Grindr
Sign in to saveGrindr () is a location-based social networking and online hookup application for LGBTQ people.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Grindr Inc.
- Company.logo
- Grindr Logo Black.svg
- Company.logo_caption
- Grindr black logo
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.founded
- in Los Angeles, California
- Company.founder
- Joel Simkhai
- Company.hq_location_city
- West Hollywood, California, U.S.
- Company.areas_served
- Worldwide
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Encyclopedic overview
24 sectionsContents
- History
- Original ownership (2009–2015)
- After acquisition (2016–2019)
- Divestiture and public listing (2020–present)
- Original content
- ''Into''
- ''Bridesman''
- ''Who's The Asshole?''
- ''Host or Travel''
- Grindr for Equality
- Censorship
- Criticism
- Offensive speech and actions
- Drug dealing
- User location trilateration
- User data privacy
- Risk to minors
- Legal complaint by workers' labor union
- Violent ambushes
- In popular culture
- Academia
- See also
- References
- External links
Grindr () is a location-based social networking and online hookup application for LGBTQ people.
It was one of the first geosocial apps for gay men when it launched in March 2009, and has since become the largest and most popular gay mobile app in the world. It is available on iOS and Android devices in both free and premium versions (the latter called Grindr XTRA and Grindr Unlimited). As of September 2023, Grindr has approximately 13.5 million monthly active users.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grindr” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.