Tinder blazed the trail, but as we recently covered, niche dating apps that use Tinder’s structure for more specific searches for love are popping up left and right.

Tinder blazed the trail, but as we recently covered, niche dating apps that use Tinder’s structure for more specific searches for love are popping up left and right. These “micro-Tinder” apps have already been created for weed enthusiasts, wordsmiths, shy guys, Jewish singles, black professionals, yuppies, health enthusiasts, and more. While niche dating online has existed in the past, the barrier free nature of these apps—they typically cost nothing, can be looked at anywhere, and require very little for profile set-up—could potentially make them more popular than their browser-based predecessors. This is the era of “Big Dating,” and while Tinder has no plans to change their more broad approach, there is clearly a demand for niche dating apps “where people feel comfortable because there’s some shared context.” (TechCrunch)