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12 articlesHappn'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 crushes have never acted on their attraction, citing fear of rejection and lack of co…
Breeze's UK Launch: Offline-First Model Meets Venue Reality
Breeze charges £9.50 per date booking rather than monthly subscription fees, monetising outcomes instead of access The platform claims to have organised 752,000 dates globally since launching in 2020 …
Soirée's Premium Play: Arbitrage, Not Innovation, in Dating
Soirée launches in Luxembourg with monthly memberships from €49 to €199, offering vetted access and in-person events Luxembourg has the EU's highest GDP per capita at €126,000, more than double the Eu…
Bethenny Frankel's The Core: A Cautionary Tale for Luxury Dating Apps
Bethenny Frankel's The Core charges up to $1,200 annually but is reportedly struggling to attract subscribers UK's Personal Matchmaking Alliance reports traditional matchmaking services grew 23% betwe…
Pinterest's Media Planner: Table Stakes for Dating Advertisers
Pinterest's new Media Planner tool offers audience exploration, performance forecasting, and scenario modelling directly within Ads Manager Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, and Google have offered comparable f…
X's Algorithm Disclosure: A Compliance Blueprint for Dating Apps
X published its recommendation algorithm code on 19 January following a €140M EU Digital Services Act fine for transparency failures Match Group reported $3.19B in 2024 revenue—making a €140M-scale fi…
Blazr's Cannabis Bet: Can Sergeev Solve Vertical Dating's Liquidity Trap?
Blazr, a cannabis-focused dating platform, has appointed Alex Sergeev as co-founder and head of growth Sergeev brings 15 years of dating industry experience, including founder of Meetville and senior …
Raya's Profitability: A Rejection of Match and Bumble's Scale Obsession
Raya maintains an active user base of 100,000-200,000 whilst sitting on a waitlist of 2.5 million people The app has been profitable since 2021 and is growing revenue by more than 50% annually Accepta…
Pawsome Pair's Charity Play: A Niche Too Thin to Sustain?
Pawsome Pair promises to donate 20% of subscription revenue to animal shelters, entering a pet-dating vertical with at least three competing platforms 17 million UK households now own pets, up from 15…
Social League's Luxury Play: A Threat to Dating App Economics?
Social League launches in Dubai this month targeting professionals aged 30-60 with invitation-only events and vetted membership Match Group's paying subscriber base fell to 10.4 million in Q3 2024, do…
Eye-Tracking Study Exposes Dating's Unspoken Economic Calculations
Eye-tracking study of 40 university students aged 18-27 found men's visual attention shifted towards less attractive women when profiles displayed high earnings and prestigious occupations Women scrut…
Dating.com's Long-Distance Data: A Convenient Narrative or Real Shift?
Dating.com claims 71% of American singles have dated internationally, up from just 12% expressing interest before the pandemic 54% of respondents would consider international travel for a first date, …
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