It has been almost a century and a half since homosexuality was legalized in Mexico, but only recently have people with different sexual orientations or gender identities been able to count on spaces thought for them. Of Mexicans participating in a third survey, a quarter of them said they were likely to feel lonely over the course of 2021. Dating apps may remain an option for those fighting solitude. Still nearly three out of ten people surveyed said they turned to those apps to have sexual encounters, while about 40 percent reported focusing on finding a partner. In another 2021 survey, approximately 18 percent of Mexicans who used dating apps stated that they did it to find friends. Throughout 2020, lockdown and social distancing measures implemented to counter the spread of the coronavirus pushed many Mexicans to seek human contact on dating apps. Meanwhile, 29 percent of respondents cited Bumble and about nine percent mentioned Badoo. As of February 2021, almost half (48 percent) of Mexican dating app users surveyed stated using Tinder.
