Back in the summer of 2022, Hinge launched its ‘Not-So Frequently Asked Questions’ platform, an initiative that brought together some of the most common but unaddressed conversation topics relating to queer dating. The resource within the app has become a one-stop guide to finding answers to the questions 80% of LGBTQIA+ daters on Hinge struggle to find answers to.
Now just a year after the launch of NFAQ, Hinge has compiled a report entitled ‘Beyond the Talking Stage’. It highlights the app’s latest findings around LGBTQIA+ dating and identity and shares dating tips to use in their everyday life.
“At Hinge, our mission is to empower anyone looking for love to find it. Hinge is at its best—and Hinge users are more successful—when daters from every background can fully express themselves, share and explore their identities, and get support at every point in their dating journey,” explains Justin McLeod, CEO of Hinge.
The goal of this report is simple: give more people the tools they need to find a meaningful relationship. The findings focus on three common conversations: ‘the first time’, ‘the first date’ and ‘the first fight’. Throughout the 30-page report, Hinge delves deep into topics such as the dos and don’ts of first-date conversations, talking stages, ghosting people and navigating second dates through conversation and not intimacy.
Some of the other key findings show that bisexual daters experience a fear of exploring their identity with dating — yet 80% of Hinge’s queer daters are open to being someone’s first experience.
Elsewhere, the report shows that 57% of the LGBTQIA+ community said lack of communication was their biggest dating obstacle in 2022 and that the app’s trans daters are currently leading the way in pushing for open communication.
Find out more about NFAQ and the new report here.