Each new year brings its own new crop of dating trends that both shape and reflect the way daters are thinking about and engaging with their love lives. If 2025 was the year of “ Shrekking ,” “ monkey-barring ,” and “ chalance ,” then 2026 is poised to be all about “clear-coding,” “hot-take dating,” “emotional vibe coding,” and “friendfluence”—at least according to Tinder’s annual Year in Swipe Report .

The dating app’s latest forecast re: the state of modern love identified these four trends as the ones to keep an eye out for next year. Per the report, these trends highlight shared values set to reshape dating culture in the coming months. Clarity, confidence, and honest self-expression seem to be major themes, with the report citing research to indicate that today’s daters are h

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