Tinder has launched its first pan-Asian campaign for Gen Z women in South Korea, Thailand, India and Vietnam, citing OnePoll research it commissioned.
39% of Indian dating app users deliberately delay progressing matches, according to a QuackQuack survey of 9,000 users on its platform.
Dating app After expands to New York on 2 April, six months after Austin, but has shared no retention, engagement or match quality data.
Grindr has expanded its one-hour 'Right Now' meetup feed to 15 major cities, with 10 free sessions per week before users must pay for Unlimited.
Dutch app Breeze has launched in New York City, its first American market, charging users only when they book a date instead of a subscription.
A Paired poll of 1,561 people found 72% to 76% of Gen Z and millennials have never used AI dating tools, as Bumble and Match Group invest in AI.
MillionaireMatch has introduced "No Sex Monday", which disables messages, likes and winks every Monday for its 5 million members.
Bumble is closing dating apps Fruitz and Official on 31st May, saying it will focus on core businesses, as Q4 2024 revenue rose 9% year-on-year.
Feeld partnered with Kesha for a SXSW panel on non-traditional relationships, as dating apps turn to celebrity endorsements to differentiate.
Adapty says 75.8% of dating app revenue in its client portfolio now comes from one-time purchases, not subscriptions.
Only 50% of UK Gen Z workers consider workplace relationships acceptable, against 64% of Baby Boomers, in a happn survey of 2,000 UK adults.
Bindr's spin-out ColdStart, an AI marketing tool, has secured more than $1 million in contracts and now earns more than the dating app's 250,000-user platform.
Bumble shares fell 12% after-hours on weak Q1 guidance of $268M-$273M, despite Q4 revenue of $275.5M beating analyst expectations by 2%.
Match Group and Bumble's push into events may move dating from software to hospitality economics, as Gen Z shifts to social apps.
Tinder has relaunched Tinder U in India, four years after ending it in the US in 2022. Verification accepts .in emails, which any registrant can hold.
Onfido, Sardine and the National Crime Agency say dating apps need ID checks and deepfake detection, as UK romance fraud losses hit £92.3M in 2023.
Howdy, a Brisbane-based rural dating app, has reached 14,000 users in 18 months, with ID checks built in before Australia's April conduct code.
Bumble has launched government-issued ID verification and three more safety features in 12 markets, as Q4 revenue fell 3.8% to $212.4M.
Grindr will run 'The Gaybourhood', a branded area with three themed stages, at London's Mighty Hoopla festival next month, as it expands into physical events.
Hello Group's Q4 2024 net income fell 59% to $32.2M as revenue fell 12% to $471.2M, while Middle East revenue hit $138M, above Tantan's China revenue.
Match Group CEO Spencer Rascoff told Bloomberg its apps had become 'a numbers game', while Tinder is not expected to return to growth until 2027.
QuackQuack claims 28.5% of Holi-period matches become relationships, from a survey of 9,500 users, but it has not disclosed its methodology.
Dating app RAW is developing a ring that tracks heart rate, temperature and voice to share emotional data with partners, due late 2025 or early 2026.
A Pour Moi study found 62% of 3,000 people failed to spot AI-generated dating profiles, while 57% said they were confident they could identify fakes.
Sniffies has launched its first iOS app after seven years as web-only, with default content filtering and email sign-up. The web version stays unfiltered.
Slide1828 says 48% of its surveyed users felt uncomfortable meeting a dating app match alone, but double-date apps remain small and unproven.
SugarDaddyMeet requires all users, new and existing, to pass an AI-powered liveness check or lose access, ahead of UK Online Safety Act enforcement.
Hinge names Jackie Jantos president and CMO as founder Justin McLeod becomes executive chairman to focus on AI, after 1.1 million new payers in Q4 2024.
HUD, a casual dating app, has reached 18 million users across 166 countries nearly a decade after launching, but has not said how many are active.
Match Group is adding generative AI for profiles and messages as Tinder subscribers fell 9% to 9.6 million in Q3 2024, says an analysis.
Tinder India says 51 per cent of young female users prioritise reliability over romantic gestures, but it gave no sample size or methodology.
Grindr has added a OneTrust consent platform letting free users choose personalised or generic ads, with health data and messages excluded, it says.
Tinder will add AI-curated matching alongside swiping, Match Group says, after five consecutive quarters of user decline at the app.
DuoDate, an Ohio State student-built app launched in April 2025, requires users to match as pairs for double dates, aiming to make dating safer.
QuackQuack's survey of 11,905 users says 38% in smaller Indian cities chat for over a month before meeting, challenging Western app design.
Hinge has launched Match Note, a post-match disclosure feature requiring recipients to acknowledge a member's sensitive information before messaging.
Match Group named Spencer Rascoff CEO in place of Bernard Kim, and shares fell 3.2% in after-hours trading on the announcement.
BiCupid has launched AI Detect, which blurs unsolicited nude images on the bisexual dating app until the recipient consents to view them.
Bookmark, a book-based dating app, says 25% of its paying subscribers in India are women, though the figure comes from a small user base.
Mylo, an Israeli AI dating startup, claims a 90% match-to-conversation rate, as Bumble and Grindr have yet to ship AI assistants.
Rakuten Viber has launched Viber Dating in the Philippines, targeting 20 million users in beta, with no monetisation model disclosed.
Match Group shares fell 9% after it named Spencer Rascoff CEO, with Q4 revenue of $900M, up 1% year-on-year, and Tinder revenue flat.
Dating apps face a monetisation dilemma as non-romantic use grows, and Kaspersky's 2021 research found 48% of users simply wanted to meet new people.
Data from AI dating assistant Rizz shows Instagram is its users' top platform for meeting romantic prospects, ahead of dating apps.
LELO claims 82.5% of dating app users widened age filters in a year, but Match Group, Bumble and Hinge have not confirmed similar data.
Hinge CEO Justin McLeod has ruled out AI agents that talk to matches for users, while Grindr and startup Harmonizer move the other way.
Bumble Inc is closing its Fruitz and Official apps and cutting 350 roles, roughly 30% of its workforce, to focus on its core platforms.
Women showed a 3% higher likelihood of attraction to younger partners, versus 4% for men, in a UC Davis study of 4,500 speed-dating encounters.
Seeking.com now requires AI facial verification for new users only and exempts all existing members from biometric checks.
Bumble shares fell 18% after Q1 revenue guidance of $242M to $248M missed the $256.9M consensus, as Whitney Wolfe Herd returns as CEO.