Three Day Rule relaunched in 2025 as an AI-powered dating app, and users report identical AI-generated opening messages, according to The Tech Buzz.
Tinder is testing its AI Chemistry feature in Australia, offering one or two curated matches per session as monthly active users fell 9% in Q4 2025.
ParshipMeet Group appoints Justin Zinck, formerly Senior Director Finance at HelloFresh, as CFO from February 2026.
Reddit has expanded beta access to Reminder Ads, letting advertisers send opt-in push notifications and inbox messages to users.
Instagram is developing a way for users to remove themselves from others' Close Friends lists, per code found by Alessandro Paluzzi.
South Korea's watchdog has ordered matchmaker Sunoo to suspend operations over alleged Marriage Brokerage Act violations, per The Chosun Daily.
Kinsey Institute's Dr. Justin Garcia argues dating apps clash with human courtship, and Bumble's premium ARPU grew just 3% year-over-year in Q1 2024.
TikTok's U.S. daily actives rebounded to above 90 million after a privacy-led dip, but dating brands relying on it face concentration risk.
BLK's seven-step guide tells users to cap app time at two-hour windows and keep to three conversations, with survey data from 4,000+ BLK users.
India's Supreme Court suspended Meta's data-sharing practices pending appeal of a ₹2.13 billion fine, a case with consent implications for dating apps.
Ditto, an iMessage-only dating service, raised $9.2M in seed funding and claims 42,000 users across five California universities.
PURE dating app reports $100M in 2025 gross revenue, up 46%, but has never disclosed user numbers, so its growth cannot be independently verified.
Grindr will disable location features in the Olympic Village at Milano Cortina 2026, from 6 to 22 February, its third Olympics with such measures.
Snapchat blocked 415,000 Australian accounts under the under-16 social media ban, and Meta blocked 544,000, as platforms warn of displacement.
UpScrolled grew from 150,000 to 2.5 million users in four weeks, founder Issam Hijazi said, but daily actives fell to 68,000 from a 138,500 peak.
TikTok will hold Live Fest in Las Vegas on 12 February 2026, headlined by Demi Lovato, as it tries to build LIVE monetisation in the West.
Bluesky's transparency report says it removed 2.08 million accounts in 2025. Its reply filtering cut anti-social behaviour reports by 79%.
Match Group and Bumble confirmed late January breaches via phishing of contractor accounts, with ShinyHunters claiming over 10 million Match records.
Bethenny Frankel's The Core, with memberships reportedly reaching $1,200 a year, is struggling to attract subscribers, according to unnamed sources.
Forbes Health's 2025 survey found 78% of dating app users report burnout, and singles are now tracking dates in spreadsheets and the Spread app.
Spotify has added group messaging for up to 10 users, which could reduce the need for dating apps like Tinder, where music matching is a core feature.
Tawkify survey: 65% of respondents would pursue long-distance relationships and 84% would relocate, but the sample size and methodology are undisclosed.
Flutrr has partnered with Saregama to launch music-based matching as a paid premium tier, letting subscribers match on musical taste, not photos.
Microsoft dropped 'record levels of engagement' from LinkedIn's Q4 earnings for the first time since 2018, as quarterly revenue hit $5 billion.
QuackQuack says 57% of 9,685 Indian women daters use protective strategies on dating apps, pointing to a gap with platforms' engagement-led design.
Meta's Q4 2025 ad revenue of $59.89 billion is raising customer acquisition costs for dating apps that rely on its platforms, the analysis argues.
Over 1,600 plaintiffs are suing Meta and YouTube over addictive product design, and dating apps using similar mechanics could face parallel claims.
ShinyHunters claims it stole 10 million records from Match Group apps via AppsFlyer. Match Group says 'limited' user data was affected.
Norton: 48% of New Zealand online daters would consider an AI romantic relationship, but 65% would be bothered by a human match using AI tools.
Left Field, an app limiting users to two matches per week, raised £156,000 ($200,000) from Kendra Scott and Alexis Ohanian on Shark Tank.
WhatsApp's Strict Account Settings block media from non-contacts, showing encryption alone cannot stop malicious files, a gap dating apps share.
TikTok blamed a power outage for delayed posts and missing creator earnings after its US handover, a risk for dating content creators.
UpScrolled logged 41,000 installs in late January 2026 amid TikTok suppression allegations, a trust warning for dating apps with opaque algorithms.
UK dating apps now run at a 68:32 male-to-female ratio, with 3.6 million men and 1.7 million women, raising business risks for operators.
Thursday has partnered with Pepsi UK for a branded singles event on 12 February 2026, with over 200 attendees expected at The Ministry in Borough.
The European Commission is investigating X over Grok AI deepfakes under the Digital Services Act, with potential fines of 6% of global revenue.
Dating apps face AI-powered romance scams that generated 4.5 times more revenue per operation than traditional methods in 2025, Chainalysis says.
Pinterest's new Media Planner adds forecasting to Ads Manager for awareness campaigns, but dating operators report weaker signal quality than on Meta.
X has announced Starterpacks, company-curated account lists, while Bluesky's version is user-created. Categories include Politics and Health & Fitness.
Tinder is putting its logo on 'millions' of Sprite cans in a co-branded prize draw campaign. Commercial terms have not been disclosed.
Vybes reports an eightfold rise in weekly downloads after launching YouTube dating series Vybes Villa on 12 January, and claims 60% conversion.
ZipHealth has launched an intimacy quiz for couples after surveying 1,000 Americans, over 40% of whom fear boundary talks may disappoint partners.
Snap expanded Family Center on 22 January with teen activity breakdowns and trust signals for new contacts, a possible template for dating apps.
TikTok's new U.S. joint venture will retrain its algorithm on U.S. user data only, putting dating brands' TikTok marketing strategies in doubt.
Bumble CPO Michael Affronti has left after 12 months, the fifth C-suite departure since Whitney Wolfe Herd's March 2025 return as CEO.
HER has put sexually suggestive billboards in New York and Los Angeles under its 'Sapphic Restart' initiative, while claiming 15 million global users.
The Bombay High Court has permanently barred getshaadi.com from infringing the Shaadi.com trademark, citing "dishonest diversion of internet traffic".
QuackQuack survey data shows nearly 60% of its users over 25 now prioritise clear romantic intentions early, moving away from situationships.
TikTok added creative preview, bulk editing and Auto-select to Smart+ ad campaigns, letting dating advertisers review all creative variations before launch.
Meta is rolling out Threads ads globally from 26 January 2026, giving dating brands a new channel that runs through existing Meta campaigns.