--- title: World Cup 2014 Brazil: Fans Use Tinder and Grindr to Find Hookups description: Tinder and Grindr see a huge uptick in use in Brazil canonical: https://time.com/2923517/world-cup-sex-tinder-grindr/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-25T20:45:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:55:32.969Z og:title: Everyone at the World Cup Is Getting Laid, Thanks to Apps og:description: Tinder and Grindr see a huge uptick in use in Brazil og:url: https://time.com/2923517/world-cup-sex-tinder-grindr/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Everyone at the World Cup Is Getting Laid, Thanks to Apps twitter:description: Tinder and Grindr see a huge uptick in use in Brazil twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Everyone at the World Cup Is Getting Laid, Thanks to Apps  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Jun 25, 2014 8:45 PM UTC  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Jun 25, 2014 8:45 PM UTC An estimated 600,000 tourists and 3.1 million locals will be traveling in Brazil for this summer’s month-long FIFA World Cup, and they won’t be lonely. Soccer fans are taking full advantage of the event to meet new lovers using location-based hookup apps, [Quartz](http://qz.com/225744/the-world-cup-is-a-potent-aphrodisiac-for-mobile-dating-apps/) reports. Hookup apps like Tinder and Grindr, which are popular around the world, allow users to swipe through pictures of potential matches that are geographically close to them. If two people select one another, they can choose to start chatting and then take it from there. This simple, quick setup caters perfectly to short-time travelers looking for a fling after their soccer team of choice wins a game—or better yet, looking for some comfort after a devastating loss. Tinder is reporting a 50% uptick in downloads and usage in Brazil—which already has the dating app’s third-largest user base, after the U.S. and the U.K.—since the World Cup began. Grindr, an app designed specifically for gay and bisexual men, has seen a 31% increase in the number of times users have opened the app in the area since the tournament began in June. This isn’t the first time Tinder has made a splash at an international sporting event. Olympians admitted to [frequent use](http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/jamie-anderson-olympic-snowboarder-tinder-in-the-olympic-village-is-next-level-2014122) of the app during the Winter Olympics in Sochi this past winter. And why not? There were so many in-shape people to choose from. Hookup apps are probably not as popular among the athletes in Brazil right now: Some of the World Cup players are [restricted in their romantic escapades](http://time.com/2894263/world-cup-sex-soccer/) by their teams. But even if the players may not be getting any action, that’s not stopping the fans. \[[_Quartz_](http://qz.com/225744/the-world-cup-is-a-potent-aphrodisiac-for-mobile-dating-apps/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2923517/world-cup-sex-tinder-grindr/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2923517/world-cup-sex-tinder-grindr/"},"headline":"Everyone at the World Cup Is Getting Laid, Thanks to Apps","datePublished":"2014-06-25T20:45:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:55:32.969Z","description":"Tinder and Grindr see a huge uptick in use in Brazil","url":"https://time.com/2923517/world-cup-sex-tinder-grindr/","keywords":["Living","Sex","apps","Tinder","World Cup"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2923517/world-cup-sex-tinder-grindr/","name":"Everyone at the World Cup Is Getting Laid, Thanks to Apps"}}]}] ```