Kim Harris

QuackQuack says 33% of Gen Z daters paused activity on Valentine's Day, in a survey of 10,853 active users in India.

48% of actively dating Americans hide, minimise, or defer mental health discussion early on, a Sylvia Brafman Mental Health Center survey finds.

Meta built a dedicated Threads studio at the NFL media centre for Super Bowl LIX, aiming to take live sports conversation from X.

TikTok's U.S. daily actives rebounded to above 90 million after a privacy-led dip, but dating brands relying on it face concentration risk.

Bluesky's transparency report says it removed 2.08 million accounts in 2025. Its reply filtering cut anti-social behaviour reports by 79%.

Tawkify survey: 65% of respondents would pursue long-distance relationships and 84% would relocate, but the sample size and methodology are undisclosed.

QuackQuack says 57% of 9,685 Indian women daters use protective strategies on dating apps, pointing to a gap with platforms' engagement-led design.

Norton: 48% of New Zealand online daters would consider an AI romantic relationship, but 65% would be bothered by a human match using AI tools.

UK dating apps now run at a 68:32 male-to-female ratio, with 3.6 million men and 1.7 million women, raising business risks for operators.

QuackQuack survey data shows nearly 60% of its users over 25 now prioritise clear romantic intentions early, moving away from situationships.

Coffee Meets Bagel's survey finds 54% of Gen Z professionals aged 21-35 put financial security first, pressing dating apps to add income verification.

Ashley Madison's 'microromance' report links multiple partners to economic stress but gives no methodology, baseline figures or named sources.

Threads has overtaken X in global daily active mobile users, 141.5 million to 125 million as of January 2026, raising questions for dating marketers.

Hily has overtaken Bumble to become the third-largest US dating app by downloads, according to AppMagic, and ranks fifth by revenue.

Parship's survey of over 1,000 German singles finds a preference for upfront compatibility, but the analysis says it validates Parship's model.

A Rebounce survey of 5,834 users finds three in five divorced Indians now dating again have set hard boundaries absent from their first marriage.

50% of Gen Z and millennials would stay in an unhappy relationship for financial security, against 34% of Gen X, according to Gamblizard figures.

Breeze says 32% of UK users filter by height, the lowest in its dataset, versus 39% in the Netherlands. UK daters wait an average of 12 days to meet.

In a Tawkify survey of US adults, 71% say unemployment is not a dealbreaker, but more than half of unemployed people feel anxious disclosing it.

App-formed couples report lower relationship satisfaction than those who met offline, according to a study of 6,600 people in 50 countries.