How to Get More Likes on Bumble For Guys (2023 Guide)

When you’re using online dating apps like Bumble, the more likes you get, the more potential opportunities you have to land yourself meaningful connections. If you don’t get any matches, you miss out on the chance of a woman you like messaging you and getting to know her.

Before you start planning dates, you need to make sure your Bumble profile is set up and optimized to get you more likes.

On most dating apps, anyone can start a conversation and break the ice. But with Bumble, women have to make the first move, so your profile is going to be your best shot at getting more likes and messages.

1. Nail Your Profile Picture

Nailing your profile picture is 80% of the job. If you have a good profile picture, you’re setting yourself up for success and making your profile as attractive as it can be to potential matches.  Here are a few tips to help you nail your profile picture:

• Use clear photos – your photos should be clear, in focus, and show your face fully in a strong portrait photo.

• Don’t have too many group photos – if you have too many group photos, a woman won’t know who you are and swipe left on you, so it’s best to avoid them altogether.

• Show your face – avoid photos of you wearing a hat, sunglasses, or anything else that can cover up your face.

• Smile – Photos of you smiling will make you more attractive, inviting, and confident, which are all qualities women are looking for on the app!

2. Niche Down

Sometimes, less really is more. Don’t try to please everyone by posting photos that attract every type of woman. First, start by defining what type of woman you want to attract, and then curate a profile that will attract her.  If you're looking for serious relationships only, show that through your profile so your potential match knows who you are and what you're looking for.

3. Delete the Selfies

Too many selfies will have the opposite effect you’re going for and will drive women away from your profile. Selfies make you come across as vain and into yourself and women will lean towards swiping left on you because of it. Instead, use photos that friends have taken of you that are more natural and laid back.

4. Write an Interesting Bumble Bio

Women swipe through a lot of profiles on dating apps, so you don’t want to be just another profile that gets lost in the rest. Catch your potential match’s attention with an interesting Bumble bio. If you’re not sure where to start, try using a Bumble prompt that your match will feel excited about answering and starting a conversation about.

5. Be Active & Swipe Often

The more active you are on Bumble, the more profiles you’ll be able to access – which instantly will increase your chances of getting more likes. You don’t want to swipe too much, or Bumble might limit your swipes. There's no specific limit on how many swipes you get daily since Bumble doesn't put a number on how many free likes you get per day, but if you're in a swiping frenzy, it will put a swipe limit on your profile for 24 hours. Find your balance and don't be too selective and limit yourself from finding potential connections.

6. Be flexible with the filters

If you’re too picky with your settings and filters, you could be missing out on a lot of potential connections. Increase your search radius to cover a larger area. If you’re having a hard time finding matches, your search radius might be too low. Go into your Bumble settings and expand your radius and age range.

7. Fill out your Bumble profile completely

Most Bumble users who come across an empty Bumble profile will consider it to be a red flag– so avoid having an empty Bumble profile that isn't filled out entirely. Your online dating profile should reflect your personality, so make sure you've put it all out there to help you increase your matches on Bumble.

8. Connect your social media accounts

Let potential connections see more of your personality by connecting your social media accounts to your profile. Social media platforms like Instagram and Spotify allow women to see more of your personality. Plus, it's a great way to bond with your matches over mutual interests you may have and it may even encourage them to send the first message.

Other dating apps like Hinge match you with people who are friends of friends, so you already have something in common. You can scroll through their images and prompts and then hit the heart or 'X' icon to indicate whether you like or reject them.

9. Try Bumble Boost or Bumble Premium Services

Although paying for Bumble Boost or Bumble Premium may not be your first go-to solution, it can be a great way to access Bumble’s extra features that can help you land more matches. If you've run out of free likes on the free version, give Bumble premium a shot for unlimited swipes.

A Premium feature that can help you land more matches is the ability to extend time with your expired matches. This way, your matches will have more time to talk to you, which can help grow your match queue. You also get unlimited swipes and other useful features from the premium service.

10. Swipe at the right time

It’s been reported that activity on Bumble peaks at 6 pm. So if you’re active and swiping during this time, you have a bigger shot at messaging in real-time and getting a phone number or date before someone else messages her. Bumble activity also reportedly increases during storms by 20%-40%, so get on the app during storms to up your match rate.

If you're on the free version of the Bumble dating app, you get 25 likes per day.

In Bumble's words, they're looking to foster genuine connection, and that means they have a swipe limit on the number of free likes you get every day. In fairness, they're correct in thinking you can't make more than 25 genuine connections per day. So if all of those people actually liked you back, you'd be in trouble. That's way too many messages for even the savviest online dating master to juggle.

While having unlimited swipes might sound ideal, having a limit to likes on Bumble means you need to use the app thoughtfully and not just treat dating apps like video games, mindlessly swiping until you realize you've passed through hundreds of profiles and can't remember a single face.

Often people ask themselves how to get more matches on Bumble, but they don't ask about the quality of these matches. Sometimes a single quality match is better than ten random likes.

If you're on the free version of the Bumble dating app, your likes reset every 24 hours.

The Bumble app is paying attention to user behavior, so everyone's swipe countdown is personalized. Whenever you reach the screen telling you that you've hit the end of the line, and have run out of free swipes for the day, that's when the clock starts ticking. So it'll be a full 24 hours from that moment before your likes reset and you can start swiping again.

Keep in mind, even if using dating sites is your full-time job, you're not online 24 hours a day. So some of the time you're spending waiting for more likes on Bumble will be spent sleeping, eating, and hopefully having a life. Not to mention, it probably isn't your day job, so making a living will use up some of that time too.

That means, realistically, you're just waiting from one evening to the next to get your likes on Bumble to reset, and that's probably the next time you were going to pick up your phone to check the dating apps anyway.