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title: "What is Tinder? Here's what you should know about the popular dating app?"  
description: "What is Tinder? Here's what you should know about the popular dating app?"  
author: "Steilla Mitchel"  
published: 2022-03-15  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96305/what-is-tinder-here-s-what-you-should-know-about-the-popular-dating-app  
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tags: ["troubleshooting", "tinder"]  
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# What is Tinder? Here's what you should know about the popular dating app?

What is Tinder? Here's what you should know about the popular dating app?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

- **[Tinder](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96322/what-does-tinder-gold-offer)** is a paid subscription-based online dating app known for its swipe and match feature.
- To join Tinder, you must first download the app and give basic information about yourself, such as your age, location, gender, and gender preferences.
- Tinder is a dating app that connects singles in your neighbourhood and around the world virtually. It was founded in 2012.
- Tinder is known as the 'hookup app,' but it's really a dating app that, like its competitors, promises to provide a pathway to partnerships and even marriage for a more tech-savvy generation.
- It challenges traditional dating culture, which often entails going out and interacting with strangers in public places.

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**Read More: [How to create a Tinder profile?](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96303/how-to-create-a-tinder-profile)**


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