Tinder and Hinge, one owner

Tinder and Hinge have the same owner. So which one actually brings in the money?

1. Who owns Tinder? The same company that owns Hinge. A phone with six dating apps: Tinder, Hinge, Match, OkCupid, Plenty of Fish and The League. Lines carry money from every app into one box: Match Group. Delete Tinder, get Hinge: the same company gets paid.

2. Biggest: Tinder. Most paying users, still shrinking. Sales April to June 2026: $457 million. 8.5 million paying users, down 5% from a year ago. Tinder brings in 54% of Match Group's app sales. Tinder says it has made over 100 billion matches since launch.

3. Fastest: Hinge. Smaller app, fastest growth. Sales April to June 2026: $204 million, up 22% from a year ago. 2.0 million paying users, up 17%. Hinge's promise is to help you find someone, then leave the app. Hinge says someone goes on a date through the app every three seconds.

4. The rest: Match, OkCupid, Plenty of Fish, The League and more apps, counted together. Older names, shrinking fastest. Sales April to June 2026: $179 million, down 17% from a year ago. 2.7 million paying users, down 21%. Together they now bring in less than Hinge alone.

5. The twist: fewer users, more money each. Monthly sales per paying user, April to June 2026: Hinge $33.11, the rest $22.24, Tinder $17.90. A Hinge payer brings in nearly twice as much as a Tinder payer.

6. Which app wins by 2030? Choices: Tinder, Hinge, Bumble, other. Bumble is the one rival outside the box. Follow Green Owl if you want more.

Numbers as of 21 Oct 2026

Match Group (MTCH) owns both, plus Match, OkCupid, Plenty of Fish, The League and more. April to June 2026:

• Tinder: $457M in sales, 54% of the group's app sales. 8.5M paying users, down 5% in a year. • Hinge: $204M, up 22%. 2.0M paying users, up 17%. • Everyone else: $179M, down 17%. Together, now less than Hinge alone.

The twist: Hinge has about a quarter of Tinder's paying users, but each one brings in $33.11 a month. A Tinder payer brings in $17.90. Fewer users, more money each.

And the love? Tinder says 100+ billion matches since launch. Hinge says someone goes on a date every 3 seconds. Their claims, not audited.

The catch: this is sales, not profit. And the company does not say people moved from Tinder to Hinge. One fell, one rose.

Bumble (BMBL) is a separate company, the one big rival outside the box.

Which app wins by 2030? Tell us below 👇

Source: Match Group Q2 2026 results and shareholder letter (4 Aug 2026). Q3 results are due in early November.

Not investment advice.

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