Online Dating

Bumble stocks crashed almost 33% to a record low on August 8 as its $1 billion valuation dropped by $350 million. Its stocks tumbled 39% during the trade, marking the biggest intraday fall on record. It had also laid off a third of its workforce earlier this year. Even Tinder parent Match also said to cut 6% staff. What’s going wrong with dating apps? Why is their business going through a tough time? Watch the full video to know!

Isolated during the pandemic, more people have signed up on dating apps. Many have ended up with the heartbreak of identity theft, phishing attacks and scams.

According to a Pew Research Center study published Thursday, 30% of American adults have used a dating app or website. For people under 30, that increases to 50%

Dating companies believe that the growing demand for online dating in India is driven by its female populationExecutives overseeing dating apps peg the dating app market to be valued at $100 million in the next five to eight years

The 'My Move' feature allows women to choose in their settings that only they can start a conversation with a male match

On Floh, focus has shifted to in-person meetings and support groups for people

From breadcrumbing to micro-cheating, here are the new terms of modern romance

We often underestimate the need to match relationship quotients among couples because they usually aren't as apparent as body mass indices or bullet points on a resume

In Between the Buyer and the Seller, Mint columnist Karthik Shashidhar uses concepts from financial markets to explore everything from medieval bazaars to modern platforms. The following is an excerpt.

My generation believed true love could be found. Our children think it is easier. Turns out, we misinterpreted the data.