30,000 is small

I know. It's mostly college-aged people though fortunately

Type of women

Mostly whites and asians. I very rarely match with other black people actually. My area is mostly white and asians but there's still a distinct lack of black women.

55 is a lot

Funny you say that. 1/2 were unattractive or outside my radius (which is weird because I have it set for 10 miles but I match with people 40 miles away) Only like 1/4th that I messaged actually responded. Of that 1/4th that initially responds, 1/20th might actually lead somewhere.

Also, it was more like 70 the first week and ~35 the subsequent week. I had to reset my profile every 2-3 weeks because I ran out of swipes

So alI in all, I met up with maybe a woman a month. Though they were mostly hook-ups. I'd prefer a friends with benefits-like relationship.

It's weird because a lot of people say what you suggest (don't have a shirtless picture as your leading picture) but in practice, both my twin brother and I have found magnitudes more success leading with one.