Kim Harris

Niche apps Geek Meet Club and Cherry Dating use manual vetting and ID checks, as Sumsub figures show 54% of UK users AI-enhance profiles.

A survey of 9,347 Indian daters found 51% favour "soft exits" over ghosting, and 48% practise "kind rejection" by slowing replies.

Chunkr, a gay dating app built by solo developer Justin, reached 1,500 iOS users shortly after its April 2025 launch and is free at launch.

Coffee Meets Bagel says 70% of active users completed AI video selfie verification in the first month after its April rollout.

Tinder's Year in Swipe 2025 report says 64% of young singles want emotional honesty, putting Gen Z's wishes at odds with swipe-driven app revenue.

Men on major dating apps pay up to £40 per date, five times what women pay, and average 5 dates a year to 27 for women, says PlayersTime.

Partner-monitoring services such as CheaterScanner report rising demand as dating apps grow, though infidelity rates have not demonstrably changed.

Tantan has moved its global headquarters from China to Singapore and rebranded as an app for "intentional casual dating", with no user data disclosed.

Bumble plans to eliminate swiping in a 2026 redesign, using AI concierges that vet matches with other users' AI agents before humans make contact.

QuackQuack says 37% of Indian singles now prefer virtual dates over in-person meetings during summer heatwaves, based on a survey of 8,967 members.

Dating.com's survey of 1,000 respondents finds 30% would consider marrying someone they have never met in person.

Reev, a voice-first dating app from founder May Ku, is launching in Australia. Users must speak before seeing photos, with premium at $19.99 monthly.

Bumble will end swiping in Q4 2026 and move to AI-driven matching, as paying users fell 21.1% year-over-year to 3.2 million in Q1 2026.

Bank of Montreal's 2026 index puts the average US date at $189, up 12.5% from $168. 47% of single Americans say dating is not financially worth it.

Coffee Meets Bagel says 88% of AAPI daters say culture matters in choosing a partner, versus 67% of non-AAPI respondents.

A 77 Diamonds survey of 764 Gen Z respondents found 42% cite 31-35 as their ideal wedding age, and only 4% say 25 or younger.

Ashley Madison has released a 'Discreet Dictionary' of ten privacy terms, eleven years after its breach exposed 37 million user records.

QuackQuack's survey of 11,957 Indian users aged 20 to 27 found 47% call dating increasingly fluid, but the study gives no methodology details.

71% of US singles say dating has become more expensive, and 53% admit misrepresenting their finances, according to a DealSeek survey of 1,000 adults.

Feeld's user data shows Millennials and Gen X make up 58% of users and Gen Z only 5.5%, whereas Gen Z is roughly 40% of Tinder's base.