TNN - Jan 14 - Virtual dating is the new norm in India, according to Bumble's recent nationwide survey. After connecting with people virtually, 83% of single Indians are comfortable to meet up in-person. The study also reveals that 40% of single Indians will opt for virtual dating in 2021.
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Bumble Survey: 40% of Single Indians to Opt for Virtual Dating in 2021
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App Annie State of Mobile 2020 Report
APPANNIE - Jan 14 - According to App Annie's annual "State of Mobile" industry report, mobile app downloads grew by 7% YOY to $218B in 2020. Consumer spending grew by 20% to $143B, led by markets that included China, the United States, Japan, South Korea and the United Kingdom.
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Video Streaming and Dating Apps Top Record Revenue Peaks
MOBILEWORLDLIVE - Jan 6 - Sensor Tower preliminary data showed a record-high global user spending in apps in 2020, with video streaming and online dating services emerging as the most profitable categories in the past 12 months. The app analytics company placed TikTok, YouTube and Tinder as the highest earning non-gaming services in the period, with Tencent Video and Disney+ completing the top five. Estimates showed global app revenue hit $111B in the period, up by 30% YOY from $85B in 2019.
See full article at MobileWorldLive
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S'More Survey - How COVID Is Changing the Way People Meet
S'MORE - Dec 23 - S'More, a new relationships app that's about getting to know a person before seeing a profile picture, surveyed its users about post Covid dating. Key findings:
- 27% of online daters are more active on the apps due to Covid
- 68% of women and 61% of men will date fewer people IRL post Covid
- 64% of women and 39% of men will go on 3 virtual dates before meeting IRL
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The Stickiest, Most Addictive, Most Engaging, and Fastest-Growing Social Apps
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ - Dec 14 - Currently, two of the fastest growing categories across the social app ecosystem are friend discovery and vertical communities (those that enable further engagement around specific subjects or activities). Facebook apps account for more than half of all monthly active users across non-gaming mobile social apps. Even with just 1% share of active users, Tinder claims well over 5M daily active users and brings in ~$1B in revenue for Match Group each year.
by Bennett Carroccio
See full article at Andreessen Horowitz website
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App Stores to See 130B Downloads in 2020
TECH CRUNCH - Dec 10 - Consumers will download 130B apps in 2020 across iOS and Google Play, up 10% YOY, according to App Annie's year-end forecast. Consumer spending across the two app stores will also grow by 25% YOY to reach $112B by year end. Google Play downloads in 2020 outnumbered iOS downloads by 160%, but both stores saw 10% growth. Top markets for consumer spend on iOS included the U.S., Japan and the U.K., which is a different list than in 2018 and 2019, when the list included the U.S., China and Japan. Top markets for Google Play were the U.S., South Korea and Germany. Despite a lockdown, Tinder made it to No.1 in terms of consumer spend.
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Video Dating Leads to Rise in Video Hookups With Strangers
NEWSWEEK - Dec 1 - A new survey about sex and dating during the pandemic has revealed that people were interested in doing virtual dates after things go back to normal. The study was conducted in October 2020 by Basic Hard Seltzer who asked 2K unmarried millennials (average age 29) and Gen-Zers about their dating lives. Almost half of the folks who participated in the survey said that they have continued dating in-person since the pandemic started. Only 22% were focused on virtual dates alone, and 33% were doing both. According to the survey, of those who tried dating via video chat, 72% felt they got a good sense of chemistry online, and 63% of people would keep up virtual dating in a post-pandemic world.
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Dating App-Induced FOMO Causes Low Self-Esteem, Bad Moods - Study
JERUSALEM POST - Nov 26 - The fear of missing out, or FOMO, caused by using dating apps is linked to low self-esteem, a poor mood and other negative side effects, according to a new study by Dr. Riki Tesler of Ariel University. ~80% of single students use dating apps, with 25% of secular students entering an app over five times a day and 15% of religious students doing the same.
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Camgo: Socially Distanced Video Dating Explodes
PR NEWSWIRE - Nov 24 - Free video chat app, Camgo, has facilitated a record-number of connections over the past six months in the USA. The app saw ~35% increase in users from the United States between May and October 2020. Users are spending ~40% longer on each chat and sending 35% more messages.
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Bumble Has a New "How to Date" Guide
MASHABLE - Nov 21 - 40% of daters don't know how to date anymore, according to Bumble. Also, 2 out of 3 daters aren't comfortable navigating the dating landscape COVID has left in its wake. This is the reason Bumble created Dating 101 to help boost daters' confidence as the new year rapidly approaches. It includes articles and videos on important topics, like having the "COVID conversation" with a potential date, or how to navigate sex and intimacy during this time.
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Dating App Usage Is Changing for the Better
MASHABLE - Nov 11 - Between September and October, according to Apptopia, major dating apps grew considerably. Match grew 21%, OkCupid +21%, and Bumble +16%. Tinder and Hinge grew more modestly. "As people become more isolated, the desire and need to establish some sort of intimacy may also be increasing as a coping mechanism," said Dr. Ash Nadkarni, MD, Associate Psychiatrist and Instructor at Harvard Medical School. New positive dating habits are emerging. Match's CEO, Hosseini foresees singles taking their dating app usage more seriously and Match was already seeing a slower shift from hookup culture to more intentional dating. Match's Singles in America survey, released last month, (5k+ people), found 58% of single app daters shifted toward more intentional dating due to the pandemic. 63% said they're spending more time getting to know potential partners. 70% said they're being more honest in their interactions. 45% of Hinge users reported developing new healthy dating habits during the pandemic, such as being up front about what they want. Hinge dates went up 17% this summer, ghosting went down 27%.
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Infographic - Online Dating During Covid
ALLCONNECT - Nov 2 - Allconnect has compiled stats behind online dating and took a look at the state of online dating in 2020. The data was gathered from Pew Research and Statista.
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Canadian Dating App Spark Encourages Singles to Debate
INSAUGA - Oct 22 - Spark, a dating app that launched in Canada last summer, is launching the 'Change My Mind' feature that enables singles to upload a 20-second video stating their opinion on a popularly divisive topic, and other users can respond with a video of their own. One of Spark's recent surveys found 82% of Canadian singles said they are more attracted to people with passionate opinions. The same survey found 70% of respondents said they enjoy debating light-hearted topics with a date, while 73% consider debating with someone to be a form of flirting.
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Bumble Survey Findings Show a Shift Towards 'Slow Dating'
TIMES OF INDIA - Oct 21 - Bumble's recent survey shows that 70% of Bumble users in India claim there is a change in their behaviour and attitude towards dating as compared to before the pandemic. 81% claim they are more open to taking their time getting to know someone. 78% of single Indians are talking for a longer period, and having better quality chats, using Voice Calls and Video chat features in the app. People are spending ~20 mins on average on a video chat or voice call on Bumble in India.
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Online Daters Are More Likely to Catch an STI
DAILY MAIL - Oct 21 - People using dating apps to 'hook up' are more likely to have an sexually transmitted infection and not use protection than those who meet in other ways, a study has found. A team from the Public Health Agency of Sweden surveyed ~14,500 men and women aged 16 to 84 about their sexual behaviour, online dating and health. 11% of men said they'd used the Internet to meet sexual partners, compared to 7% of women.
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