CHICAGO DEFENDER - Sep 5 - In its third year, BLK's online dating app has quickly become the largest online dating app for Black singles. With ~3.5M downloads to date, BLK app provides a space exclusively for Black singles to connect. In March, when COVID hit, the app saw an 18% increase in daily user activity, a 39% increase in overall swiping, and a 61% increase in messages that were being exchanged, all within the first two weeks.