December is a natural time to look back, and companies like Spotify and Apple offer special features to help reflect on the year, through relaying music preferences or sharing photo highlights. So with the amount of data Grindr processes every day, it would be selfish for them to keep their 2020 insights to themselves.
OK, maybe users don’t want a personalized analysis of their time spent on the ubiquitous dating app, but the company used its metadata to offer some noninvasive global observations.
In a year-end feature called Grindr Unwrapped, the app used stats from its “13 million gay, bi, trans & queer” users. Here’s what they found:
Which country came out on top?
“You ran the gamut of positions, but some countries came out on top,” reads one slide which lists Morocco, India, Nigeria, Chile and Israel as the countries with the highest percentage of tops.
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That begs the obvious question…
“Behind every successful top is a power bottom,” reads the next slide. Vietnam, Sweden, Thailand, Peru and South Africa earned top, er, bottom marks.
Don’t forget about vers.
Contrary to what some guys might tell you, vers is very much a thing. And you’ll likely encounter guys who can do it all in Venezuela, Guatemala, Argentina, Mexico and Australia.
For a look at all the intel gleaned from a year of chatting, including which cities are the most active, how many photos were sent, and what the most popular emoji was (spoiler: eggplant), head here.
CBHaynes
I’m not sure why, but this really grossed me out. LOL.
Joseph1971
I love the list of versatile nations. Obviously the crystal meth epidemic hasn’t hit those countries yet!
nmharleyrider
I have no idea what that is supposed to mean.
sillyme
I’m gonna spend time laughing about all this load of BS for an hour or so!!
witchboybrian
Of course this assumes that people are being honest in how they’re describing themselves.
ShiningSex
WELL WE KNOW WHERE ALL OF THE STDs ARE…..ON GRINDR. DUH!!!!
You’re playing with your health going on those sites/apps. People are so ignorant today. Many gays bareback more than wear condoms. Fact! Most of my friends bareback and it’s quite sad and depressing how they don’t seem to care.
Have more respect for yourself. Care more about yourself.
Grindr is just a faster way to get “done in” (and not in a good way).
Goforit
With your cheery disposition and your disdain of your “friends” activities, I suspect that both of them will soon be ex-friends.
TheAbsoluteTRUTH
I’m surprised South Florida and Fort Lauderdale aka fort bottomdale didn’t win the highest population of T’d blown out booty bottoms award on grindr because it certainly would if that category existed
Charlie in Charge
Further evidence I should book a trip to Australia when travel reopens.
chappy51
I’m thinking Morocco!
ElPillo
How many tops have behind closed doors asked to bottom. I remember this one boyfriend of large eggplant game, who publicly was a tops’ top. I think I got to enjoy the eggplant twice in our year long fling. But I was asked never to disclose this secret. Thus, I’m withholding names and cities. 🙂
CityguyUSA
Almost seems like it goes by height.
ohiogreg
could they show us where the tops are in the US?!