Hinge, Bumble Algorithm – New User Boosts On Dating Apps

Elo Scores, Dating App Algorithms, Attractiveness; New User Boost, Bumble New Here, Hinge Just Joined, Average Likes Per Day, Hinge/Bumble Algorithms Explained

Many people do very little research when they decide to use dating apps, create a profile, upload photos and fill out their bio and prompts. Sure, it looks pretty straightforward, but there are plenty of ways to self-sabotage your efforts with possible red flags.

Testing out the waters is perfectly fine for dating apps but it’s crucial to know that the first few hours of your profile going live can materially impact long-term success on the app. Creating a new dating profile that is filled out vs launching one that is incomplete will help you start off strong on the apps.

Dating apps use algorithms to analyze profiles and make recommendations on who to show profiles to. (If you haven’t already, be sure to check out this beginner’s guide to online dating). There is much to know before you load up the apps and start swiping right recklessly.

Learning basic dating app swiping etiquette will go a long way toward improving your chances of success on dating apps. For those reasons, I highly urge all of you to learn about what goes into a dating profile so you know how to prepare and hit the ground running with your online dating efforts.

Why Am I Getting No Likes, Matches On Hinge, Bumble

Hinge & Bumble Algorithm Explained – Dating App Algorithms – Hinge/Bumble Free Boost

Every new account on a dating app is artificially boosted to help train the algorithm so that it can figure out how it compares to others on the platform. Consider this a free boost, but most won’t because they think it’s normal. The better one does early on, the more likely it will continue to do well long-term.

Most people don’t think much of this as they get likes and matches fairly easily early on and then all of a sudden things slow down and even come to a complete stop. By this point, it can be difficult to rebound without significant effort, improvements and restructuring of a profile.

Before you decide to start a new profile, I highly recommend clients review dating apps and the questions they pose so you can fill them out efficiently rather than try to figure out it on the fly which often leads to mistakes, lazy answers or boring comments.

Starting off strong is key to get every possible advantage on dating apps as possible.

Hinge Prompts, Questions List  |  Bumble Prompts, Questions List

Dating Apps Judge Your Dating Profile ASAP – New User Boosts On Dating Apps

Many, many folks struggle with online dating apps and it is not uncommon for folks to be on multiple dating apps regularly and continuously swiping for years or even decades with limited or no success.

There is still a stigma out there when it comes to using dating apps (albeit not as much as before) but many refuse to get advice on their personal profiles. Some of the biggest mistakes people make on dating apps can be avoided with feedback from trusted sources.

A majority of folks never seek help from friends, family members, colleagues or professionals on their app choice, photos, bios, prompts, introductory messages, wardrobe and poses.

The ones that do seek help, it can sometimes backfire due to confirmation bias feedback from friends and family as these people are biased and unlikely to be brutally honest with you.

Similarly, asking for help on Reddit or uploading photos to Photofeeler may not be much better as those people are likely struggling with dating apps themselves and not good judges of character.

While it’s great that folks are mustering up the courage to create a public profile, show some vulnerability and take that virtual introduction, it is not without some caution that people need to be aware of how dating apps work to maximize their chances of success (tips on how to get the most out of dating apps here.

Related read: How Dating Apps Get You Hooked, Then Monetize You

Hinge Just Joined, Bumble New Here, How To Get Rid Of New Here On Bumble

Many dating apps on the market these days (like the Hinge app) use algorithms to suggest matches to users. These algorithms are based on popular filters and preferences like age, location, height, education but also how users respond to your attractiveness, approachability, style as well as your swipe activity.

When you create a dating profile, the algorithm is still learning your profile and thus uses proxies early on and makes assumptions about you until you are on the app long enough to establish statistically significant data points from which it can more safely serve you appropriate profiles.

Even with great photos, a poorly written profile can severely hurt your chances early on.

Hinge even goes as far as to add a ‘Just Joined’ badge to new profiles to encourage engagement (more likely to reply given the lack of bombardment one sees, particularly for women, over time). Bumble does the same with the “New Here” badge. Hinge just joined badge and Bumble new here can feel weird and unfortunately you can’t remove it.

Badges like this stay on for about 3-14 days, and they are more likely to get you banned from the app if you create your profile over and over again as people will know you are not really new to the site.

To do this, it will want to give you the benefit of the doubt and show you profiles that are desirable by others. This is also done to pique your interest (and keep you hooked) as well as understand how others view you.

Imagine walking into a bar with your zipper open, stain on your shirt, or fall on your face – sure you can rebound from these items, but you will have to wait and you will have likely left a lasting impression that will take time and a Herculean effort to offset these unsightly events.

Related read: What Not To Do On Dating Apps

How Often Does Hinge Show Your Profile? How Often Does Bumble Show Your Profile? 

Over time, your profile is shown less and less. New users are boosted and dating apps turn up the monetization efforts in order to get you to pay more money. Your profile will be seen even less if you swipe right too much on people outside your league.

Like a resume, your online dating profile is a work in progress and people often work on them rigorously and improve them over time.

Unlike a resume where your updated version is viewed in isolation and independently by new companies you submit it to, your dating profile is weighted by the success (or lack thereof) by your early counterparts and shown appropriately to others. 

Pro-tip: Be sure to review dating profile templates before downloading the app so you can setup a practice profile before it goes live.

New User Boosts On Bumble, Hinge: Front Loaded Matches, Fewer Matches Over Time

If you ever wonder why you are shown attractive and desirable profiles of users early on and then hit a wall with less desirable folks and fewer likes, this is it.

There is always a regression to the mean and it can take anywhere from 3-5 days for the algorithm to analyze and rank your profile compared to others in the area (depending on supply, demand and swipe activity).

Some people attribute it to a bug or the app but in most cases it’s just your profile making its way up or down the pecking order.

This regression is a part of a larger monetization strategy at hand – most dating apps will come hard with free trials (without notification i.e. Hinge) or will come with the hard upsells on boosts hoping that you remember what that first week was like.

Dating apps (more than others) are photocentric meaning that most of what a person sees is photos or at least photos are prioritized meaning that bios, prompts and demographics are ignored or deprioritized early on.

It’s an unfortunate approach but it is what it is and that’s why it’s important to start off your dating profile as strong as possible right out of the gate and not wind up circling down a vicious cycle.

Some users are savvy and aware of this phenomenon and might try to game the system by creating a duplicate account, deleting and restarting accounts but oftentimes apps realize what is going on and will penalize users even more for trying to cheat the system.

Needless to say this can lead down a dark path where users don’t get likes, get deprioritized by others and never end up getting dates through the app – DON’T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU.

While it’s good to get feedback from others on your profile, it can actually hurt you. Friends tend to be less direct when it comes to something personal like this.

If you ask attractive friends or more social friends for help, they might have an advantage that you don’t (have more wiggle room to get away with mistakes, red flags or cringeworthy taboos).

Related read: Are You Ready To Date

How Does Bumble Decide Who To Show You? Bumble ELO, Bumble Attractiveness Ranking

Similar to Hinge, Bumble boosts new profiles and shows them to many people early on to get an idea for desirability.

After that initial period, the amount of times your profile is shown reduces, goes back to normal (which is why you might see fewer likes after a few days, weeks).

Read: What Are Hinge Standouts?

Why Don’t I Get Matches On Bumble? Does Bumble Penalize You For Swiping Too Much? 

The more you right swipe on IG models, people far away or significantly taller than you or younger than you, the more likely they will see you and left swipe on you.

It’s best to have realistic expectations, optimize your profile and be patient rather than swipe too much.

To get more likes, matches, get good photos, smile, know your audience, fill out your profile and don’t use self-sabotaging photos.

Pro-tip: Reduce poor compatibility matches by avoiding these Hinge cliche prompt answers.

Bumble Boost, Tinder Boost, Hinge Preferred – Paid Premium Features, When To Boost

While Bumble premium memberships and Hinge preferred memberships can be tempting, I view those services similarly to annoying paid ads.

In the long-run it is much better to work on yourself (appearance, health, career, hobbies, social circles, wardrobe, grooming and photos) rather than pay for a dopamine hit of a few extra accidental likes.

Read more about paid features on dating apps and whether you should try them out.

How Do Algorithms Work On Hinge, Bumble, Tinder ELO? 

Dating apps are not set up to see you as the most desirable, compatible users. They are constantly A/B testing algorithms, features and you are the product. Don’t assume boosts or paid services will help your profile – only improved photos, bios, captions, demographics and appearance can do that.

Dating algorithms are designed to keep you on the app as long as possible and to monetize those efforts.

To get the most out of dating apps, you need to focus on improving yourself and your profile – there are no hacks. Dating apps show users they think you are interested in and have a chance, not necessarily the ones most likely to like you or swipe right on you.

They mix in profiles for attractive people, not so attractive people, people outside your preferences and radius to teach the algorithm and improve it.

Not everyone sees your profile on apps Hinge, Bumble or Tinder. For one, people have filters. Secondly, not everyone is glued to the app 24/7. Women on average use 1-2 apps (max) whereas some men use 2-4 or more apps.

Given app usage and gender imbalance on dating apps (60/40 male to female or more), it’s possible for guys to see most/all women whereas women might see less than 30% of male profiles.

Do Likes On Hinge Expire?

Yes, if the person deletes their profile or gets banned.

Bumble No Likes, No Matches – Bumble Incognito Mode, Does Hinge Have Incognito Mode

Getting likes and matches on Bumble is harder than on Hinge. Bumble is a bit more superficial, has users who enable incognito mode and people are rather lazy, have bad etiquette. Using Incognito mode limits how many people see your profile and thus limits likes, matches as others might never see it if they also have Incognito mode (only available on Bumble, not Hinge).

Some guys swipe right on more women than other apps for efficiency because they don’t have the ability to send a first message like on Hinge.

Similarly, girls then get more matches than expected and get exhausted with sending messages so they don’t send out messages after matching as guys would expect.

Improve your photos – that is the best thing you can do to get more likes, matches, messages and replies.

Read more about no likes, matches on Bumble here.

How Long Does It Take To Get Likes On Hinge? Bumble?

If you are an average looking woman, you will get likes with minutes if not hours unless you have Incognito mode, have poor photos, don’t show your face or body or have an incomplete profile.

If you are an average looking guy, it can be a few hours or days before you get likes. Again, this depends on profile completeness, # and quality of photos, location, app choice, prompts, bios, incognito mode, verified profile status and more.

How Long Does Hinge Take To Match? How Long Does It Take To Get Matches On Bumble? 

It depends on how closely related each profile is, how often the other person swipes right, how long the person is in said area, and how closely each profile is in terms of mutual preferences, deal-breakers. It can be seconds or hours or months or never. 

There are too many variables at play but some include:

-how often you swipe right

-if you send compliments/comments with likes

-how attractive you are

-your self-awareness, realistic expectations

-quality and volume of photos

-effort and detail in prompts and bios

-age, distance and other filters

-your location, app choice, profile completeness, verified status, height, ethnicity, religion, politics etc.

To learn how to get more matches on Hinge, read this.

How Many Matches Is Normal, Average On Hinge, Bumble?

That depends on one’s swipe strategy, messaging, timing, age, location, gender, height, appearance, photos, first impressions and other demographic data. 1-3 matches a day can be normal but elusive.

Is It Hard To Get Matches On Bumble? How Do You Get More Matches On Bumble?

It’s tougher for most people, guys as guys can’t send messages to girls to stand out. Similarly, many women use incognito mode so a girl is less likely to send out likes and get matches as she focuses on fewer profiles, people.

My best advice, invest in your photos and update your prompts to get more matches. Assume your first photo will make or break you and that you will be judged by your worst photos and effort in your bio and prompts.

Using Dating Apps While Traveling & How That Affects The Algorithm & Match Rates

Whenever a person travels to another location, it’s like the app treats them like a new user by boosting their profile.

The reason for this is to artificially make the person more engaged but also get the people who like said person to waste likes on out of towners since there is a limited time frame to do so in hopes that the pay for additional likes to use on locals.

How Many Hinge Matches Is Normal?

That depends on your age, location, photos, comments, prompts and swiping etiquette, but 1-3 matches a day is not uncommon but 2-3 matches a week is more realistic.

There are some strategies to optimize getting more matches (more on that here).

Tinder Noob Boost, New User Boost On Tinder

New users are shown often early on to train the algorithm and get people hooked. Most of these likes might be from people far away, influencers or people testing the waters.

Does Bumble Show The Most Attractive First, How Does Hinge Decide Who To Show You First?

Like most apps, companies want to get you hooked so they have to keep you enticed to stay on the app. Over time, that will change so it’s important to start your profile strong rather than do it without much thought, effort.

Does Hinge Show You To Everyone? Does Hinge Match Based On Looks? 

No, Hinge shows your profile based on location, deal-breakers others select. Similarly, in big cities, not everyone is on the app that often or for that long so people may never see your profile.

All the more reason to give your profile, photos serious thought rather than just dabble and see what happens.

As for looks, it’s possible you get less than attractive profiles based on your lifestyle, photos, effort, swiping activity.

How To Improve Hinge Algorithm, Hinge Algorithm Hack, Hinge Algorithm Attractiveness

Not necessarily. Hinge algorithm varies in order for people based on their profile, location, age, preferences and vice-versa. Similarly, not everyone swipes as much or frequently as you.

Bad experiences could be due to bad profiles, insincere activity, low-effort, banned accounts or being reported by others.

To improve Hinge algorithm, first make a good profile and then learn proper swiping etiquette. If that doesn’t work, contact me for a personal dating profile critique to see where things might be going wrong.

How To Improve Hinge Ranking

Improve photos (don’t use portraits, modeling photos or try-hard photos). Fill out your prompts (be specific, don’t be cliche). Send comments with likes (make sure they are unique and read their profile). Be realistic (don’t swipe outside your league, keep like/swipe right rate modest ideally around 5% to 20% max.

No Likes After First Day On Bumble, No Likes On Hinge; Tinder No Matches

Chill out. It could be your location, first photo, lack of photos, lack of decent photos, effort (likes, comments), politics, religion, height, appearance, lack of smiles, age etc. Focus on what you can control, improve upon. Dating is a marathon, it’s not a race.

Learn how to optimize your dating profile here.

Tinder Algorithm Explained, Tinder Algorithm Tips

Don’t swipe right on people outside your league too quickly, often. Avoid swiping right on bots, spammers, influencers, models. Check location and avoid profiles using travel mode (stick to locals). Read profiles, analyze photos, be patient.

Tinder will show people who are attractive and traveling often, quickly to inflate profile counts in your area and then show you local ones after. Their goal is to get you to waste swipes on those you are not interested in or have no chance with so that you have to pay for realistic matches.

Be patient. Improve your photos. Turn off Tinder Smart Photos. Avoid using more than 4-6 photos unless they are fantastic (you will be judged by your worst photo).

The Tinder algorithm no longer uses the Elo Score but does use some strategy focused on monetization and gamification efforts to prey on your mental health.

Bumble Algorithm Explained, Bumble Travel Mode Algorithm, Bumble Algorithm Hack

Bumble users are likely to see more people from out of town or using travel mode because it artificially inflates the pool of users. This group of people is temporary so Bumble is incentivized to show them sooner than later before they leave the area or cancel Bumble Premium.

This also explains why people tend to do better when traveling or using Travel mode (also because the profiles appear to be new rather than shown too often which results in lower visibility over time.

Are Boosts Worth Using On Bumble, Hinge, Tinder? Do Dating App Boosts Work?

Read this on whether boosts work and if they are worth it on Bumble, Hinge & Tinder.

What’s The Average Match Rate On Hinge, What’s The Average Match Rate On Bumble?

That depends on your self-awareness, pickiness, and app choice. Matches mean nothing, more so on apps like Bumble and Tinder. Focus on quality and focus on being strategic i.e. location, distance, age, lifestyle choices, intentions, looks, values etc.

How To Beat The Bumble Algorithm, How To Improve/Beat Bumble Algorithm

Be attractive, don’t be unattractive and/or practice good swiping etiquette but also learn to make a good profile that attracts what you seek but also doesn’t ignore others’ preferences and deal-breakers. More on that here.

Hinge/Bumble Algorithm Reset, Does Bumble Show You Profiles That Rejected You

Read this about resetting dating profiles on Hinge and Bumble. Resetting Hinge algorithm can be done in a couple ways unless you are shadowbanned.

Of course, Bumble shows you profiles that rejected you – if they didn’t, they would hardly have any profiles to show you!