Hayley Birkin

Hello Group has acquired full ownership of French dating app Happn, which claims 170 million registered users, and targets Asia and Africa.

RSVP, launched in Australia in 1997, is pitching an anti-swipe model, but parent Oasiswork does not disclose subscriber or revenue figures.

Bumble has spun out its BFF friendship feature into a standalone US app after eight years, following workforce cuts of nearly a third.

Match Group is using AI to personalise dating and monitor safety, but does not publish how it balances match quality and engagement.

Hello Group's paid users fell 15% to 7.3 million in Q4 2024 despite AI conversation coaching, and revenue fell 2.6% to $186.6M year-on-year.

Match Group targets $1bn in Hinge revenue by 2027, up from $700-750m, as Tinder loses ground with Gen Z, CEO Spencer Rascoff said.

Irish dating app Ginger Zinger replaces swiping with direct messaging for redheads and admirers, in a market of roughly 500,000 people.

Chapter 2 Dating Ltd has acquired white-label platform M14, which powers its niche dating apps, ending its reliance on third-party infrastructure.

Match Group reported 14.1 million paying users in Q2, down 5% year-on-year, and has set out a three-year plan built on AI.

Tinder India generated approximately $16M in consumer spend in 2023, according to Sensor Tower, with dating apps focused on metros over smaller cities.

Raya says it has been profitable since 2021, with revenue growing by more than 50% annually and a waitlist of 2.5 million people.

Fourplay Social, a New York double-date app, pairs singles with a friend to match with another pair. It reported 45,000 downloads in 2024.

Grindr's revenue grew 27% year-over-year in Q4 2024, against 3% growth to $864M at Match Group, which is cutting 13% of its workforce.

QuackQuack says 57% of 11,756 Indian users aged 18-30 have had connections outside traditional relationship categories, including 'nanoships'.

Google has narrowed dating and companionship ad restrictions to 17 countries, according to PPC Land, without naming the countries.

Grindr's Q2 2025 revenue rose 27% year-on-year to $104M, but its share price fell sharply as 14.9M monthly active users trailed expectations.

Pure reports 67% year-on-year subscription growth and a roughly equal gender split as it launches a U.S. marketing expansion, but gives no user counts.

Matrimony.com's Q1 FY26 net profit fell 39.5% year-on-year to Rs 8.4 crore (£830,000), though it rose 15% from the previous quarter.

A shareholder lawsuit alleges Match Group suppressed sexual assault reports, with its Sentinel database logging hundreds weekly by 2022.

Amanda Bradford is leaving Match Group after her non-compete expired, two years after Match acquired her app The League in April 2022.