DII Community Desk
The DII Community Desk covers people, leadership moves, events and community developments across the dating industry.
Mattr hosted a sold-out 'Pitch My Queer Bestie' event in Edinburgh on 31 July in partnership with Diageo and Edinburgh P…
High Intent Media launches as a holding company offering white-label dating platform infrastructure, payment rails, mode…
Lucille McCart, former Global Director of Corporate Communications at Bumble, has joined AI matchmaking startup Overtone…
HubPeople's white-label platform powers approximately 4,000 dating apps that have collectively generated over $100 milli…
Jigsaw Dating now runs over 200 in-person events monthly across more than 30 US cities, claiming to be America's largest…
White Label Dating collapsed into administration in 2024 with approximately £3 million in liabilities HubPeople founder …
Grindr's 'Bussy' vehicle will tour five European cities during Pride season 2026: London, Cannes, Amsterdam, Brighton, a…
Hinge has donated $2.3M globally through its One More Hour programme since launching in the US in 2024 62% of French Gen…
Match Group's Hinge launches 'Can't Believe We Met on Hinge' campaign featuring real couples discussing emotional exhaus…
Chapter 2 Dating has grown to 25,000 users across its dual-platform model for bereaved singles Approximately 3.5 million…
19% of LGBTQ+ people have lost someone to drug-related death, according to Grindr-commissioned research 28% report havin…
Grindr will host its first official White House Correspondents' Dinner side event on 25th April 2026 Grindr for Equality…
Lorraine Adams, who introduced speed dating to the UK in the 1990s, has relaunched her dating services directory as an A…
YouTube creators behind 'Pop the Balloon or Find Love' launched a dating app in February targeting Black singles The app…
Venntro Media Group collapsed in August 2024 despite generating approximately £40 million in annual revenue after 21 yea…
60% of Indian running club participants cite 'meeting people' as primary motivation over fitness goals Membership in Del…
TikTok Live Fest scheduled for 12 February 2026 at Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas, headlined by Demi Lovato and hosted by E…
Surf Dating has secured official partnership status with HYROX, the mass-participation fitness racing format, to host in…
Aisle Network claims 97% of Indian women on its platform prioritise commitment over casual dating, compared to 80% of me…
4.2 per cent of Londoners are widowed, representing approximately 340,000 individuals in the capital alone Terminal diag…
Blazr, a cannabis-focused dating platform, has appointed Alex Sergeev as co-founder and head of growth Sergeev brings 15…
Feeld has published its second issue of AFM magazine in under a year, featuring photographer Nan Goldin and novelist Cat…
Nicky Wake has acquired a white-label dating platform and converted it into an incubator for niche dating app founders T…
Global Dating Insights has announced conference dates through 2027, providing a 24-month booking window for New York and…
Global Dating Conference takes place in London 26-27 March, following merger of Global Dating Insights and Social Discov…
Mark Brooks, CEO of dating consultancy Courtland Brooks, has been appointed Partnerships Manager at Global Dating Insigh…
Global Dating Insights has extended nominations for its Women in Dating Special Report 2025 until 22 August, giving dati…
Global Dating Insights' 2025 Women in Dating Special Report nominations run through 18 August, profiling female executiv…
75% of Gen Z users reported feeling burnt out by dating apps in a 2024 Forbes survey, citing repetitive interactions and…
Cherry Blossoms Dating has operated continuously since 1974, making it 51 years old—older than Match Group and the term …
Feeld has reported 30% user growth from mainstream 'vanilla' users whilst maintaining its positioning as a kink-friendly…
61% of straight Black men on BLK claim they've never avoided friendships with queer Black men, yet over half wouldn't in…
The Feels charges $49 per monthly singles event in Los Angeles, using somatic dating techniques borrowed from trauma the…
Yuzu is running multi-city in-person events across the US targeting Asian and Pacific Islander singles as core to its va…
Thursday has sold nearly 800 tickets for its inaugural Dubai event in mid-January, marking its first Middle East expansi…
The Lox Club launches in London on 30 January targeting Jewish and "Jew-ish" singles after four years of US operations L…
Early bird tickets for GDI's NYC conference priced at £249 until 31 January 2025, rising 300% to £999 thereafter Event s…
The Lox Club launches in London next week, marking its first international expansion since launching in the US four year…
POPCORN, a dating platform rebranding from its pseudonymous sex-dating origins, has launched a bilingual survey on women…
Global Dating Insights London conference scheduled for 17 September at Glaziers Hall with early bird pricing until 30 Ma…
Feeld partnered with Kesha for SXSW panel on authenticity and non-traditional relationships, positioning the singer as b…
Grindr reported 14.0 million monthly active users in Q4 2024, representing 8% year-on-year growth Average revenue per pa…
More than half of the 16 leaders named in Global Dating Insights' 2025 Power Book are building or overseeing AI-driven p…
Chispa staged a one-night off-Broadway Romeo and Juliet production reimagined through a Latino lens in Washington Height…
Oscar Mayer's bacon-themed dating app Sizzl launched in 2015 with no disclosed user metrics or performance data Tinder r…
Global Dating Insights and Social Discovery Insights are merging into three combined regional events for 2025 in North A…
Global Dating Insights' annual Christmas networking event at Houses of Parliament takes place 5 December, with final tic…
India's dating app market has grown to an estimated $100M annually with 25-30% year-on-year growth rates Local platforms…
India's online matchmaking market reached $323M in 2023 and is projected to hit $1.2B by 2028 Arranged marriages still a…
Grindr launched 'Daddy Lessons', a fortnightly educational video series on queer history, in October with plans initiall…
Feeld is launching 'A Fucking Magazine', a biannual print publication featuring essays, poetry, and photography explorin…
Feeld raised $5.2M in Series A funding in 2019 and expanded to 30 employees by 2023 Dating app funding in the 'alternati…
Karima Ben Abdelmalek became CEO of happn in January 2025 and will headline a women's networking event by September Matc…
Social Discovery Group operates over 60 dating platforms serving approximately 500 million users globally The company se…
Tinder's Single Summer Series has run consistently for 12 months since May 2023, across New York, Los Angeles, Miami, an…
International matchmaking sector estimated to reach $3.2bn globally, spanning matchmaking, visa services, and romance to…
Tinder's direct revenue dropped 8% year-on-year in Q4 2024 according to Match Group's February earnings call Chispa clai…
Global Dating Insights London conference set for 25 September at The Dilly Hotel with four challenger brands confirmed a…
Claire Rénier promoted to Head of Communication at happn after four years managing press relations New role focuses on p…
So Syncd, a Myers-Briggs-based dating app launched in 2020, shut down in May after facilitating 5,700 relationships over…
Tinder is hosting free 5K running events across London in June and July in partnership with running app Runna Match Grou…
