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.

Keep Reading

An illustration of three shirtless people with short hair holding each other with their eyes closed. There are hearts in the background.

I had a threesome with my monogamous partner, and it couldn’t have been better

There’s more than one route into opening a relationship—waiting for the perfect moment is a good way to start
Collage of photos including a bucket, ladle and brush on a sauna bench; feet resting against the leg of a person in a bikini who is sitting on a bench; and one person whispering into another's ear

The queer community still needs places for public sex

Sex party promoters, kink community leaders and educators refuse to shy away from the more explicit aspects of the queer experience
Illustration of an older person with their eyes closed, reaching toward a younger person with their eyes open and arms outstretched; both are floating against a golden background, surrounded by birds

What my trans son taught me about freedom

I thought I had to fight every day just to exist. Then my son showed me that sometimes freedom is quiet
Hands holding a smartphone; messages between someone marked by Pride colours and someone marked as a robot; a few floating rainbow hearts, all under a purple filter

Will AI companions usher in a new age of queer courtship?

Anyone in a relationship with an AI companion is already having a post-gender romance