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Are European Young Adults Still Using Dating Apps?

Dating apps are part of European Gen Z’s dating life, but exactly how many use them?

Written and Edited by the YPulse Editorial Team

Feb 11 2025
Western Europe

KEY TAKEAWAYS

While dating apps get lots of criticism, European 18-24-year-olds still use them more than dating sites or IRL dating events
Compared to other European Gen Z, young Brits are the most likely to use dating apps
Many young adults have attended in-person dating events, and there’s increasing publicity around these IRL experiences in Europe

Last year was a tough one for dating apps, with major actors in the field like Tinder, Bumble and Hinge reporting significant users loss: 600K users for Tinder, 368K for Bumble, and 131K for Hinge in the U.K. alone. It’s true that young Europeans particularly have grown tired of the sometimes brutal experience of swiping on dating apps, and YPulse data shows that 62% of European 18-24-year-olds think dating apps aren’t as good as they used to be. But dating app fatigue effect doesn’t mean the end of dating apps altogether. While Gen Z might temporarily fueled the hashtag #DeletedHinge...