Bumble: annual revenue 2018-2023, by app
Bumble Inc. is the parent company of online dating and social networking services Bumble and Badoo. In 2023, revenues generated by the Bumble app amounted to approximately 844.77 million U.S. dollars. In 2019, Bumble revenues surpassed Badoo and other services combined, making up 55 percent of the company's revenue. Online revenues for dating services reached almost 2.5 billion U.S. dollars in the United States alone in 2023.
Is the popularity of online dating here to stay?
Due to the global outburst of coronavirus pandemic, users worldwide have been relying on web and mobile applications to meet new people and find romance while social distancing. According to an April 2020 survey of online dating app users in the United States, 31 percent of responders were using dating apps somewhat more than before the coronavirus pandemic. While vaccination plans roll out and social distancing measures are expected to ease in several countries, online dating will remain part of internet users’ online experience, with both Match Group and Bumble Inc forecasting a surge in usage for the summer of 2021.
Match Group versus Bumble Inc.
As of July 2023, Bumble and Badoo figured in leading positions among the most downloaded dating apps worldwide. However, Tinder ranked as the most popular dating app by far with more than six million monthly downloads. Tinder was launched in 2012 and was acquired by Match Group in 2017, consistently scoring as the leading application in the company’s online dating brands portfolio since. Match Group owns, among others, the eponymous Match.com, millennial-targeting app PlentyofFish, and Japan’s leading dating app Pairs. The company grossed more than three billion U.S. dollars in 2021, with annual revenues experiencing a constant increase over the years. Bumble was launched in 2014 under Badoo’s MagicLab umbrella, only to take over at the end of 2019 with Bumble Inc. becoming the parent company of online dating services Bumble and Badoo. The company, which went public in February 2021, reported more than 276 million U.S. dollars in revenues for the third quarter of 2023.