Statista

""Statista is a global market research and statistics platform providing market forecasts, industry data, and consumer insights across categories including dating services, with comprehensive coverage of the online dating, matchmaking, and casual dating market segments. Statista projects the global Dating Services market at $8.28 billion in 2025 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.92% through 2029, broken into Online Dating ($3.17 billion in 2025), Matchmaking ($4.16 billion), and Casual Dating ($956.70 million) segments. The platform provides geographic market data including the United States ($2.60 billion in 2025, the largest market), United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and other regions, enabling dating platforms to understand market size and growth by geography.

Statista forecasts that the global dating services user penetration will reach 5.7% by 2029 (from 5.2% in 2025), indicating market maturation in developed regions and growth opportunities in emerging markets. The platform provides average revenue per user (ARPU) data ($13.41 for dating services in 2025), enabling dating platforms to benchmark monetization performance. Statista's user penetration metrics (7.9% of global population in 2025) provide context on addressable market size and saturation levels across regions.

The company publishes detailed reports on dating market trends, including analysis of AI integration, mobile-first platform dominance, and subscription growth. Dating platforms use Statista's data for investor presentations, strategic planning, and market sizing; investors and analysts use Statista as a primary source for market forecasting and valuation modeling. Statista's position as the primary independent market research source for dating industry data makes it a critical reference point for B2B dating industry intelligence.""