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Grindr

grindr.com · Technology · GRND

Ranked 438 of 2,047 companies in the study

39Overall score
  • Visibility42
  • Citations0
  • Sentiment58
  • Site quality67
  • AI readiness29
What this means for Grindr

AI assistants name Grindr in 45% of answers. This is much more often than the typical company in the technology sector, which is named in 10%. Grindr's overall score is 39 out of 100, ranking 438th of 2,047 companies. The website passes 4 of 14 technical checks for how ready it is for AI tools.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about the technology market: none named Grindr. AI assistants named it in 27 of 60 answers (45.0%). The typical technology company is named in 10.0% of answers. By how often it is named, Grindr ranks 22 of 273 in its sector.

Named by AI in
45.0%
27 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
38.6%
compared with 5 rivals
AI readiness
4/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 4
Rank in its sector
78 of 273
by overall score, where the typical technology company scores 36
How Grindr compares with all 2,047 companies

Every dot is a company in the study. Hover one to see it; click to open its report.

This companySame sectorEvery other companyNever named

What makes up the score

Five parts, each scored out of 100.

Visibility
42

How often AI assistants name the company

Citations
0

How often AI uses the company's own website as a source

Sentiment
58

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
67

How well built the website's own pages are

AI readiness
29

How easily AI tools can read and use the website

Visibility is calculated from the answers on this page. How the score is built.

Compared with technology

273 companies in this sector. The line on each bar is the typical company.

Overall score39
Ranks 78 of 273. Typical company: 36
Named in answers45%
Ranks 22 of 273. Typical company: 10%
AI readiness29
Ranks 82 of 273. Typical company: 29
What OpenAI actually said

An answer that names the company

“How can trans and non-binary people use queer social apps to safely connect with others?”

Great question — connecting through queer social apps can be affirming and fun, but it also raises real safety and privacy concerns for trans and non‑binary people. Below is practical, actionable guidance you can use right away, organized so you can pick what matters most to you.

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Choose apps with community safety features and good moderation. Look for things like identity verification, easy reporting, active moderation, and clear anti‑harassment policies. (If you want, tell me which apps you’re considering and I’ll give app‑specific tips.)

Decide what you want from the app …

The AI’s answer as we received it, shortened and not checked for accuracy.

Also named
Scruff20Hornet18
Share of mentions

How the mentions in these answers were split between this company and its rivals

Grindr
41.5%
Scruff
29.2%
Hornet
27.7%
adam4adam
1.5%
Jack'd
0.0%
Blued
0.0%
Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

Perplexity
10/15
Gemini
7/15
Claude
5/15
OpenAI
5/15
Ready for AI agents

What this website publishes for an AI agent to read, use and buy from, on a scale of six levels.

  1. 0
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. 5

Level 1: Basic web presence. Two of robots.txt, a sitemap and Link headers are in place.

To reach level 2:
  • Content Signals
Show every check, for your technical team
Discoverability
77 of 100
  • robots.txtPassed

    A valid robots.txt with crawl rules at the site root.

    study: 92.0%
  • SitemapPassed

    An XML sitemap listing the pages, ideally referenced from robots.txt.

    study: 86.8%
  • Link headersNot met

    Send Link headers such as rel="api-catalog" or rel="describedby" on the homepage.

    study: 0.3%
  • DNS for AI DiscoveryNot present

    Advertise agent endpoints with SVCB records under _agents.

    study: 5.5%
Content accessibility
0 of 100
  • Markdown negotiationNot met

    Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.

    study: 1.9%
  • llms.txtNot met

    Publish an llms.txt with a short summary and the key links.

    study: 25.1%
Bot access control
32 of 100
  • AI bot rulesPartly met

    Add explicit robots.txt groups for the main AI crawlers.

    study: 93.4%
  • Content SignalsNot met

    Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.

    study: 1.4%
  • Web Bot AuthNot present

    Only relevant if you run your own agents or crawlers: publish a signing key directory.

    study: 0.2%
APIs, auth and MCP
0 of 100
  • API CatalogNot met

    List public APIs in a linkset at /.well-known/api-catalog.

    study: 0.3%
  • OAuth discoveryNot met

    Publish OpenID Connect or OAuth server metadata under /.well-known.

    study: 11.8%
  • OAuth Protected ResourceNot met

    Serve protected resource metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.

    study: 10.3%
  • auth.mdNot met

    Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.

    study: 0.0%
  • MCP Server CardNot met

    Offer an MCP server and publish its server card under /.well-known.

    study: 0.2%
  • A2A Agent CardNot met

    Publish an agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json.

    study: 0.1%
  • Agent SkillsNot met

    Publish a skills index with the main tasks agents can do.

    study: 0.2%
  • WebMCPCould not check

    Register key actions such as search or cart as WebMCP tools.

    study: 33.7%
  • ARD manifestNot met

    Publish an ai-catalog.json listing every agent interface.

    study: 0.1%

Score 25 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 5, 2026 · www.grindr.com · 2,047 companies scanned

See how every company did, and how this was measured.

The checks behind the AI readiness score

4 of 14 passed. This list is for your technical team. The percentage is how many companies in the study pass each check.

These 14 checks ran during the audit and are what the AI readiness part of the overall score counts. The scan above ran later and is stricter on Link headers and Markdown, so a check can pass here and not there.

Show the 14 checks
Discoverability
  • Passedrobots.txt publishedstudy: 85.0%
  • PassedXML sitemapstudy: 73.2%
  • PassedHTTP Link headers (RFC 8288)study: 29.0%
Content Accessibility
  • Not metMarkdown content negotiationstudy: 8.3%
  • Not metllms.txt publishedstudy: 21.7%
  • PassedToken budget (page weight)study: 95.2%
Bot Access Control
  • Not metExplicit AI bot rulesstudy: 13.0%
API / Auth / MCP
  • Not metAPI Catalog (.well-known/api-catalog)study: 0.2%
  • Not metOAuth Authorization Server discoverystudy: 10.1%
  • Not metOAuth Protected Resource discoverystudy: 9.3%
  • Not metMCP Server Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metA2A Agent Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metWebMCP toolsstudy: 4.2%
  • Not metAgent Skills declaredstudy: 0.0%
What AI crawlers may read (robots.txt)

This website sets no rules for any AI crawler by name, like 84% of the websites whose rules we could read. Every AI crawler follows its general rules.

Training AI
  • GPTBotpartly
  • ClaudeBotpartly
  • Anthropic-AIpartly
  • Google-Extendedpartly
  • Applebot-Extendedpartly
  • Meta-ExternalAgentpartly
  • FacebookBotpartly
  • Bytespiderpartly
  • CCBotpartly
  • Diffbotpartly
  • Omgilibotpartly
AI search
  • OAI-SearchBotpartly
  • Claude-SearchBotpartly
  • PerplexityBotpartly
  • Applebotpartly
  • Amazonbotpartly
  • YouBotpartly
Answering questions
  • ChatGPT-Userpartly
  • Claude-Userpartly
  • Perplexity-Userpartly
  • DuckAssistBotpartly
  • MistralAI-Userpartly

Read from the website’s own rules file (robots.txt). An asterisk marks a crawler the file names. The rest follow its general rules. “Partly” means only some pages are blocked.

Websites the AI used as sources

How many times each website was listed as a source in these answers

apps.apple.com
72
taimi.com
40
forbes.com
21
play.google.com
17
lex.lgbt
17
weareher.com
14
queerdoc.com
11
datingnews.com
11
lgbtqandall.com
8
cosmopolitan.com
8

In the study as US-listed.

Every question, and where the company came up (12 of 15)
QuestionOpenAIClaudePerplexityGemini
  • How can trans and non-binary people use queer social apps to safely connect with others?
  • Do premium LGBTQ social networking apps provide better privacy or features than free versions?
  • Are there apps for connecting with the local queer community beyond dating-focused platforms?
  • What are ways to use LGBTQ community apps to find events or groups nearby?
  • What are the best LGBTQ social networking apps for making new friends?
  • How do hookup-focused LGBTQ apps differ from those for long-term relationships?
  • LGBTQ social platforms vs. general dating apps — what are the main differences in features and safety?
  • Can general social networking sites be effective for LGBTQ people seeking community?
  • Is it worth upgrading to a paid membership on a queer dating app?
  • How can I improve my visibility or match quality on gay and queer networking apps?
  • Why am I not seeing profiles in my area on LGBTQ social platforms?
  • What are typical monthly costs for gay and queer dating apps in the US?
  • Are there any free LGBTQ networking apps with full feature access?
  • What alternatives are there to LGBTQ-specific social apps for making queer friends online?
  • Which gay and queer dating apps help foster local community connections?
named the companyanswered without naming itdid not answer

Columns, left to right: OpenAI, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini. The AI assistants often disagree. Across the study, on 40% of the questions where a company is named, only one of the four names it.

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