Kim Harris

Thursday, the one-day-a-week swiping app, will shut on 23 January after three years and move to in-person events only.

Four niche dating apps launched in 2024, Hum, Cherry, Grazer and Lefty, are still operating, but face a user density test in 2025.

Bumble has named Salesforce veteran Michael Affronti Chief Product Officer as paying users fell from 1.7 million in Q1 2024 to 1.5 million in Q3.

Tinder has launched a global ad campaign to position itself for serious relationships, after Q3 2024 direct revenue fell 9% to $503M.

Tinder's European campaign promotes a creative partnership, techno duo Brutalismus 3000, over romance, while payers fell 8% to 9.6 million in Q3 2024.

60% of Indian dating app users aged 20-26 pursue year-end matches because of family gathering pressure, a survey of 9,000 singles found.

Bumble is giving free ice cream in Singapore every weekend through December, tied to a new profile interest badge.

Match Group's BLK is swapping users' exes' hoodies for branded replacements, with originals allegedly going to Planet Aid.

QuackQuack says 28% of Indian dating app users use travel preferences as a primary compatibility filter, per a 10,000-user survey of its own users.

Feeld's 2023 revenue rose 95% to $41.4M, up from $21.2M, as longtime users raise concerns about 'vanilla' newcomers joining the kink and polyamory app.

Tinder built portal booths in Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City for five-minute video chats, but shared no attendance or match metrics.

Hinge CEO Justin McLeod plans an AI dating coach he says beats meeting organically, and Hinge revenue rose 30% year-on-year in Q4 2024.

Tinder's survey says 45% of singles want a "Golden Retriever" partner, but the data is self-reported and may not reflect how users actually swipe.

Down Dating's team has launched Dapper, an AI tool that generates dating profile photos, raising verification questions for platforms.

Gaydar reported a 15% year-on-year revenue increase in late 2024 after adding in-person events with KK Homme, with profile views up 25%.

Ofcom data shows Match Group and Bumble lost hundreds of thousands of UK users in a year. Industry sources point to Gen Z leaving swipe apps.

MillionaireMatch says 70% of its users expect replies within two hours, but gave no methodology. Always-on norms may exclude shift workers.

Dinky One, a dating platform for men with smaller penises, has added AI to filter explicit photos after human moderators could not keep up.

Don Jazzy announced dating app Bammby to 16.5 million Instagram followers on his 42nd birthday, entering a field where celebrity apps often fade.

Happn survey claims 15 per cent of Gen Z users admit to 'sledging', but it polled only 600 users from a single app.