YOUTUBE – 5M single Muslims all over the world are on Muzmatch searching for love. To celebrate, Muzmatch is giving $5K to one lucky couple that met on Muzmatch, to spend on either their engagement, wedding or honeymoon.
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Muzmatch, World’s Largest Muslim Dating App, Woos the Gulf
ARABIAN BUSINESS – London-founded Muzmatch has its eye on regional daters, says founder Shahzad Younas. At last count, the app had 5M users globally. Founded in 2014, the app has specific features that support the Muslim faith, such as 'chaperone' options, private viewing functions and a zero-tolerance policy for harassment or lewd comments. Users can also select matches based on sect, ethnicity and religious practices. Backed with $9M seed and Series A investment from a range of Silicon Valley and global investors, with a 35-strong team, Muzmatch aims to transform how Muslims meet and marry. In the Gulf, the app's average user age is 30 years, for both men and women – while 45% of its users are Arab and 28% South Asian. The majority of its regional users are based in Saudi Arabia, followed by the UAE. Across the region, 20% of members are female, compared to the global average of 33%, and nearly half of all Muzmatch calls are initiated by women.
The Untold Story of Muzmatch
YOUTUBE – Did you know that the original designs for muzmatch were made in Microsoft Word by its CEO in his bedroom? CEO and founder, Shahzad Younas, gives us all the juicy details about how muzmatch came about in this podcast.
Muzmatch Forced to Remove Swipping
MUZMATCH – Muzmatch, the UK-based Muslim relationship and marriage app, is removing the ability to "swipe" through profiles after Tinder took the Muslim app to court for infringing its patent.
S’More: “Tinder-fication” of Online Dating Is Over
FORBES – May 26 – New data gathered by the dating app company S'More suggests that putting chemistry ahead of "hotness" and relationships over casual encounters may become the new norm in online dating, and some of the biggest players in the industry are getting in on the trend. S'More survey found that physical attraction was no longer rated as the most important factor when searching for a potential match. "Covid-19 certainly changed the equation," says CEO Cohen-Aslatei. "But beyond that, our data shows that people are starting to expect more from dating apps. They want real connections, not the fake photos and hyper-sexualization that has characterized so much of online dating over the past decade." S'More has developed a suite of features aimed to reduce the superficiality of online dating, and slow down the process. For one, users aren't able to view a clear photo of a potential match until they have had a meaningful conversation with that person. S'More is not alone in its effort. Tinder and Bumble recently added games to their video product, MeetMe added blurred video dating, and Chispa, a Match Group app for Latino and Latina singles, connects daters based on answers to trivia games. MuzMatch, a Muslim-focused dating app, also lets women keep their profiles blurred from men.
Can Arranged Marriages Be Modern?
SKY NEWS – May 20 – Put 'arranged marriage UK' into Google search, and one of the first things to pop up is the UK government's guidelines concerning forced marriages which explain they are illegal. Dr Aisha K. Gill, a professor of criminology and an expert on forced marriage explained: "An arranged marriage is a marriage which is based on choice and consent, and that's absolutely key in understanding it. An arranged marriage is when someone else such as a family member, a matchmaker, even apps, helps you find a person to marry."
Muzmatch Is Building a Bakery in East Sudan
MUZMATCH – Apr 16 – This Ramadan, muzmatch is partnering with Ethar Relief to raise $150K to build a bakery in East Sudan to provide fresh bread and jobs to refugees. If you would like to donate, you can do so here https://muzmatch.app.link/Donate.
Match Group Sues Muzmatch
BLOOMBERG LAW – Feb 16 – Match Group accused U.K.-based Muzmatch of copying Tinder to create a similar digital matchmaking service for Muslims. Match Group called Muzmatch a "Tinder clone" in a patent-infringement suit filed Feb. 12 in federal court in Waco, Texas. Muzmatch copied Tinder's "world changing, draggable-card-based, mutual opt-in app interface" in a dating app dedicated solely to one cultural group, Match claims in the complaint. Both apps offer users digital stacks of cards containing photos of potential romantic matches in close geographic proximity, which the user can accept or discard by swiping.
MuzMatch and BuzzArab – Top Muslim Dating Apps
THE NATIONAL NEWS – Feb 10 – Muzmatch, the world's largest Muslim dating app, has gained 1M new users in the previous six months alone, 35% of them of Arab ethnicity. It was founded in 2011 by British-Asian Shahzad Younas as a marriage website for Muslims. The app claims 4M users worldwide and 50 employees. Family pressure is often given by Muslims and Arabs as a factor in deciding to tie the knot. Sherif Omar, the founder of the BuzzArab dating app, says: "There are a lot of negative connotations around online dating. In Arabic you don't even use the word date." BuzzArab has ~400K active users. Most of the users are in Morocco, France, Algeria and Egypt. Muzmatch plans to launch across South-East Asia and the Middle East. After successfully completing a $7M Series A funding round in 2019, Mr Younas has big ambitions for his company. While Mr Omar is not looking for investment, he is considering the scope for growth in the US, Canada and Australia, which are homes to large Arab communities.
Muzmatch Celebrates 4M Members
OPW – Feb 4 – Dating app Muzmatch has just crossed the 4M member mark. Founded by an ex-Morgan Stanley banker, the app caters to Muslims who are looking to find a partner to marry.