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PlatformsTinder's Pickleball Events Don't Need Tinder. That's the Problem.Tinder is hosting in-person events across Los Angeles including pickleball matches, art classes, and silent discos under CEO Spencer Rascoff A pickleball event near Santa Monica State Beach reached fu…
Productateam Launches in NY With an 11-Minute Cap and an Unproven Modelateam launched in New York with an 11-minute daily usage cap and partnerships with 15 fitness studios, including SoulCycle and Gotham Boxing. The app drew an 8,000-person waitlist before launch and gi…
ProductCoffee Meets Bagel Hit 70% Verification in 30 Days. Here's How.70% of Coffee Meets Bagel active users completed AI-powered video selfie verification within the first month of rollout, compared to single-digit adoption rates seen across most platforms where verifi…
PeopleHinge Brings Its $2.3M Program to France, No Proof It WorksHinge's One More Hour program has donated $2.3M globally since launching in the US in 2024, with up to $200,000 earmarked for French organizations in 2026. 62% of French Gen Z adults aged 18, 30 repor…
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…
PolicyCanadian Dating Operators Are Fighting the Wrong Fraud WarMore than 25% of fraudulent payment cases in Canada involve stolen credit cards and unauthorized charges, 32% higher than the global average of 19%. Nearly 12% of Canadian respondents reported experie…
PlatformsTinder's Astrology Mode Papers Over a Structural Engagement GapTinder Canada's Astrology Mode campaign generated over 770,000 influencer impressions and more than 24,000 engagements in its initial wave across eight Canadian creators. The rollout expanded from mod…
The DataGen Z Says It Wants Authentic Dating. The Business Model Disagrees.64% of young singles say emotional honesty is what dating needs most; 73% report feeling a stronger connection when they can be fully themselves. Both Match Group (MTCH) and Bumble (BMBL) have seen su…
Platforms79% of Gen Z Avoids Dating Apps. That's a Product Problem.79% of US Gen Z respondents, including college students, reported avoiding regular use of dating apps, per a 2023 Axios study. Match Group (MTCH) reported 15.9 million paying users in Q3 2024, down sl…
PeopleRascoff Revived the Internship Big Tech Cut: 30,000 for 27 SpotsMore than 30,000 people applied for 27 internship positions at Match Group (MTCH), producing an acceptance rate of 0.09%. The share of 21-to-25-year-olds at large public tech firms dropped from 15% in…
The DataMen Pay £40 a Date, Women £8. That Gap Is the Industry's Risk.Men on major dating platforms pay up to £40 per date, five times what women pay for the same subscription tier, per analytics firm PlayersTime. Male users average 5 dates annually versus 27 for women;…
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…
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