Tinder began testing its Boost functionality in September 2016 in Australia. The feature went live for all its users in October 2016. Boost allows users to make their profile the most visible profile in their area for thirty minutes, showing such profiles first to other nearby users.

When did Tinder become a thing?

With the launch of Tinder in 2012, iPhone-owning people of all sexualities could start looking for love, or sex, or casual dating, and it quickly became the most popular dating app on the market.