Heads up, singles. If you're looking for a monogamous relationship you might want to give Tinder the big left swipe.
The notorious hookup app has never really had a reputation fostering serious relationships, but new research indicates that the Tinder dating pool may be even murkier than we thought. Turns out, a good portion of Tinder users aren't even single. Research from GlobalWebIndex found that 42 percent of those who use the dating app are either married or in a relationship.
Ouch.
Only about half of users — 54 percent — said they're single. Three percent are divorced or widowed, and 1 percent classify their marital status as "other" — which translates to us as "it's complicated."
Before jumping to conclusions like, say, almost half of Tinder users are liars, let's give that huge portion of non-single Tinder users the benefit of the doubt. They could, after all, just be looking to make new friends? Former Tinder CEO Sean Rad did, after all, once classify the app as more of a "social discovery platform" than a straight dating service.
Or, perhaps all those spouses and significant others are *wink wink* okay with the whole idea. Hey, whatever floats your boat. But, as we said before, this doesn't exactly bode well for those looking for monogamy.
Meanwhile, the research also revealed that men outnumber women on Tinder 60:40. Tinder users also like to keep their options open — 7 in 10 users are also on other dating sites, and a quarter are actually paying for online dating services elsewhere.
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