Mexico: user share of leading dating apps 2021

As of February 2021, almost half (48 percent) of Mexican dating app users surveyed stated using Tinder. Meanwhile, 29 percent of respondents cited Bumble and about nine percent mentioned Badoo.Sex and solitudeThroughout 2020, lockdown and social distancing measures implemented to counter the spread of the coronavirus pushed many Mexicans to seek human contact on dating apps. In another 2021 survey, approximately 18 percent of Mexicans who used dating apps stated that they did it to find friends. Still nearly three out of ten people surveyed said they turned to those apps to have sexual encounters, while about 40 percent reported focusing on finding a partner. Dating apps may remain an option for those fighting solitude. Of Mexicans participating in a third survey, a quarter of them said they were likely to feel lonely over the course of 2021.LGBTQ+ onlineIt has been almost a century and a half since homosexuality was legalized in Mexico, but only recently have people with different sexual orientations or gender identities been able to count on spaces thought for them. As the survey results show, Grindr, a dating app focused on men seeking other men, is now also among the most popular in the North American country. After all, lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders and other persons who do not identify as heterosexual and/or cisgender in Mexico appear to be very well equipped to stay connected, as more than 9 out of 10 members of the LGBT+ community surveyed stated owning a smartphone, and over 80 percent indicated having a laptop.

截至2021年2月，接受调查的墨西哥约会应用用户中，近半数（48%）表示使用Tinder。与此同时，29%的受访者提及Bumble，而大约九 percent的人提到Badoo。在2020年，为遏制冠状病毒的传播而实施的封锁和社会距离措施促使许多墨西哥人转向约会应用寻求人际接触。在2021年的另一次调查中，大约18%的墨西哥约会应用用户表示他们使用这些应用是为了寻找朋友。尽管如此，仍有近三分之一的受访者表示他们转向这些应用是为了寻求性接触，而大约40%的人表示他们的重点是寻找伴侣。对于与孤独抗争的人来说，约会应用可能仍然是一个选择。在参与第三项调查的墨西哥人中，四分之一的人表示他们可能在2021年感到孤独。

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自从同性恋在墨西哥合法化以来，已经过去了近一个半世纪，但直到最近，不同性取向或性别身份的人才能依赖为他们设立的空间。正如调查结果显示，Grindr这款专注于寻找其他男性的约会应用，现在在北美国家中也极为流行。毕竟，在墨西哥，女同性恋者、男同性恋者、双性恋者、跨性别者以及其他不认同异性恋和/或顺性别的人似乎都具备了保持联系的良好条件，因为接受调查的LGBT+社区成员中有超过九成表示拥有智能手机，超过80%的人表示拥有笔记本电脑。