Hornet

Hornet is a queer social networking platform operated by Queer Networks, Inc., serving the global LGBTQ+ community with more than 100 million users worldwide. The Hornet app combines profiles, feeds, live video, one-on-one video chat, messaging, and location-based discovery into a privacy-first digital home for gay men and the broader queer community. Backed by 500 Global (and previously part of BlueCity Holdings), Hornet operates as a consumer social/media company rather than an API provider — it publishes no public developer API, OpenAPI, or SDKs — so this API Evangelist profile captures the company's public identity, policy surface, and domain-security posture rather than developer artifacts. Hornet is number one in several key markets including France, Brazil, Turkey, and Taiwan, and monetizes through premium subscriptions and queer-audience advertising.

Hornet is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Social, Social Network, Dating, and LGBTQ.

Hornet’s developer surface includes engineering blog, support, and 8 more developer resources.

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14.9/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 14.9/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 6.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Hornet Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Login
Login

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 About
About
 Blog
Blog
 Careers
Careers

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Advertise
Advertise

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: hornet
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  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
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  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
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image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/hornet.png
name: Hornet
description: Hornet is a queer social networking platform operated by Queer Networks, Inc., serving the global LGBTQ+ community
  with more than 100 million users worldwide. The Hornet app combines profiles, feeds, live video, one-on-one video chat,
  messaging, and location-based discovery into a privacy-first digital home for gay men and the broader queer community. Backed
  by 500 Global (and previously part of BlueCity Holdings), Hornet operates as a consumer social/media company rather than
  an API provider — it publishes no public developer API, OpenAPI, or SDKs — so this API Evangelist profile captures the company's
  public identity, policy surface, and domain-security posture rather than developer artifacts. Hornet is number one in several
  key markets including France, Brazil, Turkey, and Taiwan, and monetizes through premium subscriptions and queer-audience
  advertising.
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x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 500-global
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: consumer-app-no-public-api
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Social
- Social Network
- Dating
- LGBTQ
- Community
- Media
- Mobile Apps
- Consumer
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://hornet.com
- type: About
  url: https://hornet.com/about/
- type: Blog
  url: https://hornet.com/stories/
- type: Support
  url: https://hornet.com/about/support/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://hornet.com/about/privacy-policy/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://hornet.com/about/terms-of-service/
- type: Login
  url: https://next.hornet.com/login
- type: Careers
  url: https://hornet.com/about/jobs/
- type: Advertise
  url: https://hornet.com/about/advertise
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/hornet-domain-security.yml
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  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
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  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence