Here’s the 7 day snapshot data for my Hinge interactions. Note that I started collecting data on the third day, so I’m missing some information. Hinge does not let you revisit past people (unless you’re still messaging them).
There’s basically two areas in Hinge. The ‘Likes You’ area is where people send a like, either on your photo, your post or your poll that’s on profile. They can include a message at this point if they want. The ‘Compatible’ area is where you judge people, selecting ‘X’ if you’re not interested or selecting the ‘heart’ if you are. This will send them a like.
Total connections: 45 people
You get an instant match if you ‘heart’ someone in your ‘Likes You’ area. If you sent the ‘heart’ first using the ‘Compatible’ area, you have to wait to get a ‘heart’ before you’re matched. Through both these methods I received a total of 13 matches = 29%.
Once you match, you are able to use the messaging feature to direct message each other. This is where you can also ‘unmatch’ someone if it’s not working out. I have a total of 3 unmatches = 27% (of the people I matched with). This was a mix of unmatching from me or them.
Out of the 13 matches I did a have conversation with all of them. Here’s the kicker, people just tend to like a photo or post or poll, but don’t include a message. Only 2 people sent the first message, I sent the other 11 messages (to get the ball rolling). This is just within my matches. Don’t get me wrong, there were plenty of people sending messages on photo or whatnot, but those were people that I ‘X’ as not being interested. Everyone of those people responded to my message. At this point there area only 7 people still messaging me (or have messaged within the last 2 days), that’s 54%. Basically that boils down to I’m only talking to 16% of the original 45. In reality the percentage is less, because I’m missing a couple days worth of people I didn’t track. Probably more like 13%
Just incase anyone is wondering the gender ratio, since I am bisexual there is a mix of people being sent my way. It took a couple of days Hinge to cut back the heavy base of male profiles and mix it up for me.
There’s one last feature I didn’t really discuss, it’s a third category called standout. I lumped this in with ‘Compatible’ since it works pretty much the same way. You’re the one reaching out first. Instead of a ‘heart’ you send a ‘rose’. Which is suppose to bump you to the top of the other person’s list. I’m not sure why this matters, my list is very short. If someone is receiving that many likes, I’m probably not going to be their first choice in the vast sea of people sending them roses and hearts.
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