In the past couple years, Sniffies emerged as a serious competitor to Grindr — and not just among cisgender gay men, the primary demographic of the map-based hookup app, but also the horny community ...

After seven years as a browser-only cruising platform, Sniffies officially launched an iOS version March 3. As an app, it joins the ranks of competitors like Grindr and Scruff. But unlike those, with ...

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Less than one-third of Sniffies users identified as gay in 2025, with bisexual men narrowly outnumbering gay men on the popular cruising app, according to the platform’s annual “Sniffies Download” ...

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Apple just dropped a bomb on the queer hookup scene — and folks are upset. The tech giant quietly pulled Sniffies, the popular cruising and meetup app, from the App Store, leaving LGBTQIA+ users ...

“Cruising has gotten a bad rap, especially through movies, through history, through depictions of the practice as dangerous,” says Eli Martin, chief marketing officer at Sniffies, an app designed ...

Ricky Cornish is the Entertainment Editor for Equal Pride, where he’s covering the biggest queer stories in pop culture for Out Magazine, Them, The Advocate, Pride.com, Plus Magazine, and Out Traveler ...

Sniffies’ latest sporty fashion drop wants you to take an active role in scoring. The online cruising app is back with new merch that blends athleticism and the traditional gay pastime of cruising.

Alexander Cheves is a memoirist, sex columnist for Out magazine, and author of My Love Is a Beast: Confessions from Unbound Edition Press, which won the 2022 Geoff Mains Nonfiction Award from NLA ...