DII Newsroom
The DII Newsroom reports daily breaking news across the global online dating, matchmaking and social discovery industry.
Flutrr co-founder Anirban Banerjee moves from CMO to interim CEO, with Ankit Santra stepping into the CMO role The "inte…
Linda Kim has resigned as CEO of Hyperconnect after nearly four years leading Match Group's largest-ever acquisition Mat…
Bumble's paying users declined 23.1% year-on-year in Q1 2025, with revenue falling 14.1% Revenue from the flagship Bumbl…
Tinder revenue fell 5% year-over-year in Q3 2024 amid mounting user complaints about monetisation and match quality Matc…
True for Two launched nationwide in the US this month after testing in Dallas, positioning itself as a marriage-focused …
Bumble shares have plunged 86% from their February 2021 peak as the company pivots away from its core swiping product Th…
Breeze charges £9.50 per date booking rather than monthly subscription fees, monetising outcomes instead of access The p…
Tinder and Diesel have partnered on a 17-piece Pride 2026 capsule collection, donating $100,000 each to LGBTQIA+ employm…
SURF has become the official dating partner for the World Surf League's US Open in Huntington Beach, running 25 July to …
Muzz has reached 10 million registered users globally, with India emerging as one of its fastest-growing markets despite…
PURE reports 95% year-on-year registration growth and projects $100 million in revenue The company's US campaign generat…
Matchmaker.com launched as a questionnaire-based referral platform connecting singles with professional matchmakers, bui…
Two UNC students launched Anchor, a dating app that skips swiping and arranges dates at specific venues based on availab…
38% of happn's Dutch users may skip municipal elections according to internal polling of 1,097 members 62% of surveyed D…
LegacyX, a London tech firm with no dating industry experience, has launched Vortex, an app centred on double dates rath…
Tinder appoints VCCP Social Club for UK social media and influencer marketing after competitive pitch Match Group report…
Snapchat will host its first creator awards ceremony, The Snappys, on 21st March 2026—five months after Instagram's Ring…
TikTok and Major League Baseball have announced a global content partnership focused on sports highlights and game recap…
Match Group is appointing Manuel Bronstein (former Roblox CPO) and Raina Moskowitz (CEO of The Knot Worldwide) to its bo…
FilipinaMeet launched 1 January 2025 with 20,000 signups in six weeks Philippines has over 110 million people with smart…
Nuzzl, a dog-focused dating app, launches in Austin on 21 February with a brewery event at Central Machine Works Approxi…
Happn is offering three Dutch singles up to €1,500 towards housing costs between 14–23 February as part of its "Single S…
Smitten, an Icelandic dating app, launched a provocative campaign in Sweden with slogans like "Just break up" and "You d…
RAW's Valentine's Day campaign curates men into pet-adoption-style profile cards, funneling matches directly into hosted…
Bumble has reversed Opening Moves in Mexico and Australia, reinstating women-message-first less than a year after launch…
TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC assumed control of American operations on 22nd January 2026, with Oracle, Silver Lake, and…
Tinder's logo is appearing on millions of Sprite cans across multiple markets as part of a co-branded campaign with priz…
HER's 'Everything Reminds Me of HER' billboard campaign features sexually suggestive imagery across New York and Los Ang…
Michael Affronti lasted just 12 months as Bumble's Chief Product Officer before departing in January 2026 Bumble's marke…
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Dutch dating app Breeze has launched in the UK with a model that severely restricts pre-date messaging and pushes users …
Match Group acquired Hinge for over $400M in 2019; founder Justin McLeod is now leaving to build AI dating app Overtone …
QuackQuack has launched Rebounce, a dedicated app for divorced, separated, and widowed users in India Pricing ranges fro…
Ysos has accumulated 1.2 million registrations in Brazil and claims 50,000 US users since launching in late 2024 The Bra…
Knot.dating has verified 10,000 members in India since launching in 2023 and is expanding to five international markets …
Tinder facilitates 16 billion likes or passes weekly and has generated 100 billion matches since launch Gen Z members up…
Pure achieved a rare 50/50 gender split after five years of rebranding from anonymous hookups to consent-focused dating …
Bumble shares have fallen 83% from their 2021 peak, trading at $7.89 Monthly active users declined 4% year-on-year in Q3…
Jdate, a 28-year-old Jewish dating platform, has added dating coaches and personalised human matchmaking services to its…
Bumble app revenue flat at $208M in Q1 2025, with paying users declining 3% to 3.8M Tinder generated $1.84B in 2023, rep…
Hily claims 77% of young Americans prefer spontaneous first dates over endless texting, whilst 74% would bypass algorith…
Aisle is offering free premium features to verified women until 20th February whilst men continue to pay Info Edge India…
Single Riders is recruiting beta testers for a dating app that matches Disney fans in real-time whilst they queue at the…
Meet Kinksters closed just 30 months after launching in late 2022, following sale of mobile assets to BeeDee iOS users r…
Tinder appointed Mumbai-based Adtomica as Agency on Record for brand partnerships in India following a campaign that dis…
Bumble's chief legal officer Elizabeth Monteleone departed after just 10 months in the role Bumble's share price collaps…
Match Group is relaunching Pairs in South Korea after a seven-year absence, deploying a proprietary "Real Mind Matching"…
Cerca has attracted between 10,000 and 12,000 users across multiple US campuses and generates hundreds of matches daily …
Tinder has appointed OMD to handle EMEA media planning and strategy, whilst Cream retains UK media buying duties The mov…
Tinder launches first pan-Asian campaign targeting Gen Z women across South Korea, Thailand, India, and Vietnam 71% of G…
Breeze claims to have facilitated more than 300,000 dates across five European countries since 2020 The app charges user…
After launches in New York on 2 April, six months after Austin debut Requires users to provide reasons before unmatching…
Bumble reported a 3.8% revenue decline to $212.4M in Q4, with total company revenue falling to $273.6M New safety featur…
Hinge added 1.1 million new paying subscribers in Q4 2024 alone, reaching 7.4 million globally Jackie Jantos promoted fr…
DuoDate launched on iOS and Android in April 2025, requiring users to match as pairs for double dates Built by four Ohio…
Breeze is sending nine couples on first dates through IKEA showrooms this Valentine's Day, matched on sleep compatibilit…
Le Club, launching later this year, is a new dating platform from Koji founder Roxy Lin targeting women frustrated with …
ParshipMeet Group operates 9 dating brands generating 1 billion matches and 100 million video streams annually Matthew G…
Whitney Wolfe Herd returns as Bumble CEO after just 15 months under Lidiane Jones, who cited 'personal reasons' for depa…
First Round's On Me has hired Gersh Agency's brand consulting division to expand into alcoholic beverages, physical café…
Dates of Distinction launches on Valentine's Day charging £49.99 monthly for app access plus human matchmakers Match Gro…
Weekly binge drinking in England has fallen to historic lows of 11%, whilst one in four young adults now describe themse…
Bumble has extended its partnership with Amelia Dimoldenberg through 2025, moving from brand campaigns to co-created con…
Thursday raised £2.5m in seed funding and claimed 2 million users at peak before shutting down on 23 January The app res…
Bumble has appointed Michael Affronti, a 15-year Salesforce veteran specialising in e-commerce, as Chief Product Officer…
Tinder's European campaign features Brutalismus 3000, a Berlin techno duo who matched on the app in 2021 and now perform…
Tinder's Q3 2024 direct revenue declined 9% year-over-year to $503M, whilst paying subscribers dropped from 10.4M to 9.6…
Bumble's share price has fallen roughly 80% below its February 2021 IPO peak, pressured by stagnant user growth and stra…
Match Group's BLK dating app is collecting users' ex-partners' hoodies in exchange for branded replacements, donating or…
Tinder erected physical portal booths in Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City for five-minute video conversations between strang…
Don Jazzy announced Bammby to 16.5 million Instagram followers on his 42nd birthday Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for les…
Tinder Australia launches 'It Starts With a Swipe' campaign using TikTok creators and hidden-camera content to position …
Hatched has reduced its signature personality quiz from 50 questions over five days to just five questions, a 90% reduct…
Cheers caps matches at three per day and requires friends to swipe on users' behalf in an invite-only model Match Group …
Yoke launches 29 October targeting entrepreneurs, founders, and business owners exclusively as a dating platform The Lea…
Bindr selected for TechCrunch Disrupt's Startup Battlefield 200 from over 8,000 applicants Platform removes sexual orien…
73% of Bumble's female members in the Philippines want more education around sexual health, according to company data Th…
Match Group appointed Sean Edgett as chief legal officer effective 23 September, replacing Jared Sine who departed in Ma…
Tinder partnered with New York fashion brand Area to launch a limited-edition 'Bans Off Our Bodies' t-shirt during New Y…
Dating app usage amongst 18-24 year-olds in the US dropped from 48% in 2019 to 35% in 2023—a 13-percentage-point decline…
Rater, a two-year-old dating app, has appointed Lee-Michael Pronko as Head of Growth and Brand Marketing with a target o…
I'm Lonely, Inc. launched this month with employer-sponsored memberships positioning romantic connection as a workplace …
KokTailz has launched human-staffed real-time chat support across the US, Nigeria, Brazil, and India The service covers …
