Are Matchmakers Making a Comeback? The 2026 Data
Match Group’s paying users fell 6% last quarter while revenue per payer rose. Meanwhile, the U.S. matchmaking market is projected to nearly double by 2033. Here is what the 2026 numbers actually show about how singles are meeting now.
Why Successful People Are the Worst at Dating
The traits that built your career often work against you romantically. You learn fast, decide fast, and delegate everything — except this. Here are five reasons high achievers stall in dating, and the three adjustments that fix most of it.
Featured in TIME: Why Relationship Curation Is the Future of Dating
Access went up. Clarity did not. The Crush Confidential was featured in TIME on relationship curation — and why most connections end long before compatibility ever gets a chance to show up.
Quiz Dating Is Trending. Here’s Why a Personality Test Still Isn’t a Matchmaker
Search interest in “quiz dating” is up 200% as singles trade the swipe for a questionnaire. It’s a real improvement over blind matching, but a quiz can only tell you what someone says about themselves. It can’t verify any of it. Here’s what question-based apps get right, where they still fall short, and why the gap they leave is exactly what a real matchmaker fills.
LinkedIn Dating Is Real — And It’s Not the Answer
A new survey shows 1 in 8 US workers has dated someone met on LinkedIn. Here’s why professional profiles feel safer than dating apps, and where the trend still fails singles.
Are Dating Apps Dead? What Singles Are Doing Instead.
Dating apps are losing users and trust fast. See why singles are quitting Tinder, Hinge, and Bumble — and what they’re doing instead in 2026.