Grindr Use Triples In Sochi
If you’re gay and in Sochi for Valentine’s Day, things might not be as bleak as you think.
Despite the presence of anti-gay preachers picketing on the street and, you know, that whole cadre of anti-gay government officials with their anti-gay laws, a gay guy in Sochi is way more likely to hook up this week than before the Olympics began.
That’s according to data from Grindr about usage in Sochi specifically. We reached out to the app’s press team after American snowboarder Jamie Anderson told US Weekly, “Tinder in the Olympic Village is next level.” Tinder is a popular dating app for straight people as well as LGBTs; Grindr is exclusively for gay and bisexual men.
A week ago, there were 185 active users in Sochi, and now there are 541, according to a Grindr spokesperson. The total number of users in Russia is about 55,000. Sochi is no San Francisco—not yet anyway.
https://www.vocativ.com/02-2014/grindr-use-sochi-tripled-olympics/