Grindr's base product is a free, ad-supported app that uses location technology in iOS and Android devices to instantly connect men with other men in their area. Grindr was also selected as an Official Honoree of the Webby Awards for award-winning work in the Social (handheld devices) category. The app was named the winner of TechCrunch's 2011 Crunchies Award for Best Location Application and 's Readers' Choice Award for Best Dating App. Grindr has received multiple awards at the iDate Awards industry conference, including 'Best Mobile Dating App' three times.
Positive reviews circulated via the gay blogosphere and word of mouth, and by 2012, the app had reached 4 million users in 192 countries with 1.1 million users online daily.Ī flood of awards followed. It was the first ever gay geosocial app to launch in the iTunes App Store.
Grindr was a trailblazer in the truest sense of the word.
Since its launch in 2009, the app has grown to become a fundamental part of users’ daily lives across the globe, rivaling – and perhaps even supplanting – gay bars and online dating sites as the best way for gay men to meet. With on average 3.6 million daily active users in 196 countries, Grindr is the largest all-male mobile social network in the world.
