Grindr by the numbers

2.3 million users worldwide as of June 2011

192 countries are home to these users

500,000 average daily logins

Top 10 countries by number of Grindr users:

USA – 741,800
UK – 254,600
Australia – 124,500
France – 115,800
Canada – 69,000
Japan – 60,300
Spain – 55,000
Germany – 48,600
Italy – 45,200
Taiwan – 40,500

Rob Salerno is a playwright and journalist whose writing has appeared in such publications as Vice, Advocate, NOW and OutTraveler.

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