February
Tool to prevent AI scams raised Aussies’ Tinder hit rates by 67pc
In a trial before a global rollout of ID verification services, Tinder says its Aussie and Kiwi users signing up, saw a 67 per cent increase in matches.
- Antonia Mufarech
Looking for love? Matchmakers say don’t be too picky
If someone meets 70 per cent of your criteria, you may have found a hidden gem, say Hindu matchmakers Heena Kajaria and Preeti Kothari of Soulmate Matrimonial.
- Lucy Dean
January 2023
- Opinion
- Investing
Tinder shows the hook up market may be saturated
The response to the collapse in the owner of Tinder’s share price provides insights into the future of dating.
- Aaron Patrick
October 2022
Dating apps are thriving in China – but not for romance
COVID-19 lockdowns have shifted relationships in China. So much so that many are turning to dating apps to find friends.
- Chang Che and Zixu Wang
April 2022
Are pandemic pups ruining our post-COVID dating?
More Americans became pet owners during lockdown than met their future life partners. And it’s proving to be a hindrance to romance.
- Madison Darbyshire
January 2022
- Opinion
- Marriage
Lonely hearts look for love in China’s revolutionary dating landscape
While parents are desperate to find partners for their children, media outlets have ventured into the dating and marriage matchmaking market too.
- Pan Wang
October 2021
The dating app that’s like Tinder for fitness fanatics
Fitafy founders Stephen Mansfield and Cem Miral say they want to change the online dating game and place health and wellbeing at its core.
- Jane Albert
February 2021
The dating app CEO who wants users to swipe less and love more
Forget mindless swiping through faces of the hopeful, the founder of the fastest-growing dating app, Hinge, wants you to uninstall the app as soon as possible.
- Natasha Gillezeau
October 2020
Blackstone seeks payout from Bumble loan amid online dating boom
Blackstone is looking to reap the benefits from a surge in online dating in a global pandemic and a rebound in demand for risky leveraged loans.
- Lisa Lee and Jeannine Amodeo
March 2020
The management consultant’s guide to love and sex
The search for the perfect life partner is a mysterious business. Can maths and spreadsheets make a difference?
- Alice Hines
Dating apps focus on getting users off their phones
Meeting people in the real world is trending again as attitudes change.
- Louise Dixon
- Exclusive
- Apps
Why this millionaire tech founder wants you to delete his app
In the war between dating apps, Hinge founder Justin McLeod wants to completely change the rules.
- Patrick Durkin
December 2019
- Opinion
- Opinion
How online dating became the Uber Eats of romance
Gaming the platforms has become so prevalent, even the apps are beginning to get in on it.
- John Davidson
September 2019
- Opinion
- Opinion
Facebook Dating is a trip back to the beginning
People in their 20s are starting to delete Facebook; people in their teens hardly know what it is. Facebook Dating is the company's latest attempt to secure its survival.
- Molly Roberts
August 2019
Should you pay on the first date?
Men and women reveal their private - and often contradictory - views on who should pay on the first date.
- Liz Main
May 2019
'I built a dating app to cure my heartbreak'
The founder of Hinge talks about his own fairytale ending and why he won't let his child near a screen.
- Eleanor Steafel
Daters, have you been 'cloaked'?
Forget ghosting, this is the next level of non-responsiveness.
- Lisa Bonos
March 2019
US pressures Chinese owner to sell Grindr
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States has informed Kunlun that its ownership of West Hollywood, California-based Grindr constitutes a national security risk.
- Carl O'Donnel, Liana B. Baker and Echo Wang
