Topic

Tinder

INDUSTRY

Tinder’s daily users grow for the first time in three and a half years as Hinge payers jump 23%

Match Group's revenue and payers fell again in the third quarter, but Tinder's daily users finally grew year on year and Hinge added paying users faster than ever.

By On Dating Journal Editors Published 03.11.20264 min read

Dimitry Perepelin in a white T-shirt sitting at a wicker table in a café

PERSONAL STORY · 30.10.2026

“I posed as a woman on a dating app”: two years with a con artist from Tinder, and dating in Tashkent

Dimitry Perepelin has been dating online for almost twenty years. In Tashkent he spent two years with a woman he met on Tinder, and more than $40,000 on her. Later he set up a female profile to see men through her eyes. A guest column on trust, money and checking who you are talking to.

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INDUSTRY · 12.10.2026

Match Group results: Hinge surges 22% as Tinder’s slide begins to slow

Revenue dipped and payers fell again, but Hinge kept growing fast and Tinder posted its smallest drop in daily users for ten quarters. Third-quarter figures land on 2 November.

Couple talking across a table in a sunlit café

RESEARCH · 11.10.2026

Dating app fatigue: the burnout data, the falling subscriber numbers and the rise of the run club

Most app daters say swiping wears them out, the paying customers are drifting away and the industry is now selling ceramics classes. What the evidence actually shows.

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APP UPDATES · 30.09.2026

Tinder launches Group Hangouts, letting friendship groups match with each other

After Double Date proved popular with under-30s, Tinder is scaling the idea up to whole friendship groups, with a shared chat and a plan to meet offline.