In the past couple years, Sniffies emerged as a serious competitor to Grindr — and not just among cisgender gay men, the primary demographic of the map-based hookup app, but also the horny community ...

After seven years as a browser-only cruising platform, Sniffies officially launched an iOS version March 3. As an app, it joins the ranks of competitors like Grindr and Scruff. But unlike those, with ...

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Sniffies has taken pride in marketing itself as a very inclusive, sex-positive, and shame-free platform for horny LGBTQ + guys to get together and hook up. The app allows users to DM others, join ...

One night this past February, over drinks and moody bar lighting, Eric Green and his friends were swapping stories of their recent hookups when one mentioned they’d used the app Sniffies to have ...

“Cruising has gotten a bad rap, especially through movies, through history, through depictions of the practice as dangerous,” says Eli Martin, chief marketing officer at Sniffies, an app designed ...

Less than one-third of Sniffies users identified as gay in 2025, with bisexual men narrowly outnumbering gay men on the popular cruising app, according to the platform’s annual “Sniffies Download” ...

In the literature about cruising from the late twentieth century, what stands out is the physical choreography of it. David Wojnarowicz, in his 1991 memoir, “Close to the Knives,” describes walking ...

Sniffies latest fashion drop will have you drippin’ … literally! One month after releasing its Crusing Gear For Fall, the online cruising app is back with a new capsule collection in collaboration ...

Last week, we were thrilled to present you with the tale of the accidental underwear swap. Today, we have a somehow even more chaotic story about used underwear, Sniffies, and personal grooming. As ...