Match Group is a leading online dating and social entertainment company that owns several popular dating apps including Tinder, Hinge, OkCupid, and Match.com. The company was founded in 1995 as a proof-of-concept for a classified ad platform called Classifieds2000. In 1999, the company became Match.com and went public in 2015. Today, Match Group operates in more than 190 countries and has over 11 million paying subscribers.
Match Group has a long history of acquiring and launching successful dating apps. In 2012, the company acquired OkCupid, and in 2015, it acquired the popular dating app Tinder. Tinder quickly became one of the most popular dating apps in the world, and in 2018, Match Group launched a subscription service for Tinder called Tinder Gold. The following year, Match Group acquired a majority stake in Hinge, a dating app designed to be deleted.
Match Group has continued to invest in its portfolio of dating apps, launching new products and expanding into new markets. In 2021, the company launched a new high-end membership experience for Tinder, and it plans to launch a new app this summer targeted at a large and growing demographic that it currently does not serve.
As of 2021, Match Group is a publicly traded company listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol MTCH. The company has consistently delivered strong financial results, with revenue of $2.4 billion in 2020 and a net income of $536 million. Match Group is well-positioned to benefit from the continued growth of online dating, which is expected to reach $3.2 billion in revenue in the US alone by 2025.
Brands under Match Group’s Portfolio
Amoureux.com(discontinued)- Black People Meet
- BLK
- Chispa
- Disons Demain
Hawaya(discontinued)- Hinge
- Hyperconnect
- Azar
- Hakuna
- Lexa.nl
- Love Scout 24
- Match.com
- Meetic
- Twoo
- neu.de
- OkCupid
- OurTime
- Pairs
- ParPerfeito
- PlentyOfFish
- Ship
- Stir
- TheLeague
- Tinder
- Upward