Grindr Unwraps 2024's Sexiest Surprises

Like Santa Claus, Grindr knows who's naughty... and who's naughtier. The popular hookup app revealed who's doing what to whom and where all across the globe with its latest annual "Unwrapped."

Among the salute-worthy results: The year's biggest "gay gasp" was the way a French pole vaulter's pole spoiled his Olympic hopes; South Korea turned out to be the country with the most open relationships; Charli XCX was our "Mother of the Year"; and the search term used more frequently than any other was "Hung."

"Babes, the spreadsheets are in, the twink we keep locked in IT has emerged, and the data he's shown us is hornier than ever," Grindr announced on its blog.

"This year's verdict: y'all have been busy," the blog post went on to say. "In 2024, you didn't just log on – you went feral. 130 billion chats, 10 billion taps, and 2 billion private albums. That's not flirting, that's foreplay on a global scale.

"Somewhere, a data server is fanning itself," the blog post quipped. "And us? We're clapping. With one hand. The other... well, let's just say your energy is contagious."

The full results for the year's metrics show that South Africa topped the bottoms list, while Jordan was top dog for tops and Finland took the gold for vers.

In other results, Pedro Pascal won the consensus as "Hottest Man of the Year," while our Number One Babygirl was Troye Sivan. Thirsty photos abounded, with more than two billion albums up for perusal, though when it came to swapping individual pics – nudes, natch – Americans were more eager than anybody else. (South Africa, not so much; that country ranked last in the "swapping nudes" department.)

Gays on the move roamed more in New York City than anyplace else, the data showed, and while they were at it they promoted themselves as "discreet" more than any other tag.

The U.S. outstripped everyone else with its inventory of Daddies, but it was the Netherlands that boasted the biggest load of twinks. The United Kingdom kept cool and carried on with the lion's share of the world's Fem Tops, while across the channel France was stocked with the most hung bottoms (which might cast some light on the complicated relations between the two countries over the centuries). Greece, meanwhile, had a whole lot of bears going on... more than anywhere else, in fact. If you happened to be in the market for a side, your best bet was to be in Singapore.

Digging deeper, the app's users signaled their interest with nine-and-a-half billion taps, and Italy took first prize for number of "Feet" tags. Speaking of tags: Of all the tags Grindr habitués used, the most frequent were "I'm looking for a man in finance," "Trust fund," "6'5'" and "Blue eyes."

But 2024 wasn't all about getting down and dirty between the sheets. Culture was important to the guys who sleep with guys, too, and they picked "Very demure" influencer Jools LeBron as their favorite "Virtual Newcummer," while Ludwig clocked in as everyone's favorite "Gaymer." (And what "gayme" were the gays playing? "Dress to Impress," of course!)

Holland Taylor and Sarah Paulson were honored as the #1 "Gay Power Couple." For media hounds, "Baby Reindeer" was the top TV show, though "Emily in Paris" – mais, oui – registered as everyone's favorite "Hate Watch."

The skin-tight superhero duds and bromoerotic banter of "Deadpool & Wolverine" made that movie a matinee idol, while in the podcast arena "The Bald and the Beautiful with Trixie and Katya" edged out Grindr's own "Who's the Asshole with Katya."

Grindr's guys didn't just put their lips together (or crank them apart) and blow; they made beautiful music along with their fave songs (top of the list was Chappell Roan's "Good Luck, Babe!") all "Brat Summer" long (with the Charli XCX album claiming the top of Grinder's chart). And the tour of the year? Would you believe the epic Troye Sivan and Charli XCX collab "Sweat?" All that to her credit, and Charli XCX still found time to be our "Ally of the Year!"

Not that the app's users didn't have thoughts on other aspects of culture, as well. The data show that their fave porn star for 2024 was Tyler Wu. Kissing led the way in the foreplay field, and the missionary position remains a perennial classic when things get down to the main event. As for our community's geographical druthers? London's Soho was deemed "Best Gayborhood of the Year."

See the complete results of who came first, who finished last, and who got wedged in-between at Grinder Unwrapped.