Peyton Knight has sold over 10,000 dating spreadsheet templates at $9.99 each, as users track post-date data alongside Match Group and Bumble apps.
Arya acquired couples app Flamme, which has more than 200,000 users, in a performance-based deal that closed within 30 days, the companies say.
Facebook has launched free selfie-based verification, adding white checkmarks to Dating, Marketplace and Groups profiles.
Match Group's paying subscribers fell 5% in the quarter to 14.2 million, and it is adding group features and offline events to reach Gen Z.
Coffee Meets Bagel says its 2.0 update lifted messages sent with likes by 30% and profile viewing time by 21%, without sharing user or retention data.
Japanese singles are moving from dating apps to marriage agencies charging ¥300,000 to ¥600,000, driven by "taipa" (time performance), agencies say.
Tinder is expanding Events to nine cities this month, with 26 targeted by September, after a March pilot in Los Angeles.
Info Edge names e-commerce veteran Chandni Gaglani to lead dating app Aisle, which has 30 million registered users and 500,000 monthly active users.
Flutrr co-founder Anirban Banerjee moves from CMO to interim CEO, and Ankit Santra becomes CMO. No metrics or funding were disclosed.
One in four Americans have encountered fake profiles or AI bots on dating apps, according to McAfee, pressuring Match Group, Bumble and Grindr.
High Intent Media has launched as a holding company offering white-label dating platform infrastructure while running a dating industry news division.
Coffee Meets Bagel has launched its 2.0 redesign globally, adding Singpass verification, a first for dating apps in Singapore, the company says.
26% of American adults now use AI to write dating app messages, while platforms ban AI-manipulated photos but permit AI-written text.
Tribal, an Australian dating app, has added AI chat and ID verification and launched Connect by Tribal, a B2B friendship platform.
QuackQuack's survey of 10,384 Indian daters found 55% now scrutinise how matches discuss past relationships, as polished charm breeds distrust.
Tinder will pay $60.5M to settle a class action alleging it charged users over 30 approximately double the price paid by younger users.
Seeking.com has launched a public gallery of detected scammers, a first among major dating platforms, but it has not disclosed its false positive rate.
A threat actor claims to be selling data from 51 million Badoo accounts. The claim is unverified, and Badoo has not confirmed or denied a breach.
Tinder has launched its first major rebrand in a decade, with a fictional advice columnist called "T", as paid subscribers fell 21% since 2022.
Virgin Media O2 data shows dating app traffic jumped 116% at half-time in England's 2026 World Cup games, with hydration breaks also lifting use.
Ofcom's first Online Safety Act age check review rejects age inference and finds credit card checks cannot tell 17 from 18, a gap for dating apps.
Hinge launched Friend's Take globally on 15 July, letting users collect testimonials from up to 50 contacts and show three on their profile.
Tinder is presenting sponsor of the 2026 London E-Prix on 15-16 August at ExCeL London, its first motorsport deal, with no success metrics disclosed.
Former Bumble comms director Lucille McCart has joined AI matchmaking startup Overtone as Head of Communications after nearly seven years at Bumble.
Match Group CEO Spencer Rascoff says Tinder's monthly active user decline has eased from roughly 12% to between 6% and 7%, helped by Double Date.
Match Group led an $18M seed round for Overtone, Justin McLeod's AI voice-based dating startup, which will not launch until late 2026.
Aisle, an Indian dating app, now refunds paid subscribers who get no "valid match" within 30 days. The offer is live on Android, with iOS to follow.
QuackQuack survey: over 55% of Indian Gen Z daters aged 22-27 value how partners handled past relationships over their number of partners.
The EU plans an age verification app and a possible under-15 or under-16 social media ban, which could raise compliance demands for dating apps.
Fate, a London dating app with 10,000 installs, has launched Fate IRL speed dating events. The first two, on 18 and 21 July, have sold out.
Known, a San Francisco startup, offers an AI voice chat and one match at a time, while Bumble plans to move beyond swiping with AI-driven discovery.
Dating trade body ODDA has made Veriff an associate partner as UK and EU rules push platforms towards identity verification.
One in five U.S. workers uses LinkedIn to vet romantic prospects, a survey says, and nearly half rate its profiles more credible than dating apps.
Tinder disclosed a 15% jump in total users and roughly 25% more swipes across 11 U.S. World Cup host cities in the tournament's opening weeks.
Gleeden-Ipsos survey: 62% of Visakhapatnam respondents are willing to use AI for sexual health information, against 77% in Bengaluru and 68% nationally.
Meta now requires AI labels on AI-generated or AI-edited ads on Facebook and Instagram, affecting dating apps that use AI creative to cut costs.
Dating app SURF has expanded its HYROX partnership to Australia, letting users filter for HYROX singles, but it has shared no user metrics.
Enrise, Cupist and Triplecomma, Korea's three largest independent dating apps, have all launched in Japan as 70% of young Koreans shun dating apps.
Matrimony.com's Q1 billings rose 7.8% year-on-year to ₹13,603 lakhs ($16.3M), according to unaudited company figures.
Cloaked says 30% of Americans refuse to share their real phone number on dating platforms because of spam, a threat to match conversion.
Only 15% of single adults use dating apps at least monthly and 70% of singles refuse to use them, according to a Marquette Law School Poll of US adults.
Match Group has doubled its 2026 AI budget to $10 million and capped spending, while slowing hiring as it assesses AI's effect on staffing.
Sumsub and ODDA say AI deepfakes have made one-off selfie checks on dating apps inadequate, as BioCatch reports a 63% rise in romance scams.
UK dating platforms must submit risk assessments to Ofcom by 31 July or face Online Safety Act enforcement and penalties of up to £18M.
DatingSiteSpot says the average dating app user spends 310 hours annually, and improved profile photos lifted match rates from 25% to 43%.
Wired alleges AI-generated Instagram accounts fuelled Goose's rise to No. 4 in the US App Store's free lifestyle category after its invite-only launch.
Korean dating app APTING requires users to verify apartment residency before joining, using government registration data, according to Seoul Economic Daily.
HubPeople CEO Michael O'Sullivan has published a dating app book. He says the 4,000 apps on HubPeople's platform have generated over $100 million in revenue.
Match Group research finds 80% of Gen Z believe they will find true love, but only 25% of adults under 30 rank a relationship as their main goal.
Grindr shares jumped 16% after Morgan Stanley upgraded the stock to overweight, citing its product pipeline and expansion plans.