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This Week in Dating Business
The Romance Scam Prevention Act Is Now Law. Dating Apps Have Until October 2027.
Match and Grindr Report Next Week. Here Is What to Watch.
States Challenge Character.AI's Sale Process Ahead of October 30 Hearing
Match Group Partners With India's Cybercrime Centre on Romance Scam Warnings
Three Plead Guilty in $9 Million Romance Fraud Case Built on Fake Dating Profiles
PlatformsHinge Bets Honesty Converts Gen Z Better Than AspirationHinge's "Can't Believe We Met on Hinge" campaign features seven real couples discussing emotional exhaustion and near-abandonment of the app before matching Gen Z reportedly makes up more than half of…
ProductDating Apps Built a Surveillance Economy. They'll Own It.Dating app market reached 350 million global users and over $6 billion in revenue in 2025. Most major platforms allow full account creation in under three minutes, with no meaningful identity verifica…
PolicyOfcom Starts the Clock: UK Dating Apps Have Until AprilDating platforms must submit illegal content and children's risk assessments to Ofcom between April and July 2026, with record-keeping duties current by July 2026. Category 1 and 2 services, a classif…
PlatformsTantan Moves to Singapore and Calls It a Rebrand. It's an Exit.Tantan, acquired by Momo for $735M in 2018 , has relocated its global headquarters from China to Singapore and launched a rebrand on 14 May 2025. The new positioning targets "intentional casual dating…
ProductBumble Is Replacing Swiping With AI Agents. Wrong Problem.Bumble plans to eliminate swiping entirely in a major 2026 app redesign, replacing it with AI-driven matchmaking. The redesign envisions personal AI concierges interacting with other users' AI agents…
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…
ProductIndia's 45-Degree Summers Are Forcing a Virtual-First Dating Rethink37% of Indian singles now prefer virtual dates over in-person meetings during summer heatwaves, according to a QuackQuack survey of 8,967 members aged 20 to 35 across Tier 1, 2, and 3 cities. Peak app…
PeopleYoel Roth Joins a Deepfake Board as Scam Losses Hit $652MMatch Group SVP of Trust and Safety Yoel Roth has joined Reality Defender's Ethics Committee to shape guardrails for deepfake detection technology. Romance scams cost victims $652M in 2023, up from $5…
The DataDating.com Says 30% Would Marry Unmet. Build on Your Own Data.30% of adults surveyed say they would consider marrying someone they've never met in person, per new Dating.com research of 1,000 respondents. 60% believe virtual intimacy can be as fulfilling as phys…
ProductReev Makes You Speak Before You Swipe. The Behavior Data Doesn't.Reev, a voice-first dating app founded by May Ku, is launching in Australia with mandatory audio prompts required before users can view photos. 78% of dating app users report burnout according to a 20…
ProductBumble Kills the Swipe After a 21% Payer Drop, No Plan B ReadyBumble (BMBL) will eliminate swiping entirely in Q4 2026, replacing it with an AI-driven matching system featuring "chapter-style" profiles, the first time a major dating platform has completely scrap…
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…
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