TECHCRUNCH – Jan 19 – The French-based app is growing fast and the startup says it is on track to reach 30M users by the end of the year. Happn is also introducing a new voice feature, where users can send audio recordings to potential mates. The clips can be up to one minute long and are supposed to make it easier to showcase personality before meeting up.
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60% Of Happn Registrants Are Active Users
NYPOST – Dec 18 – Happn is a fast growing mobile dating app, known for matching users whose paths they've crossed. Launched in February 2014, Happn is on track for 10M registered users worldwide by Dec. 31. The app is adding ~1.3M new users every month, and expects to reach 30M by the end of 2016. In New York City, Happn now has 250K active users. Investors are especially impressed that ~60% of Happn's registrants are monthly active users, and another 40% of those are checking the app every day.
Job Influences Matches On Dating Apps – Lawyers Are The Most Popular
REFINERY29 – Dec 16 – New data from dating app Happn suggests that hotness isn't the only thing that matters when swiping right or left; the profession also plays a major role. Here are the most common professions that match on Happn. Happn is the location-based dating app that helps users connect with people they cross paths with on the street. Rather than swiping, the app shows users a feed of other Happn users who have been in close proximity to them.
‘Happn’ Launches in Canada
TECHVIBES – Dec 9 – With 9M users in 35 cities around the world, the dating app "Happn" has recently raised a $14M Series B round to expand into new markets. The app is now present in Canada.
Happn Can’t Be Used For Stalking, Says The Dating App’s CEO
Dating App Happn Is Adding 1.2M Users A Month
BUSINESS INSIDER – Nov 21 – Mobile dating app Happn is growing like crazy and is rolling out new features including voice messages. The app, which launched in Paris in 2014, connects people who have crossed paths in real life. Happn now has 8M users worldwide. The app is gaining 1.2M users a month.
Dating Apps: Tech Doesn’t Matter, Says Sex Columnist
NYMAG – Oct 6 – Users choose dating apps the same way they choose bars – based on the people. The make-or-break factor in whether users stick around, is the crowd. With new apps getting launched every few months, the dating app people will like best is the one that happens to have a user base that fits the demographic of people they want.
Here's a breakdown of some of the dating apps Maureen O'Connor, a sex columnist, have experimented with:
- Tinder: Single people who hang out at bars.
- OKCupid: Single people who hang out at coffee shops.
- Match: Squares.
- JDate: Jewish squares.
- eHarmony: Christian squares.
- Ashley Madison: Horny married guys.
- Blendr: Horny single guys.
- Happn: People with nice jeans who live near your subway stop.
- Coffee Meets Bagel: Risk-averse nice guys.
- The League: Hedge funds and Hamptons.
Dating apps, like all social situations, are malleable. They're whatever people want them to be.
Dating App Happn Expects To Reach 10M Users
TELEGRAPH.CO.UK – Oct 3 - Happn has just raised $14M. The app launched in Paris in 2014, and claims 6.5M members worldwide with 700K in the UK. It took the company ten months to reach a million users. Now Happn is signing up 1M new users per month, and expects to reach 10M by the end of the year. The app connects people who have crossed paths in real life. The new funding will be used to drive expansion into Asia – with launches planned in Manila, Bangkok, Seoul, Tokyo and Hong Kong – and grow Happn's presence in Europe, South America and the US. While the app is completely free for women, men have to pay to send charms. The company has already been working with car company Fiat on an advertising campaign.
Dating App Happn Raised $14 Million, Wants To Enter Asia
TECH CRUNCH – Oct 1 – French dating app Happn just raised a $14M Series B round. Previously, the company had raised an $8M Series A round. Happn now has 6M users in 25 cities around the world. The next step is Asian expansion.
by Romain Dillet
See full article at Tech Crunch
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Happn Launches In Budapest
BBJ – July 23 – Dating app Happn has launched in Budapest. The app counts ~5M users around the world, in cities such as Paris, London, New York, Barcelona, Madrid, San Francisco, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Mexico and Sao Paulo.
by Christian Keszthelyi
See full article at Budapest Business Journal