Kim Harris

Happn plans to cap AI-curated daily matches at 10 profiles, according to CEO Karima Ben Abdelmalek, as dating apps turn to AI to fight user burnout.

Match Group and Bumble offer no income fields, though 71% of US adults now rate a steady job as very important in a partner, up from 63% a decade ago.

23% of iPhone users would reject an Android-using partner, according to an All About Cookies survey of 1,000 American adults.

Online platforms now account for 60% of couples meeting their spouses, yet users are dissatisfied and operators face high churn.

GLAAD and eharmony research finds 53% of LGBTQ+ respondents feel neglected by dating platforms. Niche operators are exploiting the gap.

Wealth-focused dating apps have raised over $50M since 2020, according to Bloomberg, and 31% of US singles would consider filtering by credit score, says Match.

Laguna, a new dating app, says three questions can produce one AI-generated match per day, but it has not disclosed how its algorithm works.

Yoke, a dating platform for entrepreneurs and founders, launches on 29 October. The company has not disclosed its vetting process.

Research cited by matchmaker Tina Wilson says 77% of singles feel more nervous the longer online chats go without a date, a flaw called carouselling.

Queensland University of Technology eye-tracking research finds men and women assess income within the first 10 seconds of viewing a dating profile.

Greed Dating combines 16 niche dating categories in one app and claims 622,770 accounts, with fewer than one message per account a month.

Grindr plans an AI dating assistant by 2027 that will chat with other users' AI agents before any human contact, says CEO George Arison.

Plenty of Fish coined eleven dating terms for 2025 from a survey of 5,800 US members, including 'Smutten', reported by 40% of women surveyed.

Tinder is pushing its Passport feature as a travel tool with a Solo Traveler's Guide, as Match says Tinder's paying users declined year-over-year.

Ashley Madison is Texas's most-searched and most-recommended dating platform, the only US state where it leads, per Google and survey data.

Just 26% of online dating users are now aged 18-29, down from 48% in 2013, which the analysis says challenges Match Group and Bumble.

Bindr, a Pittsburgh dating app with no sexual orientation filters, joins TechCrunch Disrupt's Startup Battlefield 200 from over 8,000 applicants.

Hily's survey of 2,500 of its own Gen Z users found 90% value authenticity, but most struggle to show their real selves on dating apps.

Gleeden's Indian user base rose 166%, from 800,000 pre-pandemic to 2.13 million by early 2023, as niche apps gain ground on mainstream ones.

happn is expanding CrushPoints with Foursquare data and adding native advertising for venues and brands, with 41 million Indian users engaged, it says.