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When did Tinder become a dating app?

2012 Tinder is going global. The Los Angeles-based dating platform took over online dating in the U.S. after it launched in 2012, with its success even inspiring copycat swipe-based apps in everything from fashion to real estate.

Who created Tinder?

Whitney Wolfe Herd Whitney Wolfe Herd joined a Los Angeles based startup at the age of 22 and later on involved in the development of a dating app which became Tinder in future. Tinder was an instant hit not just in the US but globally and it is said that the name Tinder was Wolfes brainchild.