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PlatformsGleeden Leverages AI for Intimacy Guidance, Boosting User Engagement66% of Indians surveyed have used AI tools to learn about sexual health and education 60% of respondents sought AI guidance for personal sexual concerns, with privacy and non-judgmental responses...
PlatformsGoose Launches Social-First Dating App, Challenges Swipe CultureGoose, a new dating app for gay men created by model Derek Chadwick, has launched in the US with over 56,000 pre-downloads The platform emphasizes social-first connections and human-reviewed profiles...
PlatformsDating Apps in Portugal Face Rising Complaints, Opening Market for CompetitorsOver 200 formal complaints have been filed against dating platforms in Portugal since 2019, with numbers rising from 22 in 2019 to 33 in 2025 Financial issues account for more than 40% of complaints...
PlatformsGrindr's Super-App Bet Has One Defensible Piece, Several That Aren'tGrindr (GRND) now serves 15 million users and has raised its 2026 revenue guidance to at least $535M. The company claims AI has influenced 70, 80% of its codebase since 2018 and made engineers 2.5 tim…
PlatformsViber Found the Leak Every Standalone Dating App Ignores46% of Viber dating users who match initiate a chat within one hour, compared to just 30, 40% of traditional dating app matches that ever exchange any messages. Match Group (MTCH) generates over $3 bi…
PlatformsJigsaw Killed Its App for America's Largest In-Person Dating OpJigsaw Dating now runs over 200 in-person events monthly across more than 30 US cities, claiming the title of America's largest organizer of in-person dating events. Internal research claims 97% of Ji…
PlatformsDerek Chadwick's Goose Has 12,500 Followers and No Vetting RulesDerek Chadwick is launching Goose, an application-only gay dating platform that positions itself against hookup-focused apps like Grindr (GRND) and Sniffies. The Goose Instagram account has accumulate…
PlatformsBumble Launches a YouTube Show as Payers Drop 23%. Fix the Product.Bumble's (BMBL) paying users declined 23.1% year-on-year in Q1 2025, with total revenue falling 14.1%. Revenue from the flagship Bumble app specifically dropped 14.4% to $172.7M in the quarter. The co…
PlatformsMatch Group Kills Archer, Then Puts $100M Into SniffiesMatch Group is shutting down Archer, its gay dating app, on June 17, just three years after launch Archer recorded only 685,000 downloads in its first year versus Grindr's (GRND) roughly 10 million in…
PlatformsTrue for Two Launches Marriage-First With No Features to Back ItTrue for Two launched nationwide in the US this month after a test in Dallas, positioning itself as a marriage-focused dating platform with no disclosed product features to enforce that intent. Match…
PlatformsHily Bets Against AI While 52% of Its Own Users Are Already Using It69% of Gen Z and 74% of Millennials believe AI makes dating less authentic, per Hily's August 2025 T.R.U.T.H. Report of 1,559 US daters. Despite that stated aversion, 51% of women and 50% of Gen Z hav…
PlatformsBreeze Proves Per-Date Pricing Works, Then Hits What Code Can't FixBreeze charges £9.50 per date booking rather than a monthly subscription, aligning platform revenue with user outcomes. The Dutch app claims 752,000 global dates scheduled since its 2020 launch and ho…
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