Hayley Birkin

Mark Brooks has bought Global Dating Insights via his consultancy Courtland Brooks. No editorial safeguards have been disclosed.

Matrimony.com claims 80% of its traffic is organic, but has not disclosed its methodology. Match Group spent $751M on sales and marketing in 2023.

Grindr generates approximately $3 million in revenue per employee, behind only Nvidia among major US tech firms, according to recent data analysis.

Anthropic detected 4,700 AI-generated dating profiles that engaged with at least 25,000 people in two weeks, before the dating platforms did.

Blackstone has recovered roughly double its $2.1 billion Bumble investment, per Business Insider, as Bumble's market cap fell 96%.

MeetMeetNow, a Japanese dating app, has dropped messaging so users match in person at public landmarks, raising safety questions for the industry.

Grindr will pay £26 million to settle a UK class action over alleged sharing of HIV status and other sensitive data with analytics firms.

Chapter 2 Dating says it reached break-even in July 2025 after three months of record revenue, with marketing spend down by more than 50% year-on-year.

Dating platforms must deploy hash matching for non-consensual intimate images by 30 September, when Ofcom can enforce the Online Safety Act.

Australia proposes making platforms offer algorithmic or chronological feeds, with fines up to A$200 million. Dating apps may fall in scope.

Meetmarket, a Berlin gay dating app not yet launched, raised €161,456 from roughly 1,300 backers in June, pitching privacy against Grindr.

Match Group is rolling out GDPR-compliant AI matchmaking and safety tools across Tinder, Hinge and its other European platforms.

EliteSingles has launched Elite Select, a $499-per-month tier with human concierge support, priority visibility and a shareable Elite Select Card.

Europe's online dating market will grow from $1.15bn in 2025 to $1.63bn by 2031, says ResearchAndMarkets, as GDPR limits clash with dating app AI.

Match Group's Q2 revenue fell 1% year-on-year but net income rose 36% to $171M, as CEO Spencer Rascoff backs Tinder Events, Sniffies and HER.

Hello Group now lists Coffee Meets Bagel's international business in its brand portfolio with no announcement, press release or regulatory filing.

Match Group settled with New Jersey for $650,000 over how Tinder, Hinge and other apps described criminal background checks.

Ofcom says Online Safety Act duties for dating platforms remain in force despite 2027 changes, including completed Children's Access Assessments.

South Korea's Fair Trade Commission fined matchmaking firm Duo ₩345M (£184,000) for false advertising about member quality and matchmaker numbers.

EliteSingles has relaunched under SuccessfulMatch with no original members and a 40% price cut, after Spark Networks closed it in April.