Dating Apps trivia

Dating Apps Mini Quiz

Test your knowledge with these top questions!

Question 1

Inspired by a deck of cards, what app made the "swipe right" feature famous?

Tinder originally used buttons. The swipe gesture was added weeks later to mimic a deck of cards, a design intended to make dating feel less like a chore and more like a game.

Question 2

Which dating app requires women to send the 1st message to their male matches?

Whitney Wolfe Herd founded Bumble to empower women to message first and became the youngest self-made female billionaire when the company went public in 2021.

Question 3

Known for the slogan "Designed to be deleted," which dating app uses profile prompts?

Hinge's mascot, Hingie, is a fuzzy character that is comically destroyed in advertisements whenever a couple finds love and deletes the app.

Question 4

Started by Harvard math students, which dating app uses long quizzes to match users?

The founders of OkCupid previously created the study guide site SparkNotes while they were students at Harvard.

Question 5

Which app was the 1st major social network to use GPS to find nearby gay men?

Launched in 2009, Grindr pioneered the 'grid' view of users by proximity, utilizing iPhone GPS technology over three years before the debut of major apps like Tinder.

Question 6

Founded by Whitney Wolfe Herd, which dating app became famous for its rule that women make the 1st move?

Whitney Wolfe Herd became the youngest woman to take a company public in the United States when Bumble held its initial public offering in 2021.

Question 7

Known for its "grid" view of nearby users, which app was the 1st major dating service for gay men?

Launched in 2009, Grindr was one of the first apps to use GPS technology for dating, predating the launch of other major services like Tinder by over three years.

Question 8

Which massive corporation owns many popular dating apps like Tinder, Hinge, and OkCupid?

Match Group operates over 45 dating brands globally and accounts for a significant majority of the market share in the online dating industry.

Question 9

Which dating app for long-term relationships uses the famous marketing slogan "designed to be deleted"?

The campaign features a furry mascot named Hingie that is humorously destroyed in advertisements whenever a couple finds love and deletes the app.

Question 10

Which popular dating app, once called Matchbox, introduced the "swipe right" gesture to like a profile?

Tinder rebranded from Matchbox to avoid trademark issues with Match.com. Its swipe gesture was inspired by the motion of wiping condensation off a bathroom mirror.