Dating app Ailo launched AI-powered matching with a claimed 70% compatibility minimum, but has not disclosed its methodology.
Senators Blumenthal and Johnson have given Match Group until 15 October to document fraud detection on Tinder, Hinge and OkCupid, citing algorithmic design.
AI dating startup Gigi has pivoted to professional networking, with founder Clara Gold saying successful matches mean users delete the app.
Nearly 30% of singles admit to "throning", dating for status or career gain, according to Plenty of Fish, raising trust questions for Match Group and Bumble.
Hundreds of Southeast Asian scam compounds use trafficking victims to run romance fraud, the UN says, and replay attacks are defeating dating app selfie checks.
QuackQuack survey of 11,000 users finds 40% of Indian dating app users judge matches by festival participation, such as Navratri and Diwali.
Tinder's Gen Z staff group urged Match Group CEO Spencer Rascoff to fix safety and profile quality before adding more features.
Meta says it has no current plans to launch Facebook Dating in Australia, despite 15 million local users, sparing Match Group and Bumble a new rival.
Dating app Feels claims $10M in annual recurring revenue within six months of launch, with fewer than 12 people and less than $5M in funding.
Nicky Wake, founder of Chapter 2 Dating and WidowsFire, has launched The Widowed Collective, a non-profit offering bereavement support to widowed people.
Meta has launched an AI chatbot assistant and weekly algorithmic matches for Facebook Dating in the US and Canada, with no disclosed monetisation path.
Collective, the UK LGBTQ+ friendship-first app, has passed 100,000 members and reached #70 in UK social networking downloads, the company says.
Hello Group has acquired full ownership of French dating app Happn, which claims 170 million registered users, and targets Asia and Africa.
RSVP, launched in Australia in 1997, is pitching an anti-swipe model, but parent Oasiswork does not disclose subscriber or revenue figures.
Bumble has spun out its BFF friendship feature into a standalone US app after eight years, following workforce cuts of nearly a third.
Dateability has launched Version 2.0 of its accessibility-focused dating app and reports 10x user growth since its 2022 launch.
Australia's mandatory Online Dating Code, the first of its kind, began 1 April and gives Match Group and Bumble six months to comply.
Grindr replaced notification sounds for 3.9 million daily active users with a Christina Aguilera song, with no opt-out beyond muting notifications.
QuackQuack says 22% of young daters in India's major metros match with partners seven to eight years older, in a survey of 7,394 users.
Match Group is using AI to personalise dating and monitor safety, but does not publish how it balances match quality and engagement.
Match Group issued a cease-and-desist to a British man over a parody Tinder app featuring only his wife's profile, alleging IP violations.
Knot.dating is expanding to the US, UK, UAE, Singapore and Australia this month, after verifying 10,000 members in India since launching in 2023.
Hello Group's paid users fell 15% to 7.3 million in Q4 2024 despite AI conversation coaching, and revenue fell 2.6% to $186.6M year-on-year.
Gamblizard survey of 2,000 adults: over a third admit to lying on first dates and one in five say they lied to secure sex, mostly about salary and intentions.
Match Group targets $1bn in Hinge revenue by 2027, up from $700-750m, as Tinder loses ground with Gen Z, CEO Spencer Rascoff said.
Sapphos, a Brazilian lesbian dating app, exposed 17,000 users' government IDs and selfies through an IDOR flaw and shut down in early November.
Miami dating app Ailo has launched an AI matching algorithm designed by founder Dani Geary, who claims 20 years of matchmaking experience.
Irish dating app Ginger Zinger replaces swiping with direct messaging for redheads and admirers, in a market of roughly 500,000 people.
Chapter 2 Dating Ltd has acquired white-label platform M14, which powers its niche dating apps, ending its reliance on third-party infrastructure.
Match Group reported 14.1 million paying users in Q2, down 5% year-on-year, and has set out a three-year plan built on AI.
Ofcom will brief dating operators on Online Safety Act duties on 6 February; fines reach up to £18 million or 10% of qualifying worldwide revenue.
Ofcom's trial found a gamified dating app simulator improved scam detection versus static warnings, with effects lasting at least four weeks after one session.
QuackQuack survey of 9,500 Indian singles finds roughly two in seven report performance anxiety in digital dating conversations.
The Global Dating Conference runs in London on 26-27 March, with sessions on safety regulation, AI compliance and revenue beyond subscriptions.
A 50-country study of 6,600 people finds app-formed couples report lower satisfaction, intimacy, passion and commitment than couples who met offline.
DateMyAge's survey says over-50s users feel an average of 20 years younger, but it gave no methodology or sample size and coincides with a marketing campaign.
The League says 60% of its users call career ambition 'non-negotiable' in a partner, based on a survey of 3,000 members.
Orra, a dating app with anonymous profiles until mutual interest, launches in beta this week in Salt Lake City without disclosing how its matching works.
A German study of 445 participants found photo attractiveness outweighs bio quality 10:1 in dating app matching, at 20% versus 2% more matches.
Tinder India generated approximately $16M in consumer spend in 2023, according to Sensor Tower, with dating apps focused on metros over smaller cities.
Lovehoney's survey of over 2,000 UK adults found 41% of Gen Z would be bothered by a partner's sexual history, versus 19% of Gen X, challenging dating apps.
Pure has added at-home STD testing to its US dating app via TBD Health, but has not said whether test or prescription data reaches the app.
The League's downloads rose 23% year-on-year in Q4 2024 and Coffee Meets Bagel's 19%, per Sensor Tower, as dating apps that limit matches gain ground.
Pure's first US CTV campaign is programmatic only after Hulu, Netflix and other premium publishers rejected its ads.
Tinder has launched 'Crush Feelings', a global campaign and Swipe Stories feature to reposition the app for Gen Z around emotional connection.
Garbo, the nonprofit background check service on Tinder and other Match Group apps, has shut down after its partnership with Match ended.
Bumble launched a real-couples campaign with offline events in London, New York, Toronto, Sydney and Berlin, without sharing outcome data.
18 of 24 popular dating apps scored D or F for data protection in a Business Digital Index audit. Only Bumble and EliteSingles got B grades.
Dating app revenue hit $6B in 2024 despite five consecutive years of falling downloads. Business of Apps projects $8.9B by 2030.
Cerca requires school email verification and 40 users per campus before activating Student Mode, and is launching a US university tour with mixers.