# Top dating apps by revenue and paying members, Q2 2026

Published 2026-10-16. Updated 2026-10-16. https://www.datingapi.io/insights/top-dating-apps-by-revenue

**In short:** Tinder is still the biggest earner, with $457.5 million of direct revenue and 8.5 million payers in the second quarter of 2026, but both fell. Hinge and Grindr grew fast, while Bumble, Badoo and Match's smaller brands shrank. Hinge earns the most per payer, at about $33 a month.

Tinder remains the dating app that earns the most, with $457.5 million of direct revenue in the three months to June 2026 [1]. But the growth in the industry is elsewhere. Hinge's revenue rose 22% and Grindr's 33%, while Tinder, Bumble, Badoo and Match Group's smaller brands all had fewer paying members than a year earlier [1][2][3].

This scorecard ranks the dating apps and groups that publish their numbers, for the second quarter of 2026 (April to June). We will update it each quarter.

## The scorecard

| App or group | Revenue, Q2 2026 | Change on a year | Payers | Change on a year | Revenue per payer, per month |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tinder | $457.5m | down 1% | 8.5m | down 5% | $17.90 |
| Hinge | $203.5m | up 22% | 2.0m | up 17% | $33.11 |
| Match Group E&E brands | $178.9m | down 17% | 2.7m | down 21% | $22.24 |
| Bumble app | $171.7m | down 14.7% | 2.08m | down 16.9% | $27.55 |
| Grindr (direct revenue) | $113m | up 30% | 1.4m | up 16% | $26.51 |
| Badoo and other Bumble apps | $38.8m | down 17.1% | 1.08m | down 15.4% | $11.21 |

Source: Match Group [1], Bumble Inc [2] and Grindr [3] results for the three months to June 2026. Match figures are direct revenue. Payer changes for the Bumble app and Badoo are our calculation from the paying member numbers Bumble reports for both years [2].

At group level, Match Group earned $853.1 million, down 1%, from 13.3 million payers, down 6% [1]. Bumble Inc earned $210.5 million, down 15.2%, from 3.16 million paying members, down 16.4% [2]. Grindr's total revenue, including advertising, was $138 million, up 33% [3].

## Tinder: biggest, but shrinking slowly

Tinder's direct revenue of $457.5 million was down 1% on a year earlier, and its 8.5 million payers were down 5% [1]. It kept revenue almost flat by earning more from each payer: revenue per payer rose 4% to $17.90 a month [1].

That is the pattern across much of the industry in 2026: fewer people paying, each paying a little more. It can hold revenue up for a while, but it narrows the base.

## Hinge and Grindr: where the growth is

Hinge grew direct revenue by 22% to $203.5 million, with payers up 17% to 2.0 million [1]. It also earns the most from each payer of any app in the table, at $33.11 a month [1]. Hinge has positioned itself around relationships rather than casual swiping, and its numbers suggest members will pay more for that.

Grindr grew revenue by 33% to $138 million, including $25 million from advertising, up 44% [3]. Average paying members rose 16% to 1.4 million, and revenue per payer rose 12% to $26.51 a month [3]. It also reported 15 million average monthly active members and an adjusted EBITDA margin of 42% [3].

## Bumble, Badoo and Match's smaller brands: the squeeze

The Bumble app's revenue fell 14.7% to $171.7 million, and Badoo and Bumble's other apps fell 17.1% to $38.8 million [2]. Paying members fell by a similar amount: the Bumble app had 2.08 million against 2.50 million a year earlier, and Badoo and other apps 1.08 million against 1.28 million [2].

Bumble's net loss for the quarter was $127.9 million, including a $169.3 million impairment charge [2]. Two months later, Bumble agreed to be taken private by Ithaca Holdings for about $1.3 billion [5].

Match Group's E&E segment, which includes Match, Meetic, OkCupid, Plenty of Fish, Pairs and Azar, lost 21% of its payers in a year, down to 2.7 million, and 17% of its revenue, down to $178.9 million [1].

## Outside the US: Hello Group

Hello Group, which owns Momo, Tantan and happn, reports in Chinese renminbi and mixes dating with live video and social apps, so it is not directly comparable [4]. Its total net revenues for the second quarter of 2026 were RMB2,486.0 million (US$366.4 million), down 5.1% [4]. Tantan's paying members fell to 0.5 million from 0.7 million a year earlier, while overseas revenue grew 52% to RMB672.7 million [4].

## How we built this table

- **Period:** the three months to 30 June 2026 for every company [1][2][3].
- **Revenue:** direct revenue (what members pay) for Match brands and Grindr, total revenue for the Bumble and Badoo lines. Advertising is excluded except where noted.
- **Payers:** each company's own definition. Match and Bumble report payers for the quarter, Grindr reports average paying members, so treat small differences with care.
- **Revenue per payer:** as reported by each company, per month.
- **Missing:** ParshipMeet (eharmony, MeetMe), Black Cap (Zoosk) and other private groups do not publish app-level revenue and payers.

## What it means for dating app operators

- **Payers are falling across most of the market.** Only Hinge and Grindr added payers in the table [1][3]. Any plan that depends on growing payer numbers needs a clear reason why your app is the exception.
- **Price rises are doing the heavy lifting.** Revenue per payer rose at Tinder, Hinge and Grindr [1][3]. That only works if members feel they get more for it.
- **Positioning pays.** The two apps with the clearest audience, Hinge for relationships and Grindr for its community, grew while broad apps shrank [1][3].
- **Fixed costs hurt more when revenue falls.** A 15% drop in revenue, like Bumble's, lands straight on margins if the cost of running the platform stays the same [2]. Moving fixed technology costs to costs that scale with members is one way to protect margins.

See [who owns which dating app](/insights/who-owns-dating-apps) for the groups behind each brand, and the glossary for [payers](/glossary/payer) and [revenue per payer](/glossary/arppu).

## Questions

**Which dating app makes the most money?**

Tinder. It had $457.5 million of direct revenue in the three months to June 2026, more than twice Hinge's $203.5 million [1].

**How many people pay for Tinder?**

Tinder had 8.5 million payers in the second quarter of 2026, down 5% on a year earlier [1].

**Which dating apps are growing?**

Hinge and Grindr. Hinge's direct revenue rose 22% and its payers 17% [1]. Grindr's revenue rose 33% and its average paying members 16% [3].

**How much does Bumble make from each paying member?**

The Bumble app averaged $27.55 a month per paying member in the second quarter of 2026, against $11.21 for Badoo and Bumble's other apps [2].

## Sources

1. Match Group Q2 2026 shareholder letter, Match Group (SEC filing), 2026-08-04. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000891103/000089110326000128/mtch8-k20260804ex992.htm
2. Bumble Inc. second quarter 2026 results, Bumble Inc (SEC filing), 2026-08-05. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001830043/000183004326000099/bmbl-ex991prxq22026.htm
3. Grindr Q2 2026 shareholder letter, Grindr Inc (SEC filing), 2026-08-06. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001820144/000182014426000023/shl_q2x2026xfinal.htm
4. Hello Group announces unaudited financial results for the second quarter of 2026, Hello Group via PR Newswire, 2026-09-03. https://finviz.com/news/388434/hello-group-inc-announces-unaudited-financial-results-for-the-second-quarter-of-2026
5. Bumble to be acquired by Ithaca Holdings, Bumble Inc (SEC filing), 2026-10-13. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001830043/000095010326015480/dp254907_ex9901.htm