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    Tinder's New Comms Head: Can Viral Marketing Solve a Trust Crisis?

    Tinder's New Comms Head: Can Viral Marketing Solve a Trust Crisis?

    Tinder revenue fell 5% year-over-year in Q3 2024 amid mounting user complaints about monetisation and match quality Matc…

    Friday 12th June (7 hours ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Data & Analytics
    Three Day Rule's Single Mother Surge: Market Shift or Marketing Spin?

    Three Day Rule's Single Mother Surge: Market Shift or Marketing Spin?

    Single mothers now comprise 21.5% of Three Day Rule's membership, up from 19.8% year-on-year—a 1.7 percentage point incr…

    Friday 12th June (7 hours ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Data & Analytics
    Tawkify's Age Gap Data: A Quantified Double Standard in Dating

    Tawkify's Age Gap Data: A Quantified Double Standard in Dating

    US men will date partners 14.7 years younger on average but only 8.76 years older, whilst women accept 14.12 years older…

    Thursday 11th June (1 day ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Financial & Investor
    Match Group's Archer Closure: A Strategic Pivot to Sniffies

    Match Group's Archer Closure: A Strategic Pivot to Sniffies

    Match Group is shutting Archer, its gay dating app, on 17 June after just three years in operation Archer managed only 6…

    Wednesday 10th June (2 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Data & Analytics
    QuackQuack's Personality Archetypes: A Product Signal, Not a Compatibility Revolution

    QuackQuack's Personality Archetypes: A Product Signal, Not a Compatibility Revolution

    60% of 10,384 QuackQuack users now use personality labels like "Golden Retriever Energy" and "Black Cat Energy" as match…

    Wednesday 10th June (2 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Daily News Wire
    True for Two's Marriage Pitch: Branding Without Substance?

    True for Two's Marriage Pitch: Branding Without Substance?

    True for Two launched nationwide in the US this month after testing in Dallas, positioning itself as a marriage-focused …

    Wednesday 10th June (2 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Data & Analytics
    Happn's Gym Crush Data: The Offline Dating Opportunity No One's Cracking

    Happn's Gym Crush Data: The Offline Dating Opportunity No One's Cracking

    36% of Dutch singles have developed a crush on someone at the gym, rising to 61% among Gen Z 87% of those with gym crush…

    Tuesday 9th June (3 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Data & Analytics
    Gen Z's 'Crush Recession' Signals a Retention Crisis for Dating Apps

    Gen Z's 'Crush Recession' Signals a Retention Crisis for Dating Apps

    Match Group reported Tinder's Paying User count fell 8% year-over-year in Q4 2024 despite de-gamification efforts Bumble…

    Tuesday 9th June (3 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Data & Analytics
    Hinge's LGBTQIA+ Report: The Slow Dating Revolution Apps Can't Ignore

    Hinge's LGBTQIA+ Report: The Slow Dating Revolution Apps Can't Ignore

    76% of LGBTQIA+ daters report feeling deeply uncertain about the wider world, compared to heterosexual users 52% of LGBT…

    Monday 8th June (4 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Regulatory Monitor
    Grindr's Alleged Data Breach: The Trust Deficit Is the Real Crisis

    Grindr's Alleged Data Breach: The Trust Deficit Is the Real Crisis

    A cybercriminal claims to be selling 15 million Grindr user records, including HIV test information, on dark web marketp…

    Monday 8th June (4 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
    Technology & AI Lab
    Hornet's Model Search: A Reality Show Gambit to Combat Swipe Fatigue

    Hornet's Model Search: A Reality Show Gambit to Combat Swipe Fatigue

    Hornet's 2025 Thailand Model Search attracted over 1,000 participants and contributed to record active user levels in th…

    Friday 5th June · 1 min readRead →
    Financial & Investor
    Hily's Anti-AI Bet: A Genuine Shift or Just Clever Marketing?

    Hily's Anti-AI Bet: A Genuine Shift or Just Clever Marketing?

    69% of Gen Z and 74% of Millennials believe AI makes dating less authentic, according to Hily's August 2025 survey of 1,…

    Friday 5th June · 1 min readRead →