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Our editor, Bill Alena, is available for comment and interviews on the dating industry's deals, results and regulation. We can also help with figures from our trackers and reports. Email press@datingindustryinsights.com or use the form, and tell us your deadline.
About DII, in brief
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Dating Industry Insights (DII) reports the business of online dating, matchmaking and social discovery: deals, results, regulation and technology. It is free to read at datingindustryinsights.com and publishes the DII Briefing newsletter twice a week. DII is published by High Intent Media Inc.
More on who we are is on our about page; who owns us is on our ownership and funding page.
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Our research
Our reports are free to read and each lists its sources. The most recent:
- AI Companions and Dating Apps: Big Audiences, Thin Revenue, Rising Legal Risk
AI companions draw huge audiences but little revenue. The bigger risk for dating apps is new companion-chatbot law reaching their own AI features.
- The Male Exodus That Isn't: Dating Apps Are Losing Payers and Women
Filings and Ofcom data show dating apps losing payers and women at Tinder and Bumble, while men's share of users rises and Hinge and Grindr grow.
- Dating App Subscriptions: The New Rules on Renewal and Cancellation in 2026
UK, US, EU and Australian rules on dating app sign-up, renewal and cancellation as of October 2026, with the Match and eharmony cases and a checklist.
- Dating Apps and the CSEA Reporting Duty: Where Compliance Stands Six Months On
Six months after the UK duty to report child sexual abuse content began, where dating apps stand on reporting, age checks and disclosure.
- Romance Fraud and Dating Apps: UK Losses, Scam Tactics and the Rules in 2026
UK banks recorded £39.2m of romance scam losses in 2025, up 23%. What the data, Ofcom's rules and new US evidence mean for dating apps.
- Cyberflashing on Dating Apps: What the Law Now Requires and How Platforms Respond
Cyberflashing became a priority offence in January 2026. What Ofcom now expects of dating apps, and what Bumble, Grindr and others have in place.
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