Tinder is one of the most popular apps among young adults. It is a mobile phone dating app designed to introduce individuals within a proximal geographic area. There are approximately 50 million active Tinder users, and the average user accesses the app 11 times a day.

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Since the launch of Tinder, there have been a surplus of dating apps that have come around, each slightly different, but with the same agenda. That agenda being to match individuals with people.

 

Align is a dating app that focuses on astrology and natal charts, Bumble allows girls to make the first moves, and Minder is a dating app specifically for Muslims. The point is, there are hundreds of dating apps that are out there, and they make it easier to meet people. However, they can be a double edged sword, as it makes it easier than ever to participate in infidelity. 

 

Specific mobile dating applications, such as Tinder, have a direct correlation to infidelity. The popularity of the applications allows it to enable the possibility of facilitating meeting extradyadic partners. Sociosexuality and intentions to engage in infidelity were associated with having used Tinder to engage in infidelity. Gender was not significantly associated with using Tinder to meet extradyadic partners when sociosexuality and intentions to engage in infidelity were also included in analyses.