Bobsledders, Snowboarders Popular On Tinder At Games

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The "most popular athletes" on Tinder at the Pyeongchang Olympics are male bobsledders and female snowboarders, the dating app said, according to Liana Baker of REUTERS. Tinder, which is owned by Match Group Inc., has seen "major spikes in usage at the Olympics since it caught on" during the Sochi 2014 Games. On Tinder, "a swipe right signals interest in a prospective partner, as opposed to a left swipe, which passes over a person." Behind bobsled, the "most right swiped male athletes" on the app were ice hockey players, followed by snowboarders, alpine skiers and skeleton racers. After snowboarding, the "most right swiped female athletes" were alpine skiers, bobsledders, lugers and freestyle skiers. Tinder said that it has seen a 348% increase in usage in Pyeongchang compared to the usage of the app in the area before the Olympics began (REUTERS, 2/21).