joined	O
Cardify	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2012	O
,	O
Cardify	O
was	O
abandoned	O
,	O
Matchbox	O
was	O
renamed	O
Tinder	B-Application
,	O
and	O
co-founder	O
Justin	O
Mateen	O
(	O
marketer	O
and	O
later	O
Tinder	B-Application
's	O
CMO	O
)	O
joined	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2012	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
was	O
soft-launched	O
in	O
the	O
App	O
Store	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tinder	B-Application
's	O
selection	O
function	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
initially	O
click-based	O
,	O
evolved	O
into	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
swipe	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tinder	B-Application
has	O
been	O
credited	O
with	O
popularizing	O
the	O
swipe	O
feature	O
many	O
other	O
companies	O
now	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
October	O
2014	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
users	O
completed	O
over	O
one	O
billion	O
swipes	O
per	O
day	O
,	O
producing	O
about	O
twelve	O
million	O
matches	O
per	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
's	O
average	O
user	O
generally	O
spent	O
about	O
90	O
minutes	O
a	O
day	O
on	O
the	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Founder	O
Sean	O
Rad	O
served	O
as	O
Tinder	B-Application
's	O
CEO	O
until	O
March	O
2015	O
,	O
when	O
he	O
was	O
replaced	O
by	O
former	O
eBay	B-Application
and	O
Microsoft	O
executive	O
Chris	O
Payne	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
Tinder	B-Application
released	O
its	O
"	O
Rewind	O
"	O
function	O
and	O
its	O
"	O
Super	O
Like	O
"	O
function	O
and	O
retired	O
its	O
Tinder	B-Application
"	O
Moments	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Last	O
Active	O
"	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2015	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
acquired	O
Chill	O
,	O
the	O
developer	O
of	O
Tappy	O
,	O
a	O
mobile	O
messenger	O
that	O
uses	O
"	O
images	O
and	O
ephemerality	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
was	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
dating	B-Application
app	I-Application
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
holding	O
a	O
25.6	O
%	O
market	O
share	O
of	O
monthly	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
third-quarter	O
earnings	O
call	O
,	O
Match	O
Group	O
's	O
CEO	O
Greg	O
Blatt	O
described	O
the	O
popular	O
dating	B-Application
app	I-Application
Tinder	B-Application
as	O
a	O
"	O
rocket	O
"	O
and	O
the	O
"	O
future	O
of	O
this	O
business.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2016	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
announced	O
the	O
opening	O
of	O
its	O
first	O
office	O
in	O
Silicon	O
Valley	O
in	O
the	O
hope	O
of	O
more	O
effectively	O
recruiting	O
technical	O
employees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2016	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
introduced	O
more	O
options	O
for	O
gender	O
selection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2016	O
,	O
Greg	O
Blatt	O
,	O
CEO	O
and	O
chairman	O
of	O
Tinder	B-Application
's	O
parent	O
company	O
,	O
Match	O
Group	O
,	O
took	O
over	O
as	O
interim	O
CEO	O
of	O
Tinder	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sean	O
Rad	O
stepped	O
down	O
as	O
CEO	O
of	O
Tinder	B-Application
,	O
becoming	O
chairman	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tinder	B-Application
had	O
annual	O
revenue	O
of	O
$403	O
million	O
and	O
accounted	O
for	O
31%	O
of	O
Match	O
Group	O
's	O
2017	O
annual	O
revenue	O
of	O
$1.28	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
surpassed	O
Netflix	O
as	O
the	O
highest-grossing	O
app	O
on	O
the	O
app	O
store	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2017	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
launched	O
Tinder	B-Application
Online	O
,	O
a	O
web-optimized	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
dating	B-Application
app	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
only	O
available	O
in	O
Argentina	O
,	O
Brazil	O
,	O
Colombia	O
,	O
Indonesia	O
,	O
Italy	O
,	O
Mexico	O
,	O
Philippines	O
and	O
Sweden	O
and	O
did	O
not	O
include	O
special	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
Super	O
Likes	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
Tinder	B-Application
Boost	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tinder	B-Application
Online	O
launched	O
globally	O
in	O
September	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
the	O
official	O
web	O
version	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
took	O
legal	O
action	O
to	O
shut	O
down	O
third-party	O
apps	O
providing	O
a	O
web	O
extension	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
Tinder	B-Application
app	I-Application
from	O
a	O
desktop	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2017	O
,	O
Match	O
Group	O
merged	O
with	O
Tinder	B-Application
for	O
approximately	O
$3	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2017	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
launched	O
an	O
additional	O
subscription	O
service	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
Gold	O
,	O
that	O
allowed	O
subscribers	O
to	O
see	O
which	O
users	O
'	O
swiped	O
back	O
 '	O
without	O
alerting	O
those	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tinder	B-Application
Gold	O
quickly	O
became	O
a	O
successful	O
revenue	O
source	O
for	O
the	O
company	O
,	O
boosting	O
Match	O
Group	O
's	O
total	O
revenue	O
by	O
19%	O
compared	O
to	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
boost	O
in	O
revenue	O
and	O
profits	O
came	O
as	O
Tinder	B-Application
's	O
paid	O
member	O
count	O
rose	O
by	O
a	O
record	O
476,000	O
to	O
more	O
than	O
2.5	O
million	O
,	O
mainly	O
due	O
to	O
product	O
changes	O
and	O
technology	O
improvements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
popularity	O
of	O
Tinder	B-Application
Gold	O
led	O
to	O
a	O
surge	O
in	O
Match	O
Group	O
shares	O
and	O
recorded	O
high	O
share	O
prices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Greg	O
Blatt	O
,	O
Match	O
Group	O
's	O
then-CEO	O
,	O
called	O
Tinder	B-Application
's	O
performance	O
"	O
fantastic	O
,	O
"	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
driving	O
most	O
of	O
Match	O
Group	O
's	O
growth	O
in	O
late	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blatt	O
resigned	O
from	O
Match	O
Group	O
and	O
Tinder	B-Application
in	O
2017	O
following	O
allegations	O
of	O
sexual	O
harassment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
had	O
annual	O
revenue	O
of	O
$805	O
million	O
and	O
accounted	O
for	O
48%	O
of	O
Match	O
Group	O
's	O
2018	O
annual	O
revenue	O
of	O
$1.67	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
6	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
had	O
over	O
3.7	O
million	O
paid	O
subscribers	O
,	O
up	O
81	O
percent	O
over	O
the	O
same	O
quarter	O
in	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
21	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
launched	O
Tinder	B-Application
University	O
,	O
a	O
feature	O
that	O
allows	O
college	O
students	O
to	O
connect	O
with	O
other	O
students	O
on	O
their	O
campus	O
and	O
at	O
nearby	O
schools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
had	O
annual	O
revenue	O
of	O
$1.152	O
billion	O
and	O
accounted	O
for	O
58%	O
of	O
Match	O
Group	O
's	O
total	O
2019	O
annual	O
revenue	O
of	O
$2.0	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
10	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
reported	O
that	O
Tinder	B-Application
was	O
planning	O
for	O
a	O
lighter	O
version	O
app	O
called	O
Tinder	B-Application
Lite	O
aimed	O
at	O
growing	O
markets	O
where	O
data	O
usage	O
,	O
bandwidth	O
and	O
storage	O
space	O
are	O
a	O
concern	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
6	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
had	O
5.2	O
million	O
paying	O
subscribers	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2019	O
's	O
second	O
quarter	O
,	O
up	O
1.5	O
million	O
from	O
the	O
year-ago	O
quarter	O
and	O
up	O
503,000	O
from	O
the	O
first	O
quarter	O
of	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tinder	B-Application
became	O
the	O
highest-grossing	O
non-gaming	O
app	O
,	O
beating	O
Netflix	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tinder	B-Application
's	O
subscriber	O
growth	O
led	O
Match	O
Group	O
's	O
shares	O
to	O
the	O
best	O
single-day	O
gain	O
in	O
their	O
history	O
on	O
August	O
7	O
,	O
adding	O
more	O
than	O
$5	O
billion	O
to	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
market	O
capitalization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
12	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
relaunched	O
Swipe	O
Night	O
,	O
an	O
interactive	O
series	O
where	O
users	O
make	O
decisions	O
following	O
a	O
storyline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
had	O
annual	O
revenue	O
of	O
$1.2	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
had	O
annual	O
revenue	O
of	O
$1.355	O
billion	O
and	O
accounted	O
for	O
58%	O
of	O
Match	O
Group	O
's	O
2020	O
revenue	O
of	O
$2.34	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
Tinder	B-Application
administration	O
enabled	O
a	O
panic	O
button	O
and	O
anti-catfishing	O
technology	O
to	O
improve	O
the	O
safety	O
of	O
US	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
before	O
going	O
to	O
a	O
meeting	O
,	O
users	O
are	O
required	O
to	O
take	O
selfies	O
to	O
prove	O
their	O
photos	O
in	O
Tinder	B-Application
profiles	O
match	O
their	O
real	O
identities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
global	O
COVID-19	O
pandemic	O
,	O
in	O
March	O
2020	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
temporarily	O
made	O
its	O
Passport	O
feature	O
available	O
for	O
free	O
to	O
all	O
of	O
its	O
users	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
revealed	O
plans	O
for	O
their	O
Platinum	O
subscription	O
plan	O
,	O
which	O
gives	O
users	O
access	O
to	O
more	O
features	O
for	O
a	O
higher	O
price	O
than	O
gold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
1	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
was	O
banned	O
in	O
Pakistan	O
in	O
a	O
crackdown	O
on	O
what	O
the	O
Pakistani	O
government	O
deemed	O
"	O
immoral	O
content	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
4	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
reported	O
higher	O
than	O
expected	O
third-quarter	O
earnings	O
and	O
significant	O
platform	O
growth	O
amidst	O
the	O
COVID-19	O
pandemic	O
:	O
the	O
app	O
grew	O
its	O
user	O
base	O
by	O
15%	O
and	O
its	O
subscriber	O
count	O
by	O
16%	O
since	O
the	O
third	O
quarter	O
of	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Business	O
Insider	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
's	O
growth	O
was	O
fueled	O
by	O
a	O
large	O
population	O
that	O
turned	O
towards	O
online	B-Application
dating	I-Application
in	O
response	O
to	O
increasing	O
social	O
isolation	O
and	O
health	O
risks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
Match	O
Group	O
products	O
,	O
including	O
Tinder	B-Application
,	O
released	O
video-based	O
features	O
to	O
facilitate	O
long-distance	O
dating	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tinder	B-Application
had	O
6.6	O
million	O
subscribers	O
globally	O
in	O
November	O
,	O
growing	O
from	O
6.2	O
million	O
reported	O
in	O
June	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2021	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
announced	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
launching	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
mobile	O
accessories	O
under	O
the	O
brand	O
name	O
Tinder	B-Application
Made	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2021	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
service	O
that	O
would	O
let	O
users	O
run	O
background	O
checks	O
on	O
potential	O
matches	O
after	O
an	O
investment	O
in	O
Garbo	O
,	O
a	O
company	O
that	O
"	O
collects	O
public	O
records	O
and	O
reports	O
of	O
violence	O
or	O
abuse	O
,	O
including	O
arrests	O
,	O
convictions	O
,	O
restraining	O
orders	O
,	O
harassment	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
violent	O
crimes	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2021	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
announced	O
an	O
ID	O
verification	O
service	O
to	O
mitigate	O
catfishing	O
on	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
prompted	O
Tinder	B-Application
to	O
name	O
Renate	O
Nyborg	O
as	O
CEO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2021	O
,	O
Nyborg	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
is	O
working	O
on	O
creating	O
a	O
metaverse	O
called	O
Tinderverse	O
,	O
a	O
shared	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
is	O
also	O
testing	O
Tinder	B-Application
Coins	O
,	O
in-app	O
currency	O
users	O
can	O
earn	O
as	O
a	O
reward	O
for	O
good	O
behavior	O
,	O
allowing	O
them	O
to	O
pay	O
for	O
the	O
platform	O
's	O
premium	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chatting	O
on	O
Tinder	B-Application
is	O
only	O
available	O
between	O
two	O
users	O
that	O
have	O
swiped	O
right	O
on	O
one	O
another	O
's	O
photos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
once	O
the	O
user	O
has	O
matches	O
on	O
the	O
app	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
able	O
to	O
send	O
personal	O
photos	O
,	O
called	O
"	O
Tinder	B-Application
Moments	O
"	O
,	O
to	O
all	O
matches	O
at	O
once	O
,	O
allowing	O
each	O
match	O
to	O
like	O
or	O
not	O
like	O
the	O
photos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
merging	O
with	O
Tinder	B-Application
in	O
July	O
2017	O
,	O
Match	O
Group	O
's	O
market	O
capitalization	O
has	O
grown	O
from	O
$8.34	O
billion	O
to	O
$44.59	O
billion	O
as	O
of	O
October	O
14	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2021	O
,	O
Morgan	O
Stanley	O
valued	O
Tinder	B-Application
's	O
worth	O
at	O
$42	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2014	O
,	O
media	O
and	O
internet	O
conglomerate	O
IAC	O
increased	O
its	O
majority	O
stake	O
in	O
Tinder	B-Application
,	O
a	O
move	O
that	O
is	O
believed	O
to	O
have	O
valued	O
Tinder	B-Application
at	O
several	O
billion	O
dollars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2015	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
was	O
valued	O
at	O
$1.35	O
billion	O
by	O
Bank	O
of	O
America	O
Merrill	O
Lynch	O
based	O
upon	O
an	O
estimate	O
of	O
$27	O
per	O
user	O
on	O
an	O
estimated	O
user	O
base	O
of	O
50	O
million	O
with	O
an	O
additional	O
bullish	O
estimate	O
of	O
$3	O
billion	O
by	O
taking	O
the	O
average	O
of	O
the	O
IPOs	O
of	O
similar	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Analysts	O
also	O
estimated	O
that	O
Tinder	B-Application
had	O
about	O
half	O
a	O
million	O
paid	O
users	O
within	O
its	O
user	O
base	O
which	O
consisted	O
mostly	O
of	O
free	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tinder	B-Application
launched	O
its	O
subscription	O
version	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
Plus	O
,	O
in	O
March	O
2015	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
functionality	O
enabling	O
limitless	O
matches	O
,	O
whereas	O
the	O
free	O
Tinder	B-Application
app	I-Application
restricts	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
right	O
swipes	O
in	O
a	O
12-hour	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
price	O
of	O
a	O
Tinder	B-Application
Plus	O
subscription	O
was	O
£14.99	O
/US	O
$19.99	O
per	O
month	O
for	O
users	O
over	O
28	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
service	O
for	O
a	O
user	O
28	O
and	O
under	O
was	O
£3.99	O
/US	O
$9.99	O
per	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
independently	O
increased	O
paying	O
members	O
by	O
nearly	O
one	O
million	O
,	O
while	O
Match	O
Group	O
's	O
44	O
other	O
brands	O
added	O
just	O
1.4	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2017	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
launched	O
Tinder	B-Application
Gold	O
,	O
a	O
members-only	O
service	O
that	O
offers	O
users	O
Tinder	B-Application
's	O
most	O
exclusive	O
features	O
:	O
Passport	O
,	O
Rewind	O
,	O
Unlimited	O
Likes	O
,	O
Likes	O
You	O
,	O
five	O
Super	O
Likes	O
per	O
day	O
,	O
one	O
Boost	O
per	O
month	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
profile	O
controls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
December	O
2020	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
had	O
6.6	O
million	O
paid	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
a	O
Match	O
Group	O
SEC	O
filing	O
,	O
the	O
growth	O
in	O
international	O
and	O
North	O
American	O
average	O
subscribers	O
was	O
primarily	O
driven	O
by	O
Tinder	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tinder	B-Application
is	O
used	O
widely	O
throughout	O
the	O
world	O
and	O
is	O
available	O
in	O
over	O
190	O
countries	O
and	O
56	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2014	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
users	O
averaged	O
12	O
million	O
matches	O
per	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tinder	B-Application
now	O
limits	O
users	O
 '	O
number	O
of	O
available	O
swipes	O
per	O
12	O
hours	O
based	O
on	O
an	O
algorithm	O
to	O
make	O
sure	O
users	O
are	O
actually	O
looking	O
at	O
profiles	O
and	O
not	O
just	O
spamming	O
the	O
app	O
to	O
rack	O
up	O
random	O
matches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
minimum	O
age	O
to	O
sign	O
up	O
and	O
use	O
Tinder	B-Application
was	O
18	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
June	O
2016	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
is	O
no	O
longer	O
usable	O
by	O
anyone	O
under	O
18	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
minors	O
were	O
found	O
to	O
be	O
under	O
18	O
,	O
they	O
were	O
banned	O
from	O
using	O
Tinder	B-Application
until	O
they	O
were	O
18	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
April	O
2015	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
users	O
swiped	O
through	O
1.6	O
billion	O
Tinder	B-Application
profiles	O
and	O
made	O
more	O
than	O
26	O
million	O
matches	O
per	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
than	O
558	O
billion	O
matches	O
have	O
been	O
made	O
since	O
Tinder	B-Application
launched	O
in	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Swipe	O
is	O
central	O
to	O
Tinder	B-Application
's	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Face	O
to	O
Face	O
is	O
Tinder	B-Application
's	O
video	O
chat	O
feature	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
who	O
have	O
matched	O
to	O
see	O
each	O
other	O
virtually	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Common	O
Connections	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
see	O
whether	O
they	O
share	O
a	O
mutual	O
Facebook	O
friend	O
with	O
a	O
match	O
(	O
a	O
first-degree	O
connection	O
on	O
Tinder	B-Application
)	O
or	O
when	O
a	O
user	O
and	O
their	O
match	O
have	O
two	O
separate	O
friends	O
who	O
happen	O
to	O
be	O
friends	O
with	O
each	O
other	O
(	O
considered	O
second-degree	O
on	O
Tinder	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tinder	B-Application
Gold	O
,	O
introduced	O
worldwide	O
in	O
August	O
2017	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
premium	O
subscription	O
feature	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
see	O
those	O
who	O
have	O
already	O
liked	O
them	O
before	O
swiping	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Traveler	O
alert	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
2019	O
to	O
alert	O
Tinder	B-Application
users	O
of	O
the	O
LGBTQ+	O
community	O
of	O
possible	O
penalization	O
they	O
are	O
subject	O
to	O
when	O
they	O
travel	O
to	O
a	O
country	O
or	O
geographical	O
location	O
that	O
does	O
not	O
allow	O
such	O
interaction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plus	O
One	O
was	O
announced	O
by	O
Tinder	B-Application
in	O
October	O
2021	O
as	O
a	O
way	O
for	O
users	O
to	O
connect	O
with	O
each	O
other	O
on	O
the	O
Explore	O
page	O
to	O
arrange	O
a	O
date	O
for	O
weddings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
ad	O
campaign	O
launched	O
by	O
"	O
The	O
Barn	O
"	O
internship	O
program	O
of	O
Bartle	O
Bogle	O
Hegarty	O
(	O
BBH	O
)	O
used	O
Tinder	B-Application
profiles	O
to	O
promote	O
their	O
NYC	O
Puppy	O
Rescue	O
Project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
Facebook	O
pet	O
profiles	O
,	O
BBH	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
add	O
them	O
to	O
the	O
Tinder	B-Application
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2015	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
revealed	O
its	O
first	O
sponsored	O
ad	O
promoting	O
Budweiser	O
's	O
next	O
#Whatever	O
,	O
USA	O
campaign	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
11	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
announced	O
their	O
partnership	O
with	O
popular	O
artist	O
Megan	O
Thee	O
Stallion	O
for	O
the	O
Put	O
Yourself	O
Out	O
There	O
Challenge	O
,	O
giving	O
$	O
10,000	O
to	O
users	O
who	O
made	O
unique	O
profiles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
30	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
former	O
vice	O
president	O
of	O
marketing	O
Whitney	O
Wolfe	O
filed	O
a	O
sexual	O
harassment	O
and	O
sex	O
discrimination	O
suit	O
in	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
County	O
Superior	O
Court	O
against	O
IAC-owned	O
Match	O
Group	O
,	O
the	O
parent	O
company	O
of	O
Tinder	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lawsuit	O
alleged	O
that	O
Rad	O
and	O
Mateen	O
had	O
engaged	O
in	O
discrimination	O
,	O
sexual	O
harassment	O
,	O
and	O
retaliation	O
against	O
her	O
,	O
while	O
Tinder	B-Application
's	O
corporate	O
supervisor	O
,	O
IAC	O
's	O
Sam	O
Yagan	O
,	O
did	O
nothing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2018	O
,	O
Match	O
Group	O
sued	O
Bumble	O
,	O
arguing	O
that	O
the	O
dating	B-Application
app	I-Application
was	O
guilty	O
of	O
patent	O
infringement	O
and	O
of	O
stealing	O
trade	O
secrets	O
from	O
Tinder	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2018	O
,	O
The	O
Verge	O
reported	O
that	O
Tinder	B-Application
had	O
dismissed	O
Rosette	O
Pambakian	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
vice	O
president	O
of	O
marketing	O
and	O
communication	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2018	O
,	O
co-founders	O
Sean	O
Rad	O
and	O
Justin	O
Mateen	O
and	O
eight	O
other	O
former	O
and	O
current	O
executives	O
of	O
Tinder	B-Application
filed	O
a	O
lawsuit	O
against	O
Match	O
Group	O
and	O
IAC	O
,	O
alleging	O
that	O
they	O
manipulated	O
the	O
2017	O
valuation	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
to	O
deny	O
them	O
billions	O
of	O
dollars	O
they	O
were	O
owed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tinder	B-Application
's	O
2017	O
valuation	O
was	O
set	O
at	O
$3	O
billion	O
,	O
unchanged	O
from	O
a	O
valuation	O
that	O
had	O
been	O
done	O
two	O
years	O
earlier	O
,	O
despite	O
rapid	O
growth	O
in	O
revenue	O
and	O
subscribers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
have	O
raised	O
concerns	O
about	O
Tinder	B-Application
regarding	O
issues	O
including	O
cybersecurity	O
,	O
data	O
privacy	O
,	O
and	O
public	O
health	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Public	O
health	O
officials	O
in	O
Rhode	O
Island	O
and	O
Utah	O
have	O
claimed	O
that	O
Tinder	B-Application
and	O
similar	O
apps	O
are	O
responsible	O
for	O
an	O
increase	O
in	O
some	O
STDs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tinder	B-Application
's	O
spokesperson	O
,	O
Rosette	O
Pambakian	O
,	O
said	O
the	O
issue	O
was	O
resolved	O
within	O
48	O
hours	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tinder	B-Application
CEO	O
Sean	O
Rad	O
said	O
in	O
a	O
statement	O
that	O
shortly	O
after	O
being	O
contacted	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
implemented	O
specific	O
measures	O
to	O
enhance	O
location	O
security	O
and	O
further	O
obscure	O
location	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2017	O
,	O
a	O
study	O
published	O
in	O
Advances	O
in	O
Intelligent	O
Systems	O
and	O
Computing	O
found	O
that	O
Tinder	B-Application
users	O
are	O
excessively	O
willing	O
to	O
disclose	O
their	O
personally	O
identifiable	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2017	O
,	O
The	O
Guardian	O
published	O
an	O
article	O
by	O
a	O
journalist	O
who	O
requested	O
all	O
data	O
that	O
the	O
Tinder	B-Application
app	I-Application
had	O
recorded	O
about	O
her	O
from	O
the	O
company	O
and	O
found	O
that	O
Tinder	B-Application
stores	O
all	O
user	O
messages	O
,	O
user	O
locations	O
and	O
times	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
characteristics	O
of	O
other	O
users	O
who	O
interest	O
a	O
particular	O
user	O
,	O
the	O
characteristics	O
of	O
particular	O
users	O
of	O
interest	O
to	O
other	O
users	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
length	O
of	O
time	O
users	O
spend	O
looking	O
at	O
particular	O
pictures	O
,	O
which	O
for	O
the	O
journalist	O
amounted	O
to	O
800	O
pages	O
of	O
detail	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
partnered	O
with	O
and	O
invested	O
in	O
Garbo	O
,	O
a	O
non-profit	O
background	O
check	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Prison	O
Policy	O
Initiative	O
spokesperson	O
claimed	O
that	O
because	O
the	O
US	O
applies	O
laws	O
unequally	O
,	O
introducing	O
criminal	O
background	O
checks	O
to	O
dating	B-Application
apps	I-Application
would	O
filter	O
out	O
marginalized	O
groups	O
of	O
people	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2022	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
the	O
campaign	O
group	O
No	O
More	O
in	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
protect	O
its	O
users	O
against	O
domestic	O
violence	O
,	O
especially	O
women	O
who	O
are	O
more	O
vulnerable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2015	O
,	O
Business	O
Insider	O
reported	O
that	O
transgender	O
users	O
of	O
Tinder	B-Application
were	O
being	O
reported	O
and	O
banned	O
for	O
being	O
transgender	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
article	O
included	O
an	O
anecdote	O
from	O
American	O
YouTuber	O
Kat	O
Blaque	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
every	O
account	O
she	O
had	O
ever	O
had	O
on	O
Tinder	B-Application
had	O
been	O
banned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2018	O
,	O
an	O
article	O
in	O
The	O
Cut	O
reported	O
that	O
a	O
trans	O
woman	O
sued	O
Tinder	B-Application
for	O
removing	O
her	O
profile	O
and	O
refusing	O
to	O
explain	O
why	O
it	O
had	O
been	O
deleted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
article	O
stated	O
that	O
Tinder	B-Application
has	O
"	O
50	O
gender	O
options	O
"	O
but	O
continues	O
to	O
ban	O
trans	O
users	O
for	O
their	O
gender	O
identity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
trans	O
woman	O
is	O
reported	O
as	O
saying	O
,	O
"	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
the	O
system	O
can	O
be	O
abused	O
in	O
such	O
a	O
way	O
just	O
shows	O
,	O
yet	O
again	O
,	O
that	O
they	O
 [ Tinder ] 	O
do	O
n’t	O
care	O
about	O
the	O
trans	O
and	O
non-binary	O
people	O
using	O
their	O
app.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2019	O
,	O
articles	O
in	O
Reuters	O
and	O
The	O
Independent	O
focused	O
on	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
action	O
taken	O
by	O
Tinder	B-Application
to	O
correct	O
the	O
systemic	O
issue	O
of	O
transgender	O
users	O
 '	O
accounts	O
being	O
reported	O
and	O
banned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
trans	O
woman	O
interviewed	O
recommended	O
OkCupid	B-Application
as	O
being	O
more	O
user-friendly	O
for	O
LGBTQ+	O
people	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
wide	O
use	O
of	O
Tinder	B-Application
could	O
be	O
attributed	O
not	O
to	O
what	O
Tinder	B-Application
was	O
doing	O
right	O
but	O
to	O
flaws	O
in	O
the	O
models	O
of	O
earlier	O
dating	O
software	O
,	O
which	O
relied	O
on	O
mathematical	O
algorithms	O
to	O
select	O
potential	O
partners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Marie	O
Claire	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
app	O
was	O
"	O
easy	O
to	O
use	O
on	O
the	O
run	O
,	O
"	O
"	O
natural	O
,	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
addictive	O
"	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
style	O
of	O
Tinder	B-Application
,	O
but	O
that	O
"	O
...	O
it	O
's	O
hard	O
to	O
focus	O
,	O
"	O
and	O
Tinder	B-Application
"	O
is	O
still	O
very	O
casual	O
sex-focused--many	O
are	O
only	O
on	O
Tinder	B-Application
for	O
a	O
quick	O
hook-up	O
,	O
so	O
if	O
it	O
's	O
a	O
serious	O
relationship	O
you	O
're	O
after	O
this	O
app	O
might	O
not	O
be	O
for	O
you.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2020	O
,	O
Pakistan	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
ban	O
five	O
dating	B-Application
apps	I-Application
,	O
including	O
Tinder	B-Application
;	O
this	O
is	O
because	O
Pakistan	O
's	O
government	O
states	O
that	O
apps	O
are	O
providing	O
immoral	O
or	O
indecent	O
content	O
that	O
does	O
not	O
comply	O
with	O
Pakistani	O
law	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Men	O
use	O
dating	B-Application
apps	I-Application
and	O
websites	O
at	O
a	O
higher	O
frequency	O
than	O
women	O
do	O
—	O
measured	O
by	O
frequency	O
of	O
use	O
and	O
number	O
of	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Statista	O
,	O
as	O
of	O
March	O
2021	O
,	O
75.8	O
%	O
of	O
the	O
US	O
Tinder	B-Application
user	O
base	O
is	O
male	O
,	O
while	O
24.2	O
%	O
is	O
female	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
University	O
of	O
Texas	O
at	O
Austin	O
psychologist	O
David	O
Buss	O
,	O
"	O
Apps	O
like	O
Tinder	B-Application
and	O
OkCupid	B-Application
give	O
people	O
the	O
impression	O
that	O
there	O
are	O
thousands	O
or	O
millions	O
of	O
potential	O
mates	O
out	O
there	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
released	O
by	O
Tinder	B-Application
in	O
2018	O
has	O
shown	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
1.6	O
billion	O
swipes	O
it	O
records	O
per	O
day	O
,	O
26	O
million	O
result	O
in	O
matches	O
(	O
a	O
match	O
rate	O
of	O
approximately	O
1.63	O
%	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2015	O
,	O
journalist	O
Nancy	O
Jo	O
Sales	O
wrote	O
in	O
Vanity	O
Fair	O
that	O
Tinder	B-Application
operates	O
within	O
a	O
culture	O
of	O
users	O
seeking	O
sex	O
without	O
relationships	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
Department	O
of	O
Communications	O
Studies	O
at	O
Texas	O
Tech	O
University	O
conducted	O
a	O
study	O
to	O
see	O
how	O
infidelity	O
was	O
connected	O
to	O
the	O
Tinder	B-Application
app	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
students	O
first	O
provided	O
their	O
demographic	O
information	O
and	O
then	O
answered	O
questions	O
regarding	O
Tinder	B-Application
's	O
link	O
to	O
infidelity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
results	O
showed	O
that	O
more	O
than	O
half	O
reported	O
having	O
seen	O
somebody	O
on	O
Tinder	B-Application
who	O
they	O
knew	O
was	O
in	O
an	O
exclusive	O
relationship	O
(	O
63.9	O
%	O
)	O
,	O
while	O
73.1	O
%	O
of	O
participants	O
reported	O
that	O
they	O
knew	O
male	O
friends	O
who	O
used	O
Tinder	B-Application
while	O
in	O
a	O
relationship	O
,	O
and	O
56.1	O
%	O
reported	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
female	O
friends	O
who	O
used	O
Tinder	B-Application
while	O
in	O
a	O
relationship	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
David	O
Buss	O
has	O
estimated	O
that	O
approximately	O
30	O
percent	O
of	O
the	O
men	O
on	O
Tinder	B-Application
are	O
married	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
Tinder	B-Application
's	O
launch	O
in	O
2012	O
,	O
most	O
online	B-Application
dating	I-Application
services	O
matched	O
people	O
according	O
to	O
their	O
autobiographical	O
information	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
interests	O
,	O
hobbies	O
,	O
and	O
future	O
plans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tinder	B-Application
,	O
however	O
,	O
places	O
a	O
higher	O
weight	O
on	O
first	O
impressions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
social	O
scientists	O
studying	O
human	O
courtship	O
behavior	O
,	O
Tinder	B-Application
offers	O
a	O
much	O
simpler	O
environment	O
than	O
its	O
predecessors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
2016	O
study	O
analyzing	O
the	O
behavior	O
of	O
Tinder	B-Application
users	O
in	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
and	O
London	O
,	O
researchers	O
created	O
with	O
three	O
profiles	O
using	O
stock	O
photographs	O
,	O
two	O
with	O
actual	O
photographs	O
of	O
volunteers	O
,	O
one	O
with	O
no	O
photos	O
whatsoever	O
,	O
and	O
one	O
that	O
was	O
apparently	O
deactivated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
sending	O
out	O
questionnaires	O
to	O
frequent	O
Tinder	B-Application
users	O
,	O
the	O
researchers	O
discovered	O
that	O
the	O
reason	O
why	O
men	O
tended	O
to	O
like	O
a	O
large	O
proportion	O
of	O
the	O
women	O
they	O
saw	O
was	O
to	O
increase	O
their	O
chances	O
of	O
getting	O
a	O
match	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
not	O
known	O
whether	O
some	O
evolutionarily	O
stable	O
strategy	O
has	O
emerged	O
,	O
nor	O
has	O
Tinder	B-Application
revealed	O
such	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
