It's even easier now to just ask for a number than before the pandemic. The median person seems to have ditched dating apps around that time. Even the stock pr

It's even easier now to just ask for a number than before the pandemic. The median person seems to have ditched dating apps around that time. Even the stock price of Match Group reflects that. They were in moderate use before and then had a few good years during before falling off a cliff. People who had, up until that point, not bothered trying to use these apps gave them a shot and then ran away. It's never been all that difficult to ask someone out anyway. Discovery of new people got easier when things opened back up. People now make it a point to go out when they didn't before.