Coffee Meets Bagel, with $23M raised, sees rivals like Tinder and Hinge adopt its limited-match model. The story questions if that validation brings growth.
South Korea's online dating market is projected to grow 7.5% a year through 2035 while its marriage rate falls, a warning for global operators.
Tinder's Astrology Mode drove a near-20% rise in likes sent by women to profiles showing astrological details, but Match Group shared little test data.
Hinge is running a European campaign in Germany, France and Sweden that shows couples doing chores, using handmade puppets instead of AI.
Sequel says removing its suspended account notice cut new scam profile registrations by more than 30% within 24 hours, a self-reported result.
Known, the swipeless dating app, is expanding from San Francisco to San Diego in July, its first test outside the Bay Area.
Hinge CEO Jackie Jantos says the app deliberately loses 20% of prospective users during onboarding, a strategy tied to its "great dates" metric.
AI-first dating app Yeet has passed 10,000 downloads on Google Play. Its assistant Yeeta suggests conversation topics instead of writing messages.
Tinder reports a 47% surge in international user activity across World Cup host cities compared with 2025, with Monterrey up 81% on one match day.
Australian startup Greenhalo offers dating verification that works across apps and platforms, but says early validation is ongoing.
A Gleeden-IPSOS survey found 66% of respondents across 12 major Indian cities have used AI chatbots for sexual health education.
Bumble has hired Morgan Stanley to explore a sale, Reuters reports, after its market capitalisation fell 95% to $388M from $7B at its IPO.
Gay dating app Goose launched in the US on 24 June with 56,000 pre-downloads, using human-reviewed profiles and "waves" in place of swipes.
Men filed 85% of dating app complaints in Portugal in the first half of 2026, per Portal da Queixa, up from a roughly even split since 2019.
Meta plans to lift AI moderation of content and ads from 50% to 90% by the end of 2026, raising safety and ad risks for dating apps.
Howdy, a rural dating app, reached 1,800 New Zealand downloads within weeks of launch, per the NZ Herald. Its Australian base is over 30,000.
WooPlus says 74% of 100 surveyed participants found its Curvy Cupid moderated video dates significantly less stressful than standard app dating.
PLEEZR has launched a dating app that matches users on "masculine and feminine energy" scores, but it has published no methodology or validation data.
Tawkify survey of 911 partnered Americans finds 44% schedule sex, a possible retention opening for dating platforms.
Turkey has blocked Jack'd and other LGBTQ+ dating apps weeks after Hornet, the most significant coordinated crackdown on such services in the country.
Dua, an Albanian diaspora dating app launched in 2020, has 1.1 million registered users, but its revenue and active user numbers are undisclosed.
Tinder is launching 'Double Date Island', a TikTok-exclusive reality series with friend pairs from eight countries, filmed in Portugal.
Grindr, with 15 million users, is expanding into health, events and culture under CEO George Arison. The story calls it mission creep, bar health services.
MirrorMe, a Johannesburg invite-only dating app, charges up to R488 (£22) a month and recorded 557 downloads in its first 24 hours.
Hinge data shows book mentions on dating profiles rose 29% over the past year, and 41% among women, 12 percentage points above the overall user base.
Hinge ranks first in 5W Public Relations' Dating App AI Visibility Index 2026, ahead of Tinder, Match.com, Bumble and The League, across over 50 queries.
Rakuten Viber is rolling out dating features across Southeast Asia and Europe, but has not disclosed how it plans to monetise them.
Ofcom's Online Safety Act guidance puts heavy age verification and moderation duties on dating apps, and small apps face the biggest burden.
Ashley Madison says India rose from eighth to third globally for sign-ups, with Kanchipuram first nationally per capita in its May 2026 data.
Match Group survey: 64% of U.S. singles aged 18 to 39 used AI for profiles or chats, but 47% view AI negatively in romantic relationships.
Jigsaw Dating has pivoted to offline events, now running over 200 monthly across more than 30 US cities, and is positioning itself against AI in dating.
Linda Kim has resigned as CEO of Hyperconnect, the Seoul-based firm Match Group bought for $1.73B in June 2021, its largest acquisition.
White Label Dating relaunches on 1st July under undisclosed owners after a 2024 administration that left approximately £3 million in liabilities.
Match Group's Chispa launched 'Lucky Losers', a football-defeat dating campaign for Latino singles, with in-app stickers and Alto rides.
Indian media say Gen Z job-hunt on Hinge and date on LinkedIn, but no usage data supports it. Match Group has disclosed no figures on such misuse.
UK under-16 social media ban due in Q2 2027 will not directly cover dating apps but may lead to mandatory age checks for them.
Derek Chadwick is launching Goose, an application-only gay dating app that uses 'waves' instead of swipes, but it has not disclosed membership criteria.
Bumble is launching 'Bee Line', a monthly YouTube advice series, after paying users fell 23.1% year-on-year in Q1 2025 and revenue fell 14.1%.
Tinder has named Duolingo's former PR director Monica Earle as Global Head of Communications, as its revenue fell 5% year-over-year in Q3 2024.
Three Day Rule reports single mothers are now 21.5% of members, up from 19.8% a year earlier, a 1.7 percentage point rise.
Tawkify's survey of 98,798 US matchmaking clients finds men will date 14.7 years younger but only 8.76 years older on average.
Match Group is closing gay dating app Archer on 17 June, three years after launch, and has invested $100 million in Sniffies.
QuackQuack's survey of 10,384 users found 60% use personality labels like "Golden Retriever Energy" as matching criteria, pointing to demand for better filters.
True for Two, a marriage-focused dating app, launched across the US after Dallas testing but has disclosed no verification or pricing details.
Happn says 36% of Dutch singles have had a gym crush and 87% never acted on it, as the app pushes offline events with TrainMore in Amsterdam.
Match Group reported Tinder's Paying User count fell 8% year-over-year in Q4 2024, as psychologists describe a Gen Z 'crush recession'.
Hinge's survey of 31,000 users finds 52% of LGBTQIA+ daters say uncertainty makes them date more slowly, at odds with app engagement models.
A seller claims to be selling 15 million Grindr user records, including HIV test data, on the dark web. Grindr says it found no evidence.
Hornet is expanding its Model Search competition to Turkey and Thailand in 2026, saying the 2025 Thailand edition drew over 1,000 participants.
Hily has launched what it calls 'human intelligence' features, but its survey shows daters who distrust AI still use it.