Tinder Rolls Out Two New Profile Features

Tinder has announced two significant new features it is rolling out, including highlighting relationship types (including non-monogamy) and allowing members to display their pronouns on their profiles.

With the new update, Tinder users will be able to choose from a variety of terms to describe their relationship type, and it will display prominently on their profile just under their name and age. They can choose from descriptions like “monogamy,” “ethical non-monogamy,” “open relationship” or “open to exploring,” for example.

According to the press release, Tinder is making this shift to put relationship types more front and center, since it found that 41 percent of Gen Z users are open to non-traditional and non-monogamous relationships. This feature complements the Relationship Goals feature the company rolled out last year, which gave users the ability to specify if they are searching for “Long-term,” “short term” or long-term, open to short-term” among other types, like “just figuring out my dating goals.”

How to use Relationship Types on Tinder.

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According to Tech Crunch, Tinder’s survey also found that out of 4,000 participants, “open relationships” and “hierarchical polyamory” were the most popular types of non-monogamous relationships among 18 to 25 year-olds in the U.S., U.K. Australia and Canada.

Tinder users will also be able to display up to four preferred pronouns on their profiles from a list of 15 options, in addition to their sexual orientation and gender, which have been available to display for a few years. Tinder’s survey found that 33 percent of users aged 18 to 25 agreed their sexuality is more fluid, and 29 percent said their gender identity has become more fluid in the last three years.

The LGBTQ+ community is the fastest-growing community of singles on the app.

Tinder’s parent company Match Group has come under fire lately for a decline in earnings in the last quarter of 2022, in part due to poor product execution at Tinder. The company has refocused efforts to better monetize the app and launch new features throughout 2023, specifically catering to the growing Gen Z market. These new features could help draw more singles back to Tinder, and while they are there, do more in-app spending on boosts, Super Likes and views.

While the Relationship Types feature will be available in many countries, including the U.S., U.K., Brazil, France, The Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Italy, Spain, Thailand, Sweden, Germany and Mexico, the pronouns feature is only offered in the U.S. at this time, according to Tech Crunch.

For more on this dating app, please read our review of Tinder.