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    Regulatory Monitor
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    ODDA Loses Chair Amid Regulatory Storm: Leadership Void or Strategic Reset?

    Jessica Alderson resigned as ODDA Chair after just 16 months, with no successor named and no public explanation provided…

    Monday 3rd August (5 hours ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Data & Analytics
    A frustrated person holding a smartphone displaying multiple online dating app profiles.

    Relation-Shopping: How Dating Apps Profit from User Burnout

    Academic research finds dating app users routinely deploy consumer-focused language, treating profiles as marketing coll…

    Monday 3rd August (10 hours ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Financial & Investor
    A smartphone displaying a dating app interface next to business growth analytics charts and revenue metrics.

    Tinder's Q2: A Make-or-Break Moment for Match Group's Revenue Strategy

    Tinder Q2 revenue expected at approximately $446M versus $207M for Hinge, meaning Hinge would need to more than double j…

    Monday 3rd August (10 hours ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Financial & Investor
    A group of diverse singles sitting around a table having social drinks at a brightly lit pub venue in London.

    Breeze's Group Dates: A Retreat from Digital or a Revenue Revolution?

    Breeze ran 500 pilot events in London attracting 3,500 participants at £25 per head Match Group's paying user count drop…

    Monday 3rd August (10 hours ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Financial & Investor
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    Tokyo's State-Run Dating App Exposes Commercial Platforms' Dirty Secret

    TOKYO Enmusubi produced 265 marriages from 16,000 users in 21 months — a 1.7% marriage conversion rate Only 16,000 of 36…

    Friday 31st July (3 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Financial & Investor
    A professional couple attending a consultation meeting with a human matchmaker in a modern office setting.

    Seattle's Matchmaking Boom: A Market Failure for Dating Apps?

    Seattle matchmakers are charging $7,500 to $50,000 per client and reporting waitlists as tech professionals abandon dati…

    Friday 31st July (3 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Data & Analytics
    A woman reviewing demographic criteria on a smartphone dating app in an urban setting.

    Indian Matrimonial Platform's 'Gender Gating' Challenges Western Dating Norms

    Men outnumbered women anywhere from 60:40 to 90:10 on the platform, with women receiving roughly 40 times as many expres…

    Friday 31st July (3 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Data & Analytics
    A university student holding a smartphone displaying a mobile dating application interface.

    Tinder's Campus Launch: The Data Behind Swipe Culture's Casual Sex Legacy

    Study analysed 1.1 million survey responses from American university students between 2008 and 2019 Greek-affiliated stu…

    Thursday 30th July (4 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Technology & AI Lab
    A smartphone screen displaying an online dating profile photo being edited by digital software.

    Tinder's AI Photo Enhance: When Innovation Undermines Trust

    Tinder paused its AI Photo Enhance tool this week after users reported the feature altered facial features including tee…

    Thursday 30th July (4 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Regulatory Monitor
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    Ross Williams publishes documents rebutting HubPeople claims over Venntro member database

    Williams has broken a two-year silence with a document-backed account of the collapse of Ambervine's partnership with Hu…

    Wednesday 29th July (5 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Financial & Investor
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    Tinder's 'Double Date' Campaign: A Desperate Bid to Woo Gen Z

    Tinder's average subscriber count declined 8% year-on-year in Q3 2024, with particular weakness among users under 25 Hin…

    Wednesday 29th July (5 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Technology & AI Lab
    A young person sits alone in a room staring at a smartphone screen displaying an artificial intelligence messaging prompt.

    Hinge's AI Prompts: Solving Social Anxiety or Selling Dependence?

    Over half of Hinge's monthly active users are Gen Z, with many relying on AI tools to initiate basic romantic conversati…

    Wednesday 29th July (5 days ago) · 1 min readRead →