The algorithm accounts for other factors — primarily location and age preferences, the only biographical information that’s actually required for a Tinder profile.

Rad shared that Tinder is adding both technical and informational data points, and that the algorithm change isn’t just about new data points, but how those things are ranked against one another ...

The Tinder algorithm used to be based on the Elo rating system, which was originally designed to rank chess players. As revealed in a 2019 blog post, ...

Tinder published a blog post today about how its algorithm works and how it’s depreciated its former Elo scores, which ranked people based off attractiveness. RIP to the mysterious Elo score ...

A front-row seat in a crash course on app-based dating was the perfect place for JoAnn Thissen. Online dating takes a lot of nerve, and the 68-year-old retired marine geologist was working up her c… ...

Tinder's incoming CEO wants to rid the app of its hookup app reputation, but the app is testing a pretty superficial ...

Match Group, which operates dating apps like Tinder and OkCupid, completed its acquisition of the 7-year-old app Hinge on Thursday, following its purchase of a majority stake in June 2018. For ...

In 2019, Tinder’s founder, Sean Rad, explained how the Tinder algorithm gives each user a “desirability” score to represent how much of a catch any particular person is, based on how often ...

Less swiping, more matching. At least, Tinder hopes. Driving all of this, though, is Tinder’s enhanced algorithm, which isn’t just taking into account the new job and education signals.

That successful connection you made on Tinder was not fate; it was an algorithm deciding how desirable you truly are. Tinder’s CEO Sean Rad revealed in an interview with Fast Company that the… ...

Tinder has updated its dating app with a new algorithm that negates the need to manually pick your best profile photo and hopefully, increases your chances of finding a match.