Study suggests Tinder is not very effective for acquiring new sexual partners

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In the study, the researchers surveyed 269 Norwegian university students who were former or current Tinder users regarding their experiences using the dating app.

Only 54 participants reported engaging in one-night stands following Tinder use and the majority of them had only experienced this once.

Of the entire sample, 80% did not achieve any sexual encounter thanks to Tinder and 13% achieved only one. Only 3% achieved two sexual encounters and 4% achieved more than two.

...“We suggest that Tinder use for the majority of users is not very effective for acquiring new sexual partners. Apparently, most people would need a lot of matches in order to attain one meeting, and several meetings to accomplish one new sexual partner,” Grøntvedt told PsyPost.

Using data from their new study, the researchers calculated that it took about 57 matches on average for a user to have one meeting with a potential partner.

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