Kim Harris

X has announced Starterpacks, company-curated account lists, while Bluesky's version is user-created. Categories include Politics and Health & Fitness.

Tinder is putting its logo on 'millions' of Sprite cans in a co-branded prize draw campaign. Commercial terms have not been disclosed.

ZipHealth has launched an intimacy quiz for couples after surveying 1,000 Americans, over 40% of whom fear boundary talks may disappoint partners.

Bumble CPO Michael Affronti has left after 12 months, the fifth C-suite departure since Whitney Wolfe Herd's March 2025 return as CEO.

HER has put sexually suggestive billboards in New York and Los Angeles under its 'Sapphic Restart' initiative, while claiming 15 million global users.

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

TikTok added creative preview, bulk editing and Auto-select to Smart+ ad campaigns, letting dating advertisers review all creative variations before launch.

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.

Dua.com is removing swiping in Version 5.0 of its Albanian diaspora dating app, adding mandatory liveness verification and inactive profile purges.

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.

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

Match Group and Bumble are expanding AI matchmaking as their paying user counts stagnate or decline despite higher pricing.

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

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.

TikTok Shop has launched three AI tools for video, dubbing and listings, which could cut costs for dating advertisers but may dilute authentic content.

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

TikTok's 2026 trend report names three trends: 'Reali-TEA', 'Curiosity Detours' and 'Emotional ROI'. Smaller niche dating apps may gain over Match and Bumble.

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.

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.