Dating sites and mobile apps are most popular with Americans between the ages of 25 and 34, with 22 percent those people having used online dating, followed by 17 percent of people between the ages of 35 and 44, the Pew Research Center reports. Online dating has become mainstream since it first appeared in the mid-1990s with sites like, due in part to the growth of smartphones. The app generated nearly 1.79 billion in direct revenue in 2022, up 9 over 2021.

Pronounced 'Thrinder,' the app offers a search and swipe format for choosing partners that's similar to its semi-namesake, Tinder, and recently received approximately $500,000 in funding from angel investors who are bullish about the demand for mobile dating apps. Currently, Tinder is the most popular dating app in terms of downloads and in-app purchases. Since its launch last year, nearly 1 million people have downloaded the iOS version of 3ndr, a service for people seeking threesomes. And they're going mainstream, including 3ndr, a service for people seeking threesomes that is growing so fast that it's available on the new Apple TV and comes to Android in December. Looking for a loving, non-traditional relationship? There is an app for that – many, actually.

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