South Africa Crowned the World’s Power Bottom Capital
Grindr’s annual Unwrapped report for 2024 has revealed a cheeky accolade for South Africa — users from the country boast the world’s highest percentage of bottoms!
The dating app compiled anonymous data from its global user base and surveyed over 10,000 users worldwide to uncover the defining queer moments of 2024.
The report delves into everything from sexual preferences and roles to the year’s most memorable pop culture moments.
A Year in Grindr Numbers
Grindr’s 2024 activity was staggering, with the app hosting 130 billion chats, 10 billion taps, and 2 billion private albums globally.
South Africa stood out in two categories, clinching the top spot for the highest percentage of bottoms. Following closely were South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, and Denmark.
South Africa also ranked among the countries least likely to share nude photos, alongside India, Italy, Cambodia, and Jordan.
In other sexual preference categories, Jordan led the list of countries with the highest percentage of tops, followed by Greece, the United States, Singapore, and Peru.
The title for the country with the most “versatile” users in the bedroom went to Finland, Austria, Germany, Australia, and Hungary.
Grindr’s more recently introduced Sides category — a label for those who don’t identify as tops or bottoms — found the most representation in Singapore, the Philippines, Japan, New Zealand, and Australia.
The most popular tag searched was “hung” and the sex position of the year was “missionary”.
Queer Culture Highlights
The Unwrapped 2024 report also celebrated global queer pop culture moments, including:
Gay Gasp of the Year: The Olympic French pole vaulter
Mother of the Year: Charli XCX
Hottest Man of the Year: Pedro Pascal
Song of the Year: Good Luck Babe by Chappell Roan
Favourite Movie: Deadpool & Wolverine
Grindr Unwrapped 2024 reminds us that while preferences may vary globally, the celebration of queer identity and culture remains universal.
You can explore the full Grindr Unwrapped 2024 results here.
haha I’m not surprised SA has the most bottoms – just spend half an hour on adsafrica and for every one top ad there’s like 15 bottom ads…I’ll never understand why being a bottom is so popular it’s extremely unpleasant and painful (not to mention dangerous)