Could 2026 Actually Be a Good Year for Dating?!

Lara here, Girlboss’ contributing writer! 👋 

Every year, Tinder releases its “Year in Swipe,” which not only predicts dating trends for the year ahead, but also explains WTF happened with singles over the past year. It’s basically Spotify Wrapped but for dating, and boy, is it juicy.

Today, we’re breaking down what our biggest takeaways should be for the year ahead (spoiler: you can swipe left on the dude with opposite political views). 🌶️ #NotSponsored, we just want to help you date smarter.

Other stuff the Girlboss team is yapping about on Slack:

• The Emily in Paris Season 5 trailer just dropped, and WTF is going on between Alfie and Mindy?!

• Pantone’s color of the year is… a choice.

• We know where we’ll be doing all of our holiday shopping this year.*