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This Week in Dating Business
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EarningsGrindr's $130M Quarter Proves Users Pay Even When They're FuriousGrindr (GRND) posted $130 million in Q1 2026 revenue, up 38% year-on-year. Average paying users reached 1.4 million, nearly double the 750,000 subscribers the company had in 2023. Full-year guidance r…
EarningsMatrimony.com Outgrew Its Revenue. Match Still Can't Crack India.Matrimony.com's Q4 FY26 net profit rose 18.7% year-on-year to ₹9.7 crore (approximately £750,000), while revenue grew 7.8% to ₹116.8 crore (approximately £9.11 million). Profit climbed more than twice…
EarningsMatch Group's CEO Just Admitted Swipe-Based Dating Has Lost Gen ZTinder shed 7% of monthly active users year-on-year as of March 2026, the platform's most visible contraction in years. Match Group (MTCH) Q1 2026 revenue still grew 4% to $864M despite the user decli…
EarningsGrindr Posts 38% Growth and 45% Margins While Match Defends 20sGrindr (GRND) posted $129.94 million in Q1 2026 revenue, up 38% year-on-year, beating analyst estimates by nearly 10%. Adjusted EBITDA reached $58 million at a 45% margin, well above Match Group (MTCH…
EarningsBumble Beat Revenue, Lost 21% of Payers, and Bet It All on AIBumble (BMBL) Q1 revenue: $212.4M, just above consensus, but paying users fell 21.1% year-over-year to 3.2 million Net earnings surged 165.4% to $52.6M; adjusted EBITDA up 28.3% to $82.6M, driven by a…
EarningsMatch Group Beats Revenue, Loses Subscribers, Leans on AIMatch Group (MTCH) reported Q1 revenue of $864M, beating analyst estimates of $854.9M, while total paying subscribers fell 5% year-over-year to 13.5 million. Hinge remains the portfolio's standout, gr…
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