Because Tinder is a woman's menu of fuck buddies and for that they aim at the top fraction of 1%. It's unreal but is where their fantasy is taking them.

FWIW if you're not paying then you're not being shown to anyone outside of maybe the first 24 hours.

I cannot say for tinder, but I just opened bumble for the first time in weeks and apparently I have 50+ likes.

Tindr is known to be particularly bad. idk about Bumble.

Tweak your profile, try other apps, and accept that the funnel is going to be massive.

I did something different. Moved back to my country, had an 'arranged' marriage and am content now. Work remotely and happy with it too. Funnier issue is that a lot of women of my race in USA did not want to date a first generation immigrant.I do not want to generalize and do social commentary but I hope we hear more comments from many sides of the story. Matchmaking is always going to be Darwinian in the extreme sense but the sense of low confidence it created in me when in USA was quite high.