All articles tagged with "User Growth"
TOKYO Enmusubi produced 265 marriages from 16,000 users in 21 months — a 1.7% marriage conversion rate Only 16,000 of 36…
Tinder paused its AI Photo Enhance tool this week after users reported the feature altered facial features including tee…
Over half of Hinge's monthly active users are Gen Z, with many relying on AI tools to initiate basic romantic conversati…
Tinder is expanding its Events feature to nine cities this month, targeting 26 by September, after launching a pilot in …
Aisle has reached 30 million registered users but only 500,000 monthly active users—a 1.67% conversion rate far below in…
26% of American adults now use AI to write dating app messages, with Google search interest in 'chatfishing' up 5,000% D…
Tinder's paid subscriber base has collapsed 21% from 11.1 million in 2022 to 8.77 million in 2025, representing approxim…
Tinder's monthly active users have declined year-over-year, with Match Group CEO Spencer Rascoff stating the company has…
Bumble's subscriber count declined 4% year-over-year in Q4 2024, whilst Match Group's paying user base fell 6% over the …
Hinge launches European campaign across Germany, France and Sweden featuring couples doing domestic chores rather than r…
Bumble's market capitalisation has collapsed to $388M, down 95% from its $7B February 2021 IPO valuation Paying users dr…
Dua has accumulated 1.1 million registered users across the Albanian diaspora since launching in 2020 The platform targe…
MirrorMe charges up to R488 (£22) monthly for full access to its invite-only dating app in South Africa The app recorded…
Bumble's paying users declined 23.1% year-on-year in Q1 2025, with revenue falling 14.1% Revenue from the flagship Bumbl…
Match Group reported Tinder's Paying User count fell 8% year-over-year in Q4 2024 despite de-gamification efforts Bumble…
77.6% of BLK users report financial stress around dating, with 86% of US singles reducing or pausing dating activity due…
Grindr reported $130 million in Q1 revenue, up 38% year-on-year, and raised full-year guidance to $535 million Average p…
79% of US Gen Z respondents reported avoiding regular use of dating apps according to a 2023 Axios study Match Group rep…
Match Group's Hinge launches 'Can't Believe We Met on Hinge' campaign featuring real couples discussing emotional exhaus…
Dating app market reached 350 million global users generating over $6 billion in revenue in 2025 Major platforms allow a…
Tinder lost 7% of monthly active users year-on-year as of March 2026 Match Group revenue still grew 4% to $864M despite …
Bumble will eliminate swiping entirely in Q4 2026, replacing it with an AI-driven matching system Paying users dropped 2…
Bumble reported Q1 revenue of $212.4M but lost 21.1% of paying users year-over-year, down to 3.2 million Net earnings su…
Match Group reported Q1 revenue of $864M, beating analyst estimates of $854.9M, whilst announcing hiring slowdown for re…
Bumble has refinanced its debt with a $475 million senior secured term loan from STORY3 Capital Partners and a syndicate…
42% of Gen Z respondents cite 31-35 as their ideal wedding age, with only 4% considering marriage at 25 or younger 72% o…
Grindr has 14 million monthly active users who spend an average of one hour per day on the app The Madonna campaign prom…
Pure claims $100M in annual revenue and 95% year-on-year registration growth, though neither metric has been independent…
Tinder's user base has collapsed from 65.4 million in 2021 to 50.5 million today—a 23% decline Men now represent roughly…
19% of LGBTQ+ people have lost someone to drug-related death, according to Grindr-commissioned research 28% report havin…
Eight has raised €256,600 of a planned €3M seed round, representing roughly 8.5% of the target The app operates for just…
The League has launched in Mumbai and Delhi, marking Match Group's first Asia expansion for its LinkedIn-verified, invit…
Lorraine Adams, who introduced speed dating to the UK in the 1990s, has relaunched her dating services directory as an A…
Tinder has made video selfie facial verification compulsory for all new UK users, marking the dating industry's most agg…
Romance scams cost UK victims £92.6M in 2023, with over-50s disproportionately targeted 45% of over-50s cannot identify …
Muzz traffic collapsed by 20% in the opening days of Ramadan 2026, according to founder Shahzad Younas The drop is steep…
Tinder revenue fell 6% year-over-year in Q4 2024, with engagement metrics showing particular weakness The app now offers…
Bumble Q4 revenue hit $273M, beating expectations by 1.3% despite 14% year-on-year decline Total paying users dropped 20…
At least ten countries have enacted or are actively reviewing social media bans for under-16s, following Australia's Dec…
Meetic launching Speak Easy in-person events to non-subscribers from 2026, moving beyond app-only perks Match Group's in…
Tinder appoints VCCP Social Club for UK social media and influencer marketing after competitive pitch Match Group report…
Hati charges £48 per week (potentially £2,496 annually), making it four to six times more expensive than mainstream dati…
Bumble Inc reported 4.4 million paying users in Q3 2024, down from 4.6 million the previous quarter Revenue growth has s…
Thursday claims a $50M valuation, three years behind the 2021 public deadline set by co-founder George Rawlings The anno…
Snapchat+ has reached 25 million paying subscribers, driving Snap Inc.'s direct revenue to a $1 billion annual run rate …
Snapchat will begin alpha testing Creator Subscriptions in the U.S. from 23rd February, charging fans $4.99 to $19.99 mo…
FilipinaMeet launched 1 January 2025 with 20,000 signups in six weeks Philippines has over 110 million people with smart…
Pinterest revenue hit $1.32B in Q4 2025, missing Wall Street's $1.33B consensus and triggering a 20% share price collaps…
Pinterest added 19 million monthly active users in Q4 2025, reaching 619 million globally Revenue hit $1.3 billion for t…
Single women in China faced a 74% higher suicide risk five days before Chinese Valentine's Day, whilst married women sho…
Grindr is testing an AI-powered subscription tier priced up to $499 per month—ten times standard premium dating app cost…
HubPeople has migrated Say Allo and DiHola, two dating apps with 'hundreds of thousands' of users, onto its white-label …
Threads reached 400 million monthly active users in early 2025, compared to X's self-reported 600 million—a narrow gap m…
Snap Inc. reported 24 million paid subscribers in Q4 2025, a 71% year-over-year surge Daily active users declined from 4…
ParshipMeet Group appoints Justin Zinck, former HelloFresh Senior Director Finance, as CFO from February 2026 Match Grou…
Tinder reported a 9% decrease in monthly active users for Q4 2025 year-over-year New registrations fell 5% year-over-yea…
Bluesky removed 2.08 million accounts in 2025 whilst growing to 41.41 million users User-submitted reports per 1,000 mon…
Microsoft dropped 'record levels of engagement' language from LinkedIn's Q4 earnings for the first time since 2018, desp…
Thursday has partnered with Pepsi UK to host a branded singles event on 12 February 2026 at The Ministry in Borough, wit…
UK dating apps now operate at a 68:32 male-to-female ratio, with 3.6 million men competing for 1.7 million women Male us…
Threads now claims over 400 million monthly active users, up from 300 million when monetisation began Platform has overt…
TikTok deploys AI-powered age verification across EU using three-layer approach: automated detection, human review, and …
Parship surveyed over 1,000 singles in Germany, finding respondents prioritise early assessment of long-term compatibili…
Hily has overtaken Bumble to become the third-largest dating app in the US by downloads, according to AppMagic data The …
Match Group's Tinder saw average revenue per paying user decline 2% year-on-year in Q2 2025, whilst Bumble reported flat…
Match Group has missed subscriber growth targets for four consecutive quarters Like Love, founded February 2025, has ope…
Grok was generating more than 6,700 sexually suggestive or non-consensual images per hour in early January—over 160,000 …
Aisle Network claims 97% of Indian women on its platform prioritise commitment over casual dating, compared to 80% of me…
India delivered 200 million dating app downloads in 2025, making it the largest single market by volume globally Tinder …
Hinge recorded a 31.2% surge in likes and 24.5% jump in messages on Dating Sunday (4 January) compared to a typical Sund…
Matrimony.com shares jumped 14% following announcement of third share buyback since 2022 Previous buybacks offered premi…
Match Group's share price has collapsed from $182 in 2021 to around $35 today as AI companion apps gain traction Charact…
Date Draft plans to launch January 2026 with a 'Trade Room' feature allowing users to dump unwanted matches for others t…
Facebook Dating has reached 'top player' status in the US without spending on traditional marketing, according to Meta's…
First-month uninstall rates for dating apps jumped from 65% to 69% between 2024 and 2025 91% of 18- to 24-year-olds now …
Feeld has published its second issue of AFM magazine in under a year, featuring photographer Nan Goldin and novelist Cat…
Nearly 942,000 UK singles reportedly downplay achievements and interests in dating profiles due to fear of appearing arr…
Facebook Dating has reached 21.5 million daily active users across 52 countries with zero monetisation US user growth am…
Tinder has made video selfie verification mandatory for new users in eight markets including California, UK, Australia, …
Bumble's US daily active users fell 6.4% year-on-year, outpacing Tinder's 5% decline Share price has collapsed from $76 …
Match Group is making facial verification mandatory for all US Tinder users, transforming an optional safety feature int…
Tinder revenue fell 5% year-on-year in Q4 2024, whilst Bumble's paying users dropped 5% quarter-on-quarter Cerca, a dati…
Knot.dating claims operational profitability within six months, imposing a ₹50 lakh (~£48,000) annual income requirement…
Match Group's average revenue per paying user rose from $15.68 to $18.23 between Q3 2022 and Q3 2024, driven primarily b…
Hinge now removes individual photos, prompts or videos that violate community guidelines rather than suspending entire a…
US senators have given Match Group until 15 October to produce detailed documentation on fraud detection and prevention …
Tinder's paying user base has stagnated at approximately 10M subscribers across Q2 and Q3 2024 despite continuous featur…
Hello Group (NASDAQ: MOMO) has acquired full ownership of French dating app Happn, which claims 170 million registered u…
RSVP has operated in Australia for 27 years, predating the swipe-based dating app era that began in 2012 Tinder remains …
27% of U.S. adults live with a disability, representing a substantial market for accessibility-focused dating platforms …
Match Group reported 14.1 million paying users in Q2, down 5% year-on-year The company pays more than $520 million annua…
Nearly half of post-2023 relationships now start online, according to a new 50-country study examining 6,600 people App-…
Bumble shares have fallen 83% from their 2021 peak, trading at $7.89 Monthly active users declined 4% year-on-year in Q3…
Feeld recorded 179,885 users changing sexuality settings within a single year, representing roughly a quarter of all adj…
Raya maintains an active user base of 100,000-200,000 whilst sitting on a waitlist of 2.5 million people The app has bee…
90% of Tinder's Double Date feature usage comes from under-29s Bumble App paying users fell 4% year-over-year to 3.1 mil…
Grindr's revenue climbed 27% year-over-year in Q4 2024, nine times faster than Match Group's 3% growth to $864M Tinder's…
Grindr reported Q2 2025 revenue of $104M, up 27% year-on-year, with adjusted EBITDA of £45M and a 43% EBITDA margin Mont…
Pure reports 67% year-on-year subscription growth and claims a roughly equal gender split—a significant anomaly in a mar…
Bumble app revenue flat at $208M in Q1 2025, with paying users declining 3% to 3.8M Tinder generated $1.84B in 2023, rep…
45% of Gen Z workers are now in workplace relationships, more than double the 21% reported by baby boomers Match Group r…
Bumble announced 350 redundancies (30% of workforce) alongside a £76.7M cost-cutting programme Q4 revenue fell 7.6% to $…
Match Group reported $864M in Q2 revenue whilst losing 5% of paying users year-on-year, dropping to 14.1 million subscri…
happn is hosting a free 5km group run in Amsterdam on 12 August, capped at 40 participants 30% of US adults who have use…
10% of Britons now meet their partners through dating apps, according to Relate research Dating platforms typically run …
Grindr reports second-quarter results on 7 August with 14.5 million monthly active users across 190 countries The compan…
1.1 million private messages exposed in Tea dating app breach, including discussions of abortion, infidelity, and meetin…
Bumble raised £22M in early funding and went public in February 2021 at a $13B valuation The company now trades at rough…
Bumble shares rose 3% on Wednesday following stronger-than-expected US retail sales data The company eliminated 240 posi…
Roblox reported 88.9 million daily active users in Q4 2024, with users aged 13+ now representing the majority of engagem…
Hily claims 77% of young Americans prefer spontaneous first dates over endless texting, whilst 74% would bypass algorith…
Feeld has reported 30% user growth from mainstream 'vanilla' users whilst maintaining its positioning as a kink-friendly…
Meet Kinksters closed just 30 months after launching in late 2022, following sale of mobile assets to BeeDee iOS users r…
Feeld has achieved 30% year-on-year growth since 2022, outpacing stagnant Match Group and Bumble Majority of growth now …
Global dating app market projected to reach $15.56 billion by 2032, up from $8.38 billion in 2023—a 7% compound annual g…
62% of dating app users aged 18-40 feel 'not perfect enough' when using platforms, according to a survey of 3,000 Americ…
ARCHER surveyed 551 users in February 2025, finding 61.5% prioritise long-term relationships versus 10.5% seeking casual…
JPMorgan sets $5 price target for Bumble, implying 30% downside, with recovery not expected until 2027 Hinge grew revenu…
Grindr raised its 2025 revenue guidance to $405M-$415M after Q4 2024, outperforming expectations whilst Match Group and …
One-third of Hinge survey respondents would now consider dating outside their usual gender or sexuality boundaries, with…
54% of single Americans have skipped dating opportunities due to cost concerns, according to a January 2025 Bankrate sur…
Tinder, Bumble and Hinge generated $4 billion in revenue since January 2024, with April 2025 marking the highest monthly…
Bumble's chief legal officer Elizabeth Monteleone departed after just 10 months in the role Bumble's share price collaps…
Will Wu, Match Group's chief technology and product officer, is departing after roughly two years in the role Four senio…
Tea has attracted over 500,000 users and generated $1.6M in annual recurring revenue in just over one year Americans rep…
Bumble reported Q1 revenue of $247.1M, down 7% year-on-year, yet shares climbed 7% Paying users fell nearly 1% to 2.7M w…
Match Group is relaunching Pairs in South Korea, where marriages have fallen 40% since 2014 and the fertility rate stand…
64% of Australian daters now believe dating across political divides is impossible, according to Bumble-commissioned pol…
Tinder's US market share has plummeted to just 25%, with Bumble close behind at 24% and Hinge at 18% Global paying subsc…
79% of Gen Z dating app users report experiencing 'dating app fatigue', citing superficial interactions and lack of genu…
Grindr has launched Right Now, a real-time feed interface, in 15 major cities including London, New York, and Paris The …
Grindr has launched 'Between the Cheeks', a health information hub focused on anal health and colorectal cancer screenin…
Cerca has attracted between 10,000 and 12,000 users across multiple US campuses and generates hundreds of matches daily …
Tinder has launched an AI-powered voice game using OpenAI's GPT-4o that scores users on conversational performance acros…
Bumble shutting down Fruitz and Official dating apps on 31st May after less than three years of ownership Fruitz downloa…
Feeld partnered with Kesha for SXSW panel on authenticity and non-traditional relationships, positioning the singer as b…
ColdStart, an AI marketing tool spun out from dating app Bindr, has secured more than $1 million in contracts since laun…
Bumble's market capitalisation has collapsed more than 90% from its February 2021 IPO peak of $14B to approximately $1.2…
Tinder has relaunched Tinder U in India four years after discontinuing the campus-only feature in the US market in 2022 …
UK romance fraud losses reached £92.3M in 2023, up 27% from 2021 Bumble's trust and safety headcount increased 23% year-…
Grindr reported 14.0 million monthly active users in Q4 2024, representing 8% year-on-year growth Average revenue per pa…
Sniffies launches first iPhone app after seven years as web-only platform, implementing mandatory content filtering and …
48% of Slide1828 users reported feeling uncomfortable meeting someone alone from a dating app Match Group's Hinge report…
HUD has reached 18 million users across 166 countries, nearly a decade after launching as an explicitly casual dating ap…
Tinder's paying subscribers fell 9% year-on-year to 9.6 million in Q3 2024, down from 10.6 million Bumble reported a 4% …
Bookmark reports 25% of its paying subscribers in India are women, potentially ahead of mainstream competitors in a mark…
Rakuten Viber has launched an in-app dating feature in the Philippines, targeting 20 million users in its beta phase The…
Match Group shares fell 9% after appointing Spencer Rascoff as CEO and projecting 2025 revenue of $3.43B to $3.48B, miss…
Bumble Inc is shuttering Fruitz and Official apps, accepting a $12.2 million annual revenue hit as it retreats to core p…
Bumble shares plunged 18% after Q1 revenue guidance of $242M-$248M missed consensus by $9M Paying users reached 4.2M in …
Gen Z travellers are 75% more likely than average holidaymakers to research destinations specifically for meeting potent…
Tinder's Dating Safety Guide has been translated into Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, and Marathi—the first time it's been avai…
Tinder's monthly active users fell 8% year-on-year in January 2025 Revenue came in below analyst forecasts, prompting ur…
Tinder's share of Match Group revenue fell from 48% in 2022 to 42% in 2024, with continued membership declines reported …
Le Club, launching later this year, is a new dating platform from Koji founder Roxy Lin targeting women frustrated with …
ParshipMeet Group operates 9 dating brands generating 1 billion matches and 100 million video streams annually Matthew G…
Whitney Wolfe Herd returns as Bumble CEO after just 15 months under Lidiane Jones, who cited 'personal reasons' for depa…
Instagram accounts for 22% of dating conversations uploaded to AI assistant Rizz, more than double Tinder's 11% and Hing…
First Round's On Me has hired Gersh Agency's brand consulting division to expand into alcoholic beverages, physical café…
Dates of Distinction launches on Valentine's Day charging £49.99 monthly for app access plus human matchmakers Match Gro…
The share of single US adults dropped from 44% in 2019 to 42% in 2023, representing roughly 3.3 million fewer single adu…
Bumble has extended its partnership with Amelia Dimoldenberg through 2025, moving from brand campaigns to co-created con…
Bookmark, a dating app from two Bengaluru entrepreneurs, locks profile photos until users exchange 10 messages The app h…
Thailand became the first Southeast Asian nation to legalise same-sex marriage on 23rd January 2025 LGBTQIA+ matches now…
Thursday raised £2.5m in seed funding and claimed 2 million users at peak before shutting down on 23 January The app res…
Feeld reported 107% user growth between 2022 and 2023, expanding beyond its niche origins The platform has been publishi…
Bumble has appointed Michael Affronti, a 15-year Salesforce veteran specialising in e-commerce, as Chief Product Officer…
Tinder reported 20% more messages sent on Dating Sunday 2025 than any previous iteration Hinge posted a 40% uplift in ac…
Tinder's Q3 2024 direct revenue declined 9% year-over-year to $503M, whilst paying subscribers dropped from 10.4M to 9.6…
Match Group's total paying subscribers fell to 10.3 million in Q3 2024, down from 10.8 million the prior year Hinge rema…
Bumble's share price has fallen roughly 80% below its February 2021 IPO peak, pressured by stagnant user growth and stra…
Tinder erected physical portal booths in Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City for five-minute video conversations between strang…
45% of singles in English-speaking markets now say they want a 'Golden Retriever' partner—someone loyal, enthusiastic, a…
Global Dating Insights and Social Discovery Insights are merging into three combined regional events for 2025 in North A…
Bumble shares have declined roughly 80% from their February 2021 IPO peak of around $76, trading near $15 in recent week…
Match Group reported a 6% year-on-year decline in paying users to 10 million in Q3 2024, whilst Bumble showed flat growt…
70% of MillionaireMatch users expect replies within two hours, according to a survey with undisclosed methodology Match …
Dating services market projected to reach £10.71 billion by 2030, up from £7.41 billion in 2024—representing 44% growth …
Match Group shares fell 13% after projecting Q4 revenue of $865M-$875M, below analyst expectations Tinder holds 36% of U…
Match Group shares dropped 13% after forecasting Q4 revenue below expectations, driven by Tinder's mid-single digit year…
QuackQuack claims 60% of male users aged 20-35 now prioritise mental health awareness in relationships Survey of 12,000 …
Match Group's Tinder lost 8% of paying users year-over-year in Q3 2024, whilst Bumble's paying subscribers dropped 3% in…
Seattle-based dating app Cheers allows friends to browse, swipe, and arrange introductions on behalf of users 60% of US …
Bumble reported Q3 2024 revenue of $273.6M, down 0.7% year-over-year—the first revenue decline since going public three …
Hatched has reduced its signature personality quiz from 50 questions over five days to just five questions, a 90% reduct…
Match Group reported an 8% year-on-year drop in Tinder paying users whilst HER grew its user base 15% in 2024 to 13 mill…
DOWN claims 15 million registered users and 400% revenue growth in 2024 with near-zero advertising spend Match Group spe…
HER signing 30,000 new users per week with monthly active users doubling year-on-year from 750,000 to 1.5 million Tinder…
FROME caps members at five conversations per month unless they pay to unlock more Match Group's Tinder revenue declined …
Greed Dating consolidates 16 niche dating categories into a single platform, from BBW Dating to Football Fans The platfo…
78% of dating app users report experiencing burnout from romantic matchmaking, according to Forbes Match Group generated…
Bumble faces securities fraud lawsuit over alleged misrepresentation of Premium Plus subscriptions and February 2024 app…
Just 26% of online dating service users are aged 18-29, down from 48% in 2013 63% of Gen Z respondents prefer meeting po…
Gleeden's Indian user base grew from 800,000 pre-pandemic to 2.13 million by early 2023—a 166% increase in a market domi…
Tinder's 18 million US members can now register to vote, check registration status, and find polling locations directly …
Schmooze has raised $4M in Series A funding, bringing total capital to $7.5M since 2021 launch The meme-based dating app…
Northern Rail maintains a decade-old ban on dating apps across its WiFi network under the government-backed Friendly WiF…
The League is launching a hybrid model priced at $250-$1,000 per month for in-person dating events, representing a 10x i…
Tinder partnered with New York fashion brand Area to launch a limited-edition 'Bans Off Our Bodies' t-shirt during New Y…
Match Group revenue declined 3% in Q4 2024 to $864M from $893M year-over-year Bumble revenue grew just 3% in Q4 to $274M…
55% of Flirtini users and one in four Americans now use AI to generate dating app messages and profile content Third-par…
Bumble's share price has fallen roughly 85% from its February 2021 peak of $13B valuation Monthly active users declined …
Bumble Inc reports Q2 earnings Wednesday with analysts expecting revenue of $273M, up 5% year-on-year, and adjusted EPS …
Bindr, a dating app for bisexual and LGBTQ+ users, won $60,000 at Startupfest's inaugural queer entrepreneur pitch compe…
Only 30% of 3,000 surveyed employed Americans say they feel safe using dating apps, according to research commissioned b…
Grindr raised full-year revenue guidance to between 23% and 25% growth and projected annual growth of 20% to 25% through…
Hearts launched in November 2023 without a permanent CEO and is only now advertising for one, offering equity-only compe…
Heyoosh launches with AI-driven personality matching and end-to-end encrypted messaging, positioning itself against main…
Claire Rénier promoted to Head of Communication at happn after four years managing press relations New role focuses on p…
Bumble's 'Opening Moves' feature allows men to initiate conversations by responding to preset questions, reversing the w…
QuackQuack has 30 million registered users and has launched a premium 'Human Matchmaker Model' combining AI advice with …
