Grindr DOWN – Latest status as dating app not working for HUNDREDS of users

UPDATE ONE: It appears Grindr is back up and running now.

The number of reports of Grindr down on Down Detector has fallen from a peak of over 700 to just a handful now.

Express.co.uk has contacted Grindr about the issues with the service users reported today.

ORIGINAL: Grindr is down right now with the popular dating app not working for hundreds of users today.

Independent website Down Detector has seen a surge of Grindr down reports today, with users reporting server connection and login issues.

The Down Detector outage map shows Grindr users in the UK, US, Europe and Australia experiencing issues with the service.

Down Detector is an independent website that tracks social mentions are certain topics to detect outages across the globe.

Express.co.uk has contacted Grindr for comment on today’s reported outage.

Amid today’s outage Grindr users took to social media site Twitter to report issues with the service.

One user tweeted: “Grindr is down, what am I supposed to do now? Actually do some work?”

While another posted: “WHY IS MY @Grindr NOT WORKING IM HAVING A CRISIS.”

And one added: “Okay but why is Grindr not working????????”

According to Down Detector, some 62 per cent of Grindr users affected by today’s outage had issues logging in.

While 37 per cent were having problems with server connection.

Grindr, first launched in 2009, is a popular app for gay and bisexual men that helps them meet other people in their area.

It’s used by millions of people across the globe each day.

Grindr is currently available to download in 192 countries.

It’s the first major outage Grindr has experienced since May, according to Down Detector.

The outage monitor on two seperate days received hundreds of reports from Grindr users that month that the service was down.

The biggest outage in May saw Down Detector register a peak of more than 700 Grindr users experiencing issues with the dating app.

That is the same ball park figure for the amount of Grindr users that experienced problems today.

The Grindr outage comes after a number of popular apps went down in recent days.

On Monday selfie app Snapchat suffered a major outage that affected tens of thousands of users across the globe.

The Snapchat outage lasted for around three hours, and hit users in the UK during the popular evening period.

While last Friday WhatsApp went down for tens of thousands of users across the globe.