Watchdog says Tinder, Hinge, Bumble and Grindr have all seen dip in use since last year
How we met
How we met: ‘There was a heatwave and he didn’t have air conditioning. So I invited him to sleep on my floor’
Marc, 61, and Lori, 65, met online in 1995. They have a daughter and live in Illinois
Tackling loneliness in the age of online dating
Dating after #MeToo
Modern dating is broken – and that’s a hidden factor in England’s fertility crisis
Siân Boyle
Addicted to love: how dating apps ‘exploit’ their users
September 2024
We’ve ‘gamified’ dating – and I am part of that problem. But there are ways to make it human and fun again
Elle Hunt
‘Some men tend to jump straight to innuendoes’: dating app users on why they quit
Andrew and Josella met online – it’s now the norm for more than half of young Australians
Tinder’s School of Swipe is a solid first step – but online dating safety has a long way to go
Lisa Portolan
Why is dating app Feeld so popular? Fetishes and throuples are only part of the story
Zoe Williams
The moment I knew
The moment I knew: he helped me try on a motorbike helmet – and I cried because he showed such tenderness
Paloma Faith’s swipe at dating apps is justified – but we won’t give them up
August 2024
The moment I knew
The moment I knew: we were making wind chimes – and realised we had the same taste in hammers
After a few dates, Marg Arnold was charmed by the new man in her life. When she discovered they both owned the same ‘sexy tool’, she knew they had a future together
As a single mum, my free time is sacred – it fills me with rage to waste it on bad dates
Paloma Faith
I want a truly intimate relationship, but in the world of dating apps, all I found were sordid, vacuous encounters, says singer and author Paloma Faith
‘Bumble fumble’: online dating apps struggle as people swear off swiping
Online dating industry in crisis as shares fall and nearly half of all users report negative experiences on the apps
July 2024
Is flirting dying? The apps appear to have swallowed the most delicate and delicious of human interactions
Van Badham
I was there for the coming of the apps and have lived long enough to now witness that the apps, it seems, have come for us
Gen Z yearns for the pre-digital dating era – but don’t ask them out in person
With a dating recession and app fatigue, gen Z envies face-to-face pickups – but may be ‘weirded out’ by direct gestures
Love and theft: why is Australia’s online dating app safety code only voluntary?
Lisa Portolan
Realistically, we don’t just need self-regulation but a comprehensive societal approach
June 2024
I asked my mum, my ex and seven others to find me a date. Could I fall in love?
Why I quit
Dating apps took over my life – so I ditched them and learned to live in the moment
