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AdultFriendFinder review
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Good for: Casual, explicit hookups where kink is welcome but not the focus.
Skip it if: You want a kink community, verification, or a site that has never leaked.
Visit AdultFriendFinderAdultFriendFinder isn't a kink site; it's the original explicit hookup site, running since 1996, with plenty of members who list fetishes on their profiles. It belongs on this list because many kinky people use it for casual play, and because it's ALT.com's sister brand: if you've seen one, the other will feel familiar.
The weaknesses are verification and privacy. We found no photo or ID verification like Feeld's, so treat every profile as unverified until you've video-chatted. And in October 2016 about 412 million FriendFinder accounts were exposed, roughly 340 million of them AdultFriendFinder's, including about 16 million accounts users had deleted but the company still kept.
Browsing is free; messaging needs Gold, reported at $24.95 a month (cheaper on longer plans). If your kink is something you'd hate to see attached to your name, use a new email and username, keep your face out of explicit photos, and read our guide to fake profiles before you pay anyone anything.
Is AdultFriendFinder good for kink?
Only for casual hookups where kink is welcome. For BDSM specifically, FetLife and Feeld are better.
Is AdultFriendFinder safe?
It's a real, long-running site, but about 412 million FriendFinder accounts were exposed in 2016. Use an email and username not linked to you.
The facts
- Cost
- Free to join and browse; messaging needs Gold, reported at $24.95 a month, $20.95 a month over 3 months, or $14.95 a month billed yearly.[1]
- Who uses it
- AFF publishes no audited active-user numbers. Large "member" totals on adult sites usually count every account ever created, active or not. (Our own check: no published source found.)
- Verification & safety tools
- We found no published photo- or ID-verification system like the mainstream apps'. Treat every profile as unverified until you have video-chatted. (Our own check: no published source found.)
- Privacy record
- In October 2016 about 412M accounts across FriendFinder Networks' sites were exposed, roughly 340M of them AdultFriendFinder accounts, including more than 15M accounts users had deleted but the company still kept. Use an email address and username that are not tied to your real name.[2][3]
- Bots, fakes & regulators
- We found no regulator action or credible investigation about fake profiles on this platform. That is not proof there are none: report anything that looks automated. (Our own check: no published source found.)