Kim Harris

Flure, a dating app with no stated-intention fields, has reached 1.5 million US installs since 2023 but has not shared retention or active user data.

Grindr has launched Right Now globally, a feature for one-hour disappearing status updates, with limited weekly sessions for free users.

Tinder is testing a paid height preference tool that weights match recommendations instead of filtering, after losing 700,000 subscribers in Q1 2025.

LoveJack, a London-based dating app, launches next month with five-word profiles and five daily interactions, then plans US cities and India.

One-third of Hinge survey respondents would consider dating outside their usual boundaries, with higher rates among Gen Z.

A January 2025 Bankrate survey found 54% of single Americans skipped dating opportunities over cost, a demand risk for dating apps.

Tinder, Bumble and Hinge earned $4 billion since January 2024, while Tinder revenue rose 35% as its active users fell 9%, per Match Group.

US dating app users, predominantly women, are spoofing locations to Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal after the 5 November election.

Tinder named Mumbai agency Adtomica its India brand partnerships Agency on Record after a 150,000-voucher Blinkit campaign at 75% off Tinder Plus.

Southampton and Harvard research on 20,000 mock profiles found Conservative supporters aged 18-40 were rejected more often than Reform UK backers.

Meetline has launched globally with route-based matching, claiming 7,000 transit systems in 1,200 cities. It has not said how it sources the data.

Tinder, Hinge and Bumble made an estimated $311 million in April 2025, a record month for the trio, according to Appfigures.

Hinge CEO Justin McLeod says the app will not use AI to write messages or profiles, only to nudge fuller prompts, as Match Group nears Q1 earnings.

Bumble chief legal officer Elizabeth Monteleone is leaving after ten months, according to a regulatory filing, amid wider executive turnover.

Grindr has launched A-List, a generative AI feature for premium subscribers that summarises past conversations, and opened a Palo Alto AI office.

OkCupid's survey claims 75% of users always discuss boundaries before intimacy, but its 500+ sample and 93% honesty claim point to response bias.

A Hily survey of 2,700 daters found 41% of Gen Z would not date someone their mother dislikes, despite mostly hiding relationships from her.

Sociologist Maren Harwood-Hooper says under-30 dating app users use ironic profiles to avoid seeming earnest, a risk for match quality and retention.

Gleeden says 40% of its married users in India have emotionally intimate online relationships with no physical contact, according to its own data.

SlideIn, a new voice-based dating app from Connor Rose, matches users with AI from one recorded answer and launches with a 100-person waitlist.