She went quiet after you asked for her number? What to do next

Before the number ask, the conversation lived inside the app, where either of you could leave without a trace. Asking for a phone number moves it somewhere she has to decide to continue, and that is a bigger decision than a witty reply. Look at what she was doing before she went quiet. If her messages were getting longer and she asked you questions back, the silence is probably about the ask itself. If her replies were already short, one word, or jokes with no follow up questions, the number request may have simply exposed that she wasn't very invested.

Check how she handled earlier steps too. Someone who dodges plans or changes the subject when things get personal will often go quiet at the first real step off the app. Her past behavior tells you more than the gap does.

The number ask is easiest to recover from when your next message makes it simple for her to say a yes or a no without awkwardness. Acknowledge that the request might have come on strong, but keep it short so she doesn't feel she has to reassure you. Keep the tone light and tied to something real from the conversation. A specific reference to something she said gives her an easy way back into the chat, so she isn't forced to choose between reconnecting and disappearing.

Avoid turning the message into a verdict on the silence. Asking why she went quiet, or saying you hope she isn't ghosting you, puts her on trial. Show that you can take a no without making her say it.

Give it at least three or four days before sending anything else, and wait longer if she was slow to reply earlier. People answer a number request when they have a moment to think, and a second message that arrives too soon reads as pressure even when it's friendly. If you already sent one follow up after the number ask and got nothing, that was your last attempt for now. Any new message should be short, easy to answer, and sent in the daytime when she's likely to be checking her phone.

If she doesn't reply to that, stop. Don't send a third message, don't react to her old posts to see if she notices, and don't ask a mutual friend what's going on. Leave her in the app if she's still there and move on to the next match. Silence after a clear, low pressure message is the answer, even if it stings.