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    Hinge's Audiobook Gambit: Brand Building or Retention Mirage?

    Match Group's Hinge has launched an audiobook collection featuring real couples' origin stories, distributed via Spotify…

    Tuesday 11th August (16 hours ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Data & Analytics
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    Dating Apps Shrink Age Gaps: A Product Design Reckoning

    Singles who met online had 37.4% lower odds of having an age gap of six years or more, according to analysis of 3,292 U.…

    Tuesday 11th August (16 hours ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Technology & AI Lab
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    TUGG's AI Compatibility Claim: Innovation or Just Another Quiz?

    71% of US dating app users report frustration with existing platforms, according to Pew Research Tinder's paying subscri…

    Tuesday 11th August (16 hours ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Financial & Investor
    A smartphone displaying a dating app interface alongside digital artificial intelligence analytics graphics.

    Grindr's AI Narrative: Investor Hype or Product Reality?

    Grindr reported Q2 2026 revenue of $138.1M, a 33% year-over-year increase, with net income reaching $17.7M Adjusted EBIT…

    Monday 10th August (1 day ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Financial & Investor
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    Tinder's Missed Connections: Innovation or Privacy Nightmare?

    Tinder is testing Missed Connections in Canada and Australia, tracking users' locations for seven days to show profiles …

    Monday 10th August (1 day ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Financial & Investor
    A person using a smartphone dating application displaying profile matching features.

    Bumble's Swipe Pivot: Innovation or Desperation?

    Bumble added just 200,000 paying users in Q2 2026, down from 400,000 in the same period last year Match Group's Hinge ad…

    Friday 7th August (4 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Financial & Investor
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    AI Matchmaking: Investors Bet Big as Singles Walk Away

    Justin McLeod, who sold Hinge to Match Group for £139M, has raised $18M for a new AI matchmaking startup Nearly half of …

    Friday 7th August (4 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Financial & Investor
    A group of young adults socialising and conversing at an in-person singles networking event in New York City.

    Tinder's IRL Pivot: A Swipe at Retention or Just a Swipe?

    Tinder generates $1.8 billion in annual revenue but has partnered with We Met In Real Life, a company built on rejecting…

    Thursday 6th August (5 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Daily News Wire
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    Michael Kaye's Exit Signals the End of Traditional Dating App PR

    Michael Kaye is departing Match Group after seven years leading communications for brands including OkCupid, with his fi…

    Thursday 6th August (5 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Financial & Investor
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    Loneliness Startups: Features in Disguise or Future Giants?

    MaC Venture Capital manages over $600M in assets and warns most loneliness startups lack venture-scale potential At leas…

    Wednesday 5th August (6 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Data & Analytics
    Two travellers standing with suitcases in an airport terminal while looking together at a dating app on a smartphone.

    Happn's Dutch Survey Exposes Dating Apps' Travel-Induced Exclusivity Gap

    47% of Dutch singles say an upcoming trip forces the 'what are we?' conversation forward, yet dating apps provide no too…

    Wednesday 5th August (6 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Technology & AI Lab
    People socialising inside a dimly lit bar with drinks on a table.

    Meet Me at The Bar: Can Venue-Based Dating Solve Messaging Fatigue?

    Eight bars in Riga are testing Meet Me at The Bar, a dating app showing who's at each venue in real time The platform by…

    Wednesday 5th August (6 days ago) · 1 min readRead →