Hayley Birkin

Match Group named Spencer Rascoff CEO in place of Bernard Kim, and shares fell 3.2% in after-hours trading on the announcement.

Match Group shares fell 9% after it named Spencer Rascoff CEO, with Q4 revenue of $900M, up 1% year-on-year, and Tinder revenue flat.

Bumble Inc is closing its Fruitz and Official apps and cutting 350 roles, roughly 30% of its workforce, to focus on its core platforms.

Bumble shares fell 18% after Q1 revenue guidance of $242M to $248M missed the $256.9M consensus, as Whitney Wolfe Herd returns as CEO.

Mattr, a London dating app for neurodivergent users, has raised £177,000 via crowdfunding, 78% of its £225,000 target, from 247 investors.

Match Group's Tinder lost more than 500,000 users between 2023 and 2024, and usage across the top ten dating platforms fell 16% year on year.

Match Group is rolling out AI message screening on Tinder and Hinge, with 20% of warned users revising messages, according to safety chief Yoel Roth.

Match Group has translated Tinder's Dating Safety Guide into Bengali, Hindi, Kannada and Marathi for India, ahead of Safer Internet Day on 11 February.

Tinder's monthly active users fell 8% year-on-year in January 2025, and Match Group is speeding up AI matching under new CEO Spencer Rascoff.

Tinder says TikTok influencers are reversing negative sentiment among young users, but Match has not disclosed the study's methodology.

Social League launches in Dubai this month with invitation-only events for professionals aged 30-60, offering an offline alternative to dating apps.

A UC Davis study of 4,500 blind dates found both men and women were more attracted to younger partners in person, challenging stated-preference matching.

Tinder used six influencers from September to December 2024 as Match Group payers fell for eight consecutive quarters. Q4 results are due 5 February.

UK dating startups are chasing Tinder fatigue, but break-even is put at £80-120M in acquisition costs against seed rounds of £500K-2M.

Feeld, the London-based dating app, is using a print magazine and members-only events to keep users engaged, after reporting 107% user growth.

Tinder, Hinge and Bumble reported Dating Sunday 2025 gains of 20%, 40% and 32%, but none disclosed year-over-year baseline data.

Tinder says swipes rise 20% on Dating Sunday, 5 January, but Match Group has disclosed no product plans after six quarters of Tinder revenue decline.

Hinge has launched "Crossed Paths", a global campaign with seven real couples, as Match Group's paying subscribers fell to 10.3 million in Q3 2024.

Grindr closed at $16.75 this week after Goldman Sachs upgraded it to 'buy' with a $20 target, as investors favour niche dating apps over generalists.

Asian-focused dating app KRUSH has raised seed funding from Mashup Ventures with fewer than 500 combined downloads in January 2025.