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By [DII Financial Intelligence Desk](/author/financial-intelligence)· August 15, 2025· 6 min read [](https://x.com/intent/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.datingindustryinsights.com%2Fnews%2Fpure-app-pleasure-is-power-campaign&text=Pure's%20Gender%20Balance%20Claim%3A%20A%20Mirage%20or%20Market%20Shift%3F)[](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.datingindustryinsights.com%2Fnews%2Fpure-app-pleasure-is-power-campaign)[](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.datingindustryinsights.com%2Fnews%2Fpure-app-pleasure-is-power-campaign) A A ## Key Points - • London-based dating app Pure reported 67% year-on-year subscription growth alongside disclosures of 67 million total chats and 33 million total matches. - • Pure claims to maintain an equal gender ratio, contrasting with Tinder's 75% male user base and Bumble's 60% male demographic skew. - • A Pure-commissioned OnePoll survey of 1,500 American Gen Z respondents found 35% stopped using dating apps over safety concerns and 52% received unwanted explicit messages. - • Pure operates a freemium business model with auto-deleting one-hour chats, screenshot blocking, and blurred profile photos ahead of a planned United States marketing expansion. Pure's pitch is straightforward: a sex-positive dating app where disappearing chat requests and privacy-first features create a space for casual connections without the baggage of traditional hookup apps. The London-based company now claims it's cracked something that's eluded [Match Group](/news/match-group-eliminates-chief-operating-officer) and Bumble for years—a roughly equal gender split. With 67% year-on-year subscription growth reported and a U.S. marketing push incoming, the question isn't whether Pure's positioning resonates with a slice of disillusioned Gen Z singles—it's whether the model can scale without collapsing under the same gender imbalance and safety contradictions that have plagued every app before it. ![Close-up of hands holding smartphone with dating app interface](https://images.pexels.com/photos/11216260/pexels-photo-11216260.jpeg) Close-up of hands holding smartphone with dating app interface ## The numbers behind the narrative Pure's numbers—67 million chats and 33 million matches, according to the company's recent disclosure—sound impressive until you notice what's missing. The company hasn't published total user counts, active member figures, or the time period those engagement metrics span. Without a denominator, growth percentages tell you very little about market penetration. What matters more is the claimed gender split. If accurate, it would represent a genuine anomaly in a market where most platforms skew heavily male. Tinder's gender ratio has historically hovered around 75% male, whilst even [Bumble](/news/bumble-lawsuit-over-preventable-data-breach)—explicitly designed to appeal to women—reportedly sits closer to 60% male in many markets. ### Create a free account Unlock unlimited access and get the weekly briefing delivered to your inbox. Register free No spam. No password. We'll send a one-time link to confirm your email. Pure attributes its balance to privacy features: one-hour chat windows that auto-delete, screenshot blocking, and profile photos that blur until both parties match. These features target documented pain points in the dating app experience, particularly for women navigating platforms where casual interest can quickly turn into harassment. ## The privacy paradox Here's the tension. Features that protect privacy can simultaneously create accountability vacuums. Pure's auto-deleting chats mean there's no persistent record of harassment or abusive behaviour—precisely the evidence trust and safety teams at mainstream platforms rely on for enforcement and, increasingly, to satisfy regulatory requirements under frameworks like the UK Online Safety Act. > The company positions this as a feature, not a bug. If the chat disappears, there's less surface area for harassment to fester or screenshots to become revenge porn. That logic works only if bad actors care about screenshots being blocked—a feature that's trivially circumvented with a second device—and only if the absence of a paper trail doesn't embolden worse behaviour. Trust and safety professionals will recognise the problem immediately. Disappearing evidence makes pattern detection impossible and renders user reporting largely meaningless. For a sex-positive app courting women with safety promises, that's a material risk. According to research Pure commissioned from OnePoll surveying 1,500 U.S. Gen Z respondents, 35% said they'd stopped using dating apps due to safety concerns, whilst 52% reported experiencing unwanted explicit messages. Pure's answer is ephemerality, but whether this solves the problem or simply hides it remains an open question. ![Two people having a conversation over coffee in a casual setting](https://images.pexels.com/photos/1092644/pexels-photo-1092644.jpeg) Two people having a conversation over coffee in a casual setting ## What 67% growth actually means Subscription growth of 67% year-on-year tells you the company is monetising, but context matters. Pure operates on a [freemium model](/glossary/freemium-model) where basic matching is free but extended chat windows, additional requests, and visibility boosts require payment. The company hasn't disclosed what percentage of users convert to paid, average revenue per user, or total revenue figures. That opacity isn't unusual for private companies, but it makes comparative analysis difficult. Bumble disclosed in its Q3 2024 earnings that paying users represented roughly 8% of its total user base. [Grindr](/news/Malaysia-blocks-grindr-blued-websites) converts closer to 13%. Where Pure sits on that spectrum determines whether 67% growth reflects genuine product-market fit or simply iterating on pricing and paywalls. The U.S. expansion is telling. Pure has been operating since 2014—a decade-long run that's seen dozens of competitors launch, pivot, or shut down. [Thursday](/news/thursday-acquires-thursday-com-domain-value) attempted differentiation through time-limited availability. Feeld positioned itself as the ethical non-monogamy platform. Hinge rebranded as 'designed to be deleted'. Each found a niche, but none fundamentally shifted the gender balance that makes or breaks dating app economics. ## Timing and market context Pure's bet is that explicit sex-positivity—combined with privacy features that address Gen Z's documented concerns about digital permanence—can carve out something more durable. The timing isn't accidental. [Tinder](/news/tinder-names-vccp-uk-social-agency)'s brand has been in decline since 2022, with parent company Match Group reporting flat or negative user growth for its flagship product across the past six quarters. > Bumble's shares are down roughly 85% from their 2021 IPO peak, partly due to questions about whether its women-first messaging model still differentiates in a crowded market. Strip away the branding and Pure's core feature set isn't radically different from what Tinder offered circa 2013: location-based matching, minimal profile friction, and an implicit understanding that users are here for casual connections rather than long-term relationships. The privacy layer is genuinely new, but whether it solves problems or creates new ones depends entirely on execution at scale. ![Business person analyzing growth charts and data on laptop](https://images.pexels.com/photos/89955/pexels-photo-89955.jpeg) Business person analyzing growth charts and data on laptop ## The repackaging question What Pure is really selling is permission. Permission to be upfront about wanting casual sex without the stigma that still clings to hookup culture, particularly for women. That's a real value proposition in a market where 'dating' apps have become euphemisms and nobody's quite sure what anyone else wants. But permission only works if the community norms hold as the platform grows. Feeld managed this by staying deliberately niche and heavily moderating its community. [Pure's U.S. marketing push](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/pure-app-launches-us-campaign-130000972.html) suggests it's aiming for something broader. The test will come in six to twelve months. If Pure's gender ratio survives U.S. expansion and the company starts disclosing retention metrics—particularly female retention beyond the first month—it will deserve serious attention from operators trying to solve the same problems. If the ratio collapses and the platform becomes another male-dominated swipe app with a privacy gimmick, it will join the long list of differentiation strategies that worked in theory but failed in practice. Investors and competitors should watch female retention data and whether [Pure's privacy features create regulatory headaches](https://www.instagram.com/p/DQEa1FIAv8f/) as the OSA's enforcement regime matures. The company's entire thesis rests on convincing women that less accountability equals more safety—a counterintuitive claim that's either brilliantly contrarian or fundamentally flawed. ## Key Takeaways - • Pure's ephemerality features complicate moderation efforts and regulatory compliance under the UK Online Safety Act because disappearing chats eliminate digital paper trails necessary for tracking persistent harassment. - • Dating industry investors and operators should monitor female user retention during Pure's expansion into the United States market to determine if its claimed gender balance can withstand mainstream scaling. - • High conversion benchmarks from niche competitors like Grindr at 13% suggest Pure must deliver sustained safety improvements rather than branding alone to justify its freemium paywalls. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Pure's male-to-female gender ratio? ### How many chats and matches has Pure recorded? ### Why are users leaving dating apps according to Pure research? Cite this article [Online Safety](/tag/online-safety)[User Growth](/tag/user-growth)[Monetisation](/tag/monetisation)[Regulation & Policy](/tag/regulation-policy) D [DII Financial Intelligence Desk](/author/financial-intelligence) Financial Intelligence Desk The DII Financial Intelligence Desk covers earnings, valuations, funding and the financial performance of the global online dating industry. 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