Grindr 2023 Unwrapped: Gay Hookup Culture in Review!

Last week we brought you the PornHub 2023 year in review, NOW it's time for Grindr's annual wrap-up! Funny, we say wrap-up when most of you weren't ever wrapping up in 2023. Naughty!!! Yay, PrEP!

Y'all were busy this year! There were over 100 billion chats, 13 billion taps, and 1 billion private albums sent...most of them probably for me while drunk messaging. This year, there was an average of 13 million users monthly...and yet I still can't find someone who will hookup in a Star Trek uniform?! Over 13 million users and no nerds into ST cosplay? Insanity! Also, most of us were on the app on Sundays at 6 pm! That makes sense, it's $3 vodka Sundays in West Hollywood.

Grindr also polled around 10K users regarding their pop culture faves of 2023.

So here's some of the top data we found interesting and wanted to share. Where do you fit in here?

Assets provided by Grindr.

WHERE THE BOTTOMS AT? No, it's not West Hollywood. Check out the top countries with the highest percentage of bottoms (in order):

South Korea, Vietnam, Japan, Denmark, and Finland.

LEATHER LOVERS Despite the many Eagles around the US, we didn't rank in the top percentage of guys into leather. Check out the top leather nations (in order):

Netherlands, Belgium, Panama, Switzerland, and the UK!

HELLO, TWINKIE! Love your twinks? Now you know where to find the highest percentage (in order):

Netherlands, Belgium, Brazil, Switzerland, and the UK.  (Hmmm...this last matches leather guys too. So there's a bunch of leather twinks running around?)

I'LL SHOW YOU MINE! The highest percentage of shared albums come from (in order):

Kuwait (wait, what?), Portugal, Qatar (again, what?), Ireland, and Greece ('cause duh).

OH, DADDY! Ok, finally we rank on the highest percentage of daddies (in order):

US, Nigeria, Australia, Venezuela, and Canada. (Finally, North America shows up...for being old and horny!)

TAG TEAMED! Ok, this is funny. Looks like what guys display on their tag words is much different than what they are looking for. LOL

Profile tags vs Searched tags

Discreet: Hung / Bi: Trans / FWB: BB / Kissing: Dom / Anon: Feet.

GEEKS UNITE! What a cute geek? Here's where to go (in order):

France, Canada, USA, Brazil, and Belgium.

WOOF! Apparently, pup play isn't just a US thing. In fact, we don't even rank!

Venezuela, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Colombia, Mexico (aye aye aye!).

PRUDE, PLEASE! Ok, here's the highest percentage of Don't Send NSFW pics vs Please Send NSFW pics. Yes, we are sluts.

No NSFW: Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria, India, and Italy (the Pope is watching...)

Yes, NSFW: US, Canada, Finland, Australia, and Norway.

THE SEARCH FOR VERSE! Flip fuckers live here (in order):

Finland, Austria, Germany, Australia, and Hungary.

OPEN ME UP! Ok, this one came out totally different than what I was thinking. Here's where most people are in open relationships (in order):

South Korea, Nigeria, Pakistan, Malaysia, and Switzerland.

CAN YOU BEAR ME NOW? Um...we are totally running behind when it comes to where the bears are (in order):

Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nigeria, UAE, and Greece...there are bears in Greece 'cause I've never seen one in a Mykonos photo!

HUNG BOTTOMS! Love your bottom boys with some extra meat? Here's where the hung tops are (in order):

France, UK, Canada, US (my bedroom), and Ireland.

HOT TOPS! Ok, finally, here's where all you bottoms need to move to (in order):

Trinidad & Tobago, Kenya, China, Myanmar, and Greece.

So apparently now we have to move, or at the very least we know where to plan this year's vacation.

Check out the full year in review at Grindr Unwrapped.

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