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20 articlesFeeld Says 42% of Members Are Kinky. The Number Is Doing Marketing Work.
Feeld's research claims 42% of the general population engages in kink, suggesting a far larger addressable market than its "alternative dating" positioning implies The study of 6,000 respondents found…
Snapchat Is Copying Instagram Copying TikTok. Dating Brands Are Caught in the Middle.
Snapchat will host its first creator awards ceremony, The Snappys, on 21st March 2026—five months after Instagram's Ring awards and four months after TikTok's inaugural US show Morning Consult's Q4 20…
Dating Apps Have Hit a Structural Ceiling. Profitable Adaptation Requires a Different Model.
Match Group spent $182M on product development last year whilst user satisfaction scores continue to slide across major platforms Dr. Justin Garcia of the Kinsey Institute argues dating apps are "divo…
Match Group's Data Breach: The Third-Party Risk Nobody Sees
ShinyHunters claims to have stolen 10 million records from Match Group platforms including Hinge, OkCupid, and Match.com The alleged breach occurred through mobile attribution provider AppsFlyer, not …
Tinder's Sprite Partnership Signals That Brand Revenue Is Plugging a Growth Gap
Tinder's logo is appearing on millions of Sprite cans across multiple markets as part of a co-branded campaign with prize draws Match Group's Q4 2024 data shows Tinder's average revenue per user at $1…
Hinge's 'Designed to Be Deleted' Strategy: Marketing Genius or Genuine Growth Driver?
Hinge became Match Group's second-largest revenue contributor by Q3 2024, with double-digit year-over-year growth Match Group has not disclosed Hinge-specific deletion rates, average subscriber lifeti…
Match Group's Hinge Bet: A $1B Lifeline or a Delusional Gamble?
Match Group targeting $1bn revenue from Hinge by 2027, requiring 10-12% compound annual growth from current $700-750m base Tinder losing grip on Gen Z users despite remaining majority of Match's reven…
Grindr's Growth Exposes Match Group's Scale as a Liability
Grindr's revenue climbed 27% year-over-year in Q4 2024, nine times faster than Match Group's 3% growth to $864M Tinder's paying subscriber base fell 9% year-over-year in Q4 2024 to 10 million, whilst …
Roblox's Dating Pivot: A Real Threat to Match and Bumble?
Roblox reported 88.9 million daily active users in Q4 2024, with users aged 13+ now representing the majority of engagement hours Tinder's Q3 2024 payer decline of 8% year-on-year reflects deepening u…
Ysos Bets on Revealed Preferences. Can It Outperform Match Group?
Ysos has 3 million registered users globally and is now expanding into the US market Parent platform Sexlog has analysed behavioural data from 23 million users over a decade Mobile acquisition costs a…
Match and Bumble's $4B Haul: Monetising Frustration, Not Growth
Tinder, Bumble and Hinge generated $4 billion in revenue since January 2024, with April 2025 marking the highest monthly revenue at $311 million Tinder's revenue jumped 35% year-over-year whilst activ…
Match Group Joins Stop Scams UK. Compliance or Real Fraud Fix?
Romance and dating fraud cost UK victims £92 million in 2023, making it one of the costliest fraud categories nationally Match Group's Tinder, Hinge, and Plenty of Fish now share fraud intelligence wi…
Hinge's Match Note: A Consent Gate or Just More Friction?
Hinge has launched Match Note, allowing members to share sensitive information—gender identity, neurodivergence, communication preferences—only after matching Recipients must actively acknowledge the …
Match Group's CEO Swap: A Financial Fix for a Product Crisis?
Match Group shares fell 9% after appointing Spencer Rascoff as CEO and projecting 2025 revenue of $3.43B to $3.48B, missing the $3.53B analyst consensus Q4 revenue reached $900M, up just 1% year-on-ye…
Hinge's AI Coach: Engagement Boost or Authenticity Killer?
Hinge's new AI profile coach, powered by OpenAI's GPT-4o mini, analyses written responses and delivers real-time feedback on profile prompts Early testing shows users who engage with the tool see a 9%…
Mozilla's Privacy Review Exposes Match Group's Market Control Problem
Mozilla's privacy review found that 22 of 25 dating apps failed privacy standards, with Match Group operating 9 of the failing apps and Bumble controlling 3 more Only Lex, a text-based LGBTQ+ app with…
Dating Apps' Status Dilemma: Building for Connection or Social Capital?
9% of dating app users in a 2019 Plenty of Fish study acknowledged dating someone primarily for social status—a behaviour termed 'throning' 30% of respondents believed they had been throned themselves…
Plenty of Fish's Trend Glossary: Marketing Gimmick or Missed Insight?
Plenty of Fish surveyed 5,800 US members to create eleven branded dating terms for 2025 40% of women surveyed reported 'Smutten' behaviour—developing romantic feelings for fictional characters BookTok…
Match Group's New CLO Signals a Shift to Legal Combat Mode
Match Group appointed Sean Edgett as chief legal officer effective 23 September, replacing Jared Sine who departed in May 2024 Edgett served as Twitter's CLO from 2014 to 2023, navigating Section 230 …
Niche Dating Apps: Differentiation or Just Déjà Vu?
Six new dating apps have launched recently, including Ark, ChristianSimplified, Finding You, Botly, Honeymoon, and BigFox—none have disclosed user numbers, retention data, or revenue figures Average d…
