Good luck to the men looking for a wife.

Launched in 2023 by entrepreneur Sean Cook, Tea is a women-only, invite‑only “dating safety” app where users can anonymously review men they’ve met. With verification via selfie analysis and a waitlist, and fueled by referral‑based entry, it has surged to the #1 position on the U.S. Apple App Store, gaining millions of users in just days.

The goal? Protection over revenge.

📍 How it works:

• Women verify their identity through an AI selfie check.

• They upload photos (often from dating profiles) of men they’ve encountered.

• Users post reviews—“green flags” or “red flags”—and seek info via features like reverse image search (dubbed Catfish Finder AI) or quick background checks.

• Some features are free; premium services cost around $15/month.

• Tea donates 10% of profits to the National Domestic Violence Hotline.

The Co-Founder, Mary Rahmani, has promised to empower women rather than help tear down men. This space serves to look out for one another while maintaining credibility in a world where stories spread fast. Tea is hoping to maintain this balance through post moderation, but there is no guarantee the truth will be upheld.

Mary Rahmani is a former TikTok executive who created Tea after noticing how many women struggled to identify toxic behavior until it was too late. Although she mentioned “It’s not about tearing anyone down,” the explosion in popularity makes you wonder if emotions will get in the way of the truth.

🚨 Critics’ Concerns

Despite screenshot-blocking measures, users have leaked posts publicly via secondary devices. Critics warn about doxxing, unverified allegations, and the lack of recourse for wrongly accused men.

While Tea uses a moderation system (“SafeSip”), the anonymous nature of submissions and minimal verification heighten risks of biased or malicious content.

Legal experts note that men could bring defamation suits or claims of electronic harassment, especially if posts contain false statements impacting reputation or livelihood.

As women embrace this new tool and feel more confident in the dating world, some men might be sweating a bit. The thought of being anonymously reviewed adds a new layer of pressure, where one misstep could seriously hurt your future chances in the dating pool.

👀 Recent Hack

Tea confirmed that on July 25, 2025, approximately 72,000 user images (including 13,000 selfie and ID verification photos and 59,000 images from posts, comments, and messages) were exposed in a breach affecting users who had signed up before February 2024.

The exposure stemmed from a legacy storage system, with many images appearing on 4chan and other platforms, prompting the company to hire cybersecurity experts to contain the fallout; no email addresses or phone numbers were disclosed and current user data appears unaffected

Written by: Gannon Breslin