Bumble

For other uses, see Bumble (disambiguation).

Bumble Inc.
Company typePublic
Nasdaq: BMBL
Founded2014; 10 years ago (2014)
FounderWhitney Wolfe Herd
Headquarters
Austin, Texas
,
United States
Key people
Lidiane Jones (CEO)
Products
BrandsBadoo
RevenueIncrease US$0.9bn[1] (2022)
Decrease US$−103 million[1] (2022)
Decrease US$- 114 million[1] (2022)
Total assetsDecrease US$3.69 bn[1] (2022)
Total equityDecrease US$3.69 bn[1] (2022)
Number of employees
Increase 950[1] (2022)
Websitebumble.com
Footnotes / references
[1]

Bumble is an online dating and networking application launched in 2014. Profiles of potential matches are displayed to users, who can "swipe left" to reject a candidate or "swipe right" to indicate interest. Until 2024 only female users could make the first contact with matched male users,[2][3] while in homosexual matches either person can send a message first.[4][5] The app is a product of Bumble Inc.

Bumble was founded by Whitney Wolfe Herd shortly after she left Tinder. Wolfe Herd has described Bumble as a "feminist dating app".[6] As of January 2021, with a monthly user base of 42 million,[7] Bumble is the second-most popular dating app in the U.S. after Tinder.[8] According to a June 2016 survey, 46.2% of its users are female.[9] According to Forbes, by 2017 the company was valued at more than $1 billion, and the company reported having over 55 million users in 150 countries as of 2019.[10][11]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Bumble Inc. Annual Report 2022" (PDF). Bumble. May 30, 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 31, 2023. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  2. ^ Correspondent, Mark Sellman, Technology (May 5, 2024). "Bumble's women worn out with making the first move". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Archived from the original on August 7, 2024. Retrieved May 5, 2024. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Safronova, Valeriya (April 30, 2024). "Women on Bumble No Longer Have to Make the First Move". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on May 5, 2024. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
  4. ^ "Can Gay Men Use Bumble – The New Dating App?". The Rocky Safari. December 2, 2014. Archived from the original on October 18, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
  5. ^ "Bumble Is Exactly Like Tinder Except Girls Are In Charge". TechCrunch. December 2, 2014. Archived from the original on February 12, 2021. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Time was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Akhtar, Allana. "Bumble just publicly filed for an IPO, revealing 42 million monthly users". Business Insider. Archived from the original on January 15, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  8. ^ "U.S. dating apps by audience size 2019". Statista. Archived from the original on February 13, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference McAlone-2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ O'Connor, Clare (November 14, 2017). "Billion-Dollar Bumble: How Whitney Wolfe Herd Built America's Fastest-Growing Dating App". Forbes. Archived from the original on February 13, 2021. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  11. ^ Gross, Elana Lyn (May 10, 2019). "Bumble Launched A New Initiative To Support A Cause Whenever A Woman Makes The First Move". Forbes. Archived from the original on July 1, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2019.