Recently, the gay scene has seen a resurgence. Once a facet of Chinese culture among the elite, it was pushed underground during the Communist era, and the Chinese Psychiatric Association officially classified homosexuality as a psychiatric disorder until 2001. The Los Angeles-based mobile app was released in 2009 and matches users based on personal photos and location.Ĭhina’s attitude toward homosexuality has undergone a radical transformation in the past decade. Grindr, which calls itself the world’s largest gay social network, hosts 2 million visitors daily across 196 countries, according to a company fact sheet. dating application market share through its ownership of Match, OKCupid and Tinder, while Grindr’s direct competitors include Scruff and Jack’d. IAC/InterActiveCorp controls the majority of U.S. “It will generally be business as usual for us here at Grindr, but with a renewed sense of purpose and additional resources.”ĭating apps are struggling to sustain revenue growth, partly because customers tend to stop paying for the service after they find a match. “We have taken this investment in our company to accelerate our growth,” Joel Simkhai, founder of Grindr, said in a blog post.
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