• Match Group CEO Spencer Rascoff said on the 2 November 2026 Q3 call that Tinder's Double Date has delivered 30 million matches "so far".
  • Groups, formally Group Hangouts, launched in a couple of other countries, with Norway first, and then in the US, as part of the "Better with Friends" roadmap.
  • Tinder's September release cites Australian testing: 40% of invitations accepted and women 2.2x more likely to like a group profile.
  • Match Group's Q3 press release does not include the 30 million figure.

Match Group (MTCH) CEO Spencer Rascoff said on the company's Q3 2026 earnings call on 2 November that Tinder's Double Date has delivered 30 million matches. 'We have delivered 30 million matches on Double Date so far, which just speaks to the scale and product market fit that Double Date has,' he said.

He added that Tinder 'just launched Groups in the U.S. and a couple weeks earlier in a couple other countries', calling it 'the third hit' after Double Date and Events. The figure is cumulative, with no date or baseline given, and it does not appear in Match Group's Q3 press release.

The DII Take

Thirty million matches is a number without a denominator. It shows Double Date is used, not whether it is moving Tinder's core metrics. The more telling detail is that Rascoff called the friends-first roadmap the best idea the company has for winning back lapsed members and attracting people who have never used Tinder. That shows where Match Group is placing its bet on Tinder's recovery.

How Groups works, and what the early data says

Tinder's newsroom announced Group Hangouts on 30 September. One person starts a group, picks an activity and invites at least two friends. Groups of three or more appear in the main card stack, and a shared chat opens when someone from each group likes the other. TechCrunch reported a maximum of 15 people per group.

Tinder said the rollout is phased, starting in the US and select markets, and that availability may vary. Its release says 40% of invitations were accepted in Australian testing, and women there were 2.2x more likely to like a group profile than a one-to-one profile.

Its release says 40% of invitations were accepted in Australian testing, and women there were 2.2x more likely to like a group profile than a one-to-one profile.

Rascoff offered his own figures: women are twice as likely to like a group profile as a single male profile, and 15% of Tinder members aged 18 to 22 in Norway are already in a group. These are management claims and have not been independently verified.

What to watch

The commercial test is the trend line. Management said Tinder daily active users returned to year-over-year growth in September, as DII reported earlier, but Tinder direct revenue fell 2% on an FX-neutral basis and payers fell 4%. Meanwhile TechCrunch reported that Bumble (BMBL) is moving toward group-oriented meetups with a new "Plans" feature. Watch for a full list of Groups markets and any retention data.

  • Match Group is positioning Tinder's friends-first features as its main route to win back lapsed members, yet the 30 million Double Date matches figure comes without a baseline.
  • Groups evidence so far is early: Tinder's Australian testing and Rascoff's Norway figures are company-supplied, and retention and payer data will be the clearer test.

Sources: Match Group Announces Third Quarter Results, Form 8-K Exhibit 99.1 (Match Group / SEC); Tinder Launches Group Hangouts (Tinder); Tinder Launches 'Double Date' (Tinder); Match (MTCH) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript (The Motley Fool); Tinder adapts to a social, IRL dating future with 'Group Hangouts' feature (TechCrunch)