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It's a free mobile dating app that matches you with singles in your area. Tinder basically launched the location-based dating app craze back in 2012, and it's still the most popular dating app in the US. For that reason alone, if you're single, Tinder is definitely worth using. Tinder’s revolutionary (at the time) “swipe right if you like. Tinder is truly a monster dating app with a lot of impressive stats to its name. The Tinder app reached and then surpassed 100 million downloads in 2016. It now has been downloaded over 300 million times, and it is currently available in 190 countries.

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A dating app where women come first (so to speak), Bumble is all about the female experience. Working in a similar way to Tinder with left and right swipes, the key difference is that women have to make the first move. Rated by 2% as the best in dating apps, Bumble has a lot to offer and has progressed to networking as well as dating. In Saudi Arabia, perhaps not the first name that leaps to mind in relation to dating apps, WhosHere was the most-popular app. Notably, this is local to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, so accounts for local sensitivities. Israel was the only Tinder stronghold at this time. Most-popular dating apps in the Middle East. According to the 2020 SKYN Condoms Sex & Intimacy Survey, the most used dating app to find a committed relationship is Tinder, with 39% of respondents using the app most to find love.

While the coronavirus pandemic has hindered a fair amount of in-person dates, Tinder users have kept on swiping, according to the app’s newly released “Year in Swipe 2020” report.

In its report for 2020. (Tinder)

From trending topics to the most popular song choices, Tinder users chose to put their interests at the forefront for everyone on the app to see.

Top 10 trending topics on Tinder in 2020

In the last 12 months, Tinder users have been on the dating app to share their interests and other topics they’re most passionate about. This includes social or political movements, pop culture references and humor.

Here are the 10 biggest trending topics that took over the app in 2020, according to Tinder analytics.

1. Black Lives Matter: Tinder users mentioned Black Lives matter on their profile 55 times more in 2020 than they did in the previous year, internal data shows. Tinder notes there was a significant increase among its users in June.

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2. Pandemic pick-up lines: Tinder users began to add pick-up lines to their profiles that reference the pandemic in March, according to the dating app. One-liners like “Quarantine & Chill” and “Wash your hands so you can come hold mine” became popular.

3. TikTok: Tinder notes that its users have started to add links to their TikTok accounts on their dating profiles. The trend grew with TikTok mentions going up 8-fold in 2020 and reportedly peaking in May.

Tinder suggests that Gen Z “never stopped dating” and instead discovered creative ways to stay connected with their potential matches. (iStock)

4. Face masks: Aside from making flirty jokes about the pandemic, Tinder users appear to have taken personal protective equipment seriously with mentions of face masks going up 10 times in 2020 compared to last year.

5. Carole Baskin: “Tiger King” star Carole Baskin became a popular mention after Netflix dropped its limited docuseries in late March.

6. Voting: Tinder users made sure to mention the word “vote” or shared a similar message that encouraged others to vote on their dating profiles. The dating platform’s data shows that mentions doubled in time for the presidential election.

7. Animal Crossing: The popular video game Animal Crossing helped daters find their socially-distanced match in 2020. Tinder says mentions of the top-trending game peaked in May.

8. Shrug emojis: Out of the hundreds of emojis Tinder users could choose from their smart devices, the shrug emoji was the most used on the dating app.

The shrug emoji was the most used symbol on Tinder in 2020, according to internal data. (Tinder)

9. WAP: Cardi B’s hit song “WAP” made an impact on Tinder when it first released in August with users making references to the acronym or sharing TikTok challenges.

10. Tinder’s Passport feature: With much of the world shut down or restricted due to the coronavirus pandemic, some Tinder users have shelled out cash to use the app’s premium Passport feature, which allows users to set their location to another zip code or country for matches. Sixteen percent of Tinder users have reportedly utilized this feature and in April usage was up 7 times what Tinder recorded the previous year.

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When it comes to dating apps, they come in all kinds of different formats — swiping right or left, having a short profile versus a longer one, having the option to answer questions about yourself that potential matches can see, and so on. So when it comes to choosing which dating app to use, things can get a bit confusing. Sure, you can sign up for all of them, but that, too, gets overwhelming as your phone keeps blowing up with matches or messages. Luckily, a survey just revealed the most popular dating apps in 2018 among U.S. singles, which will be a big time-saver the next time you're debating which ones to download.

Technology company ReportLinker surveyed 501 online respondents in the U.S. aged 18 to 64 who mentioned they're singles, widowed, or divorced. As far as the popularity of dating apps is concerned, those who online date said they belong to 2.4 websites on average. And, of course, everyone has different motivations for going online — some may just want a hookup whereas others want to find a significant other.

They also discovered that people had varied reasons for going online: 60 percent said it was to find true love, followed by 41 percent who said it was to meet new friends, and 34 percent were looking for hookups. All that said, they also found out the dating apps were using, so you may want to get your phone ready to download some — or all — of them.

Tinder won as the most popular dating app, with 42 percent of mentions among those surveyed.

Among Millennials, that number was even higher, with 70 percent of them revealing they use it. And it makes sense: The app seems to always be adding new fun features, from having users name their favorite song, their 'anthem,' to the ability to 'Super Like' someone.

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Match came in second place with 32 percent of mentions in ReportLinker's findings. Match, too, differentiates itself from some of its online competitors by showing where you and another user crossed paths IRL through their 'Missed Connections' feature. For instance, if you crossed paths at a certain bookstore, you automatically have a common interest, which is a good start.

PlentyOfFish (POF) made the top four apps and came in third place as the most popular dating app, with 26 percent of mentions. Unlike a *lot* of the dating apps out there, with POF, you don't have to link to your Facebook account. So this means that you can be anonymous and use a username versus your actual name, which definitely has its benefits.

Rounding out the top four dating apps was OkCupid (OKC), which received 25 percent of mentions. One new change with the app is that they are no longer allowing members to have usernames. Instead, you are supposed to use your first name. And OKC is also renowned for all the unique questions you can answer if you so choose, such as 'Is it OK to answer your cell phone while out with a friend or on a date?' As you can imagine, they make for good conversation-starters.

There you have it: The most popular dating apps in 2018. If you haven't tried all four of the above, what are you waiting for? In any case, happy matching/swiping/dating, no matter which apps you use.