Grindr by the numbers

By Rob Salerno • July 27, 2011 8:00 pm EDT

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

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