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Tinder’s parent firm Match reports $3.5b revenue in 2025
Match Group reported its Q4 and full-year 2025 financial results, with total revenue of US$3.5 billion, remaining flat compared to 2024.
The company’s net income increased 11% year-on-year to US$613 million, while adjusted EBITDA declined slightly to US$1.2 billion.
In Q4, revenue was US$878 million, up 2% year-on-year, with net income of US$210 million, up 32%.
Payer count decreased 5% to 13.8 million, and revenue per payer rose 7% to US$20.72.
The company also announced a quarterly dividend of US$0.20 per share, a 5% increase.
Match Group highlighted product investments in Tinder and Hinge, noting improvements in engagement metrics and international growth.
🔗 Source: Match Group
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Hinge’s growth is hiding Tinder’s slide
- Match Group expects flat full-year revenue, even as its two biggest apps move in opposite directions.
- Hinge, the company’s fastest-growing product, lifted direct revenue 26% to $186 million in Q4 2025 1.
- Tinder, the largest brand, saw direct revenue drop 3% to $464 million over the same quarter 1.
- Across the full year, Hinge’s direct revenue rose 26% while Tinder’s fell 4%, changing where growth comes from inside the company 1.
Match plans slower revenue growth to win back trust
- Match Group’s mostly flat 2026 revenue outlook ties to a strategic decision, not a lack of demand.
- The forecast builds in a roughly 1.5-point headwind from Tinder user experience tests, plus a roughly 1-point headwind from the planned rollout of FaceCheck across Match Group’s apps 1.
- The company is moving away from short-term monetization and toward better outcomes and safety, aiming to reduce ‘app fatigue’, when users get tired of dating apps and disengage 2.
- For mature consumer platforms, trust now acts as a business factor that can affect retention 3.
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