In the past couple years, Sniffies emerged as a serious competitor to Grindr — and not just among cisgender gay men, the primary demographic of the map-based hookup app, but also the horny community ...

After seven years as a browser-only cruising platform, Sniffies officially launched an iOS version March 3. As an app, it joins the ranks of competitors like Grindr and Scruff. But unlike those, with ...

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Tinder and Hinge parent company Match Group invested $100 million into the queer cruising app Sniffies. The move has left users feeling uneasy about what happens next.

Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or ...

Match Group Inc., whose dating-app portfolio includes brands like Hinge, Tinder and Match.com, is investing $100 million in Sniffies, a platform for queer men, paving the way for a possible ...

Match Group, the dating app behemoth that owns Match, Tinder, OkCupid, and Hinge, says that it has invested $100 million in yet another mobile service designed to bring people together: a Grindr ...

After 25 years as a desktop staple, Squirt.org is finally entering the modern digital age by launching its first official app, SQ Dating, on both iOS and Android, proving you can teach an old dog new ...

Less than one-third of Sniffies users identified as gay in 2025, with bisexual men narrowly outnumbering gay men on the popular cruising app, according to the platform’s annual “Sniffies Download” ...

Match Group, the company behind Tinder, OkCupid, and Hinge, has invested $100 million in Sniffies, a cruising app for men seeking men. The deal gives Match Group a significant minority stake, with the ...

Most gays use Sniffies in hopes of stripping down, but the web-based app is flipping the script for Pride Month. The viral hookup site wants to get you looking tight to hit the streets and has ...