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Dating, decoded.
Guides and data-driven insights on dating apps: how to get your data out, what your numbers actually mean, and what's changing in the apps you swipe on.
Read the latest: Why Your RizzStats Numbers Look Different on Hinge Than TinderGuides · 25 Sept 2026 · 3 min read
Why Your RizzStats Numbers Look Different on Hinge Than Tinder
The streak, match-rate and timeline numbers on RizzStats aren't inconsistent between apps, they're built from two structurally different export files.
Insights · 24 Sept 2026 · 3 min read
A New Study Put a Number on How Much Your Dating Photo Outweighs Everything Else
A German conjoint-analysis experiment quantified exactly how much profile photos beat bios, jobs, height and IQ in swipe decisions, and the gap is 7 to 20 times larger than researchers expected.
Insights · 23 Sept 2026 · 3 min read
Why Dating Apps Are Suddenly Obsessed With Pickleball
Tinder, Bumble and a wave of new startups are betting on pickleball leagues and singles mixers instead of more swiping, and the usage numbers show why.
Insights · 23 Sept 2026 · 3 min read
Science Just Debunked the 'Reply Instantly' Rule for Dating Apps
A 543-person study found next-morning texts beat instant replies for romantic interest, and it exposes a blind spot in how a single reply-rate percentage gets read.
News · 21 Sept 2026 · 3 min read
Tinder Wants You to Play Pickleball Instead of Texting for Three Weeks
Tinder's Events feature has spread to 20 cities as swipe fatigue drags down paying users across Tinder and Bumble alike.
Guides · 18 Sept 2026 · 3 min read
Why Your Tinder or Hinge Export Looks Weird Once RizzStats Reads It
The blank metrics, off-by-a-day matches, and rejected files you might hit on upload usually aren't RizzStats bugs. They're quirks baked into the export files themselves.
Insights · 17 Sept 2026 · 4 min read
1.1 Million College Students Later, Here's What Tinder Actually Changed
A decade of national health survey data shows Tinder drove more casual sex on campus, but not more relationships, and the effects landed very unevenly.
Insights · 16 Sept 2026 · 3 min read
Bumble Just Killed the Rule That Made It Famous. Daters Are Torn.
Bumble ended its decade-old women-message-first rule this August, and the online reaction says more about dating fatigue than about the feature itself.
Insights · 16 Sept 2026 · 3 min read
Why Your Fastest Reply Isn't Always Your Best One
A new peer-reviewed study on post-date texting timing found immediate replies underperform next-morning ones, complicating the assumption that faster is always better.
News · 14 Sept 2026 · 3 min read
The Swipe Is Losing. Dating Apps Are Betting You'll Show Up Instead
Tinder's Events tab is expanding to 75 cities by year's end, and fresh burnout numbers explain why the whole industry is racing away from the swipe.
Guides · 11 Sept 2026 · 4 min read
Why Your Tinder or Hinge Export Won't Upload to RizzStats (And How to Fix It)
The exact reasons a Tinder or Hinge data export fails to upload to RizzStats, and how to fix each one.
Insights · 10 Sept 2026 · 4 min read
Wanting a Relationship Badly Might Be Why You Don't Have One
A 4,000-person University of Toronto study finds that singles most focused on just landing a partner make the least progress toward it.
Insights · 9 Sept 2026 · 3 min read
Why Every Month Now Comes With Its Own Dating "Theory"
TikTok's viral September Theory is the fourth installment in a monthly dating-deadline format, and the same experts keep getting quoted for all of them.
Insights · 9 Sept 2026 · 3 min read
Science Just Killed the Two-Day Wait
A new peer-reviewed study on post-date texting timing found the 'play it cool' delay backfires, and what that means for reading your own reply rate.
News · 7 Sept 2026 · 3 min read
Tinder's Turnaround Just Posted Its First Good Number in Years
Match Group says a quiet algorithm rework, not another feature launch, is behind Tinder's first registration growth in years.
Guides · 4 Sept 2026 · 4 min read
The Weird Quirks Hiding in Your Tinder or Hinge Data Export
Why your download link expires, why Hinge has no real match IDs, and the other export oddities that shape what RizzStats can actually show you.
Insights · 2 Sept 2026 · 3 min read
TikTok Says Your Ex Is About to Text You. Here's the 'August Theory,' Explained
A viral TikTok idea claims August forces every undefined relationship to a breaking point, and the psychology behind it holds up better than the theory itself.
Insights · 2 Sept 2026 · 3 min read
The Best Time to Text After a Date Isn't Tonight. It's Tomorrow Morning.
A 543-person study on post-date texting found a curveball: replying immediately is fine, waiting two days tanks your chances, and the sweet spot is the next morning.
News · 31 Aug 2026 · 3 min read
Bumble Just Killed the Rule It Was Built On
After twelve years of women messaging first, Bumble now lets anyone open the conversation, and the shift lines up with two straight years of user losses.
Guides · 28 Aug 2026 · 3 min read
The Weird Quirks in Your Tinder and Hinge Exports, Actually Explained
Why Hinge's missing timestamps, missing match IDs, and 48-hour download window can make a RizzStats upload look wrong, and what to check when it is.
Insights · 27 Aug 2026 · 3 min read
Tinder Made Campus Hookups More Common. It Didn't Make More Relationships.
A quasi-experimental study of 1.1 million college students finds Tinder sharply increased sexual activity without increasing long-term relationships, and mental health didn't worsen on average.
Insights · 26 Aug 2026 · 3 min read
Why More Singles Are Trading the Swipe for a Run Club
Dating apps are quietly rebuilding around events and conversation, because singles already moved on, straight into run clubs, trivia nights and hobby meetups.
Insights · 26 Aug 2026 · 3 min read
What a New Addiction Study Says About Your Dating App Streak
A December 2025 peer-reviewed study on dating app addiction names the exact psychological drivers behind compulsive swiping, and one of them looks a lot like what a streak counter rewards.
News · 24 Aug 2026 · 3 min read
Bumble Ditches Its Women-Message-First Rule After 12 Years
Bumble is letting anyone send the first message and tripling the reply window, unwinding the rule that defined the app since 2014.
Guides · 21 Aug 2026 · 4 min read
Your Tinder or Hinge Export Link Will Expire. Here's How Not to Miss It
Tinder's download link dies in 24 hours and Hinge's in 48, so here's how to time your export request and get through RizzStats' upload wizard without losing the file.
Insights · 20 Aug 2026 · 4 min read
The 'Too Many Options' Theory of Dating Apps Just Failed a Real Test
A new peer-reviewed study tested whether more dating app matches make people pickier and less committed, and found the opposite.
Insights · 19 Aug 2026 · 3 min read
The "August Theory": Why TikTok Says Your Ex Is About to Text You
A viral month-based dating theory claims August forces situationships to sink or swim and pulls exes back out of the woodwork, here is where it came from and whether it holds up.
Insights · 19 Aug 2026 · 3 min read
Dating Apps Don't Wreck Your Mood. Scrolling Without a Payoff Does.
A week-long mood-tracking pilot study found notifications lifted self-esteem while unrewarded time in the app just predicted craving, a distinction worth applying to your own activity timeline.
Guides · 14 Aug 2026 · 3 min read
Your Tinder or Hinge Data Export Is on a Clock. Here's How Not to Miss It
Tinder's download link dies in 24 hours and Hinge's in 48, so here's the real timeline for both plus how to fix the RizzStats upload errors that trip people up right after.
Insights · 13 Aug 2026 · 3 min read
What 4,500 Blind Dates Reveal About Video Dates vs. The Real Thing
A new analysis of thousands of real blind dates found that Zoom and in-person dates produced nearly identical outcomes, even though almost everyone predicts the opposite.
Insights · 12 Aug 2026 · 3 min read
For 12 Years, Bumble Made Women Message First. Now It Doesn't.
Bumble just reversed the founding rule that made it different from Tinder, and its own survey says most women wanted the change.
Insights · 12 Aug 2026 · 3 min read
Half of All First Messages on Dating Apps Never Get a Reply
A 2-million-conversation academic study shows the real bottleneck in dating apps isn't matching, it's the first reply.
News · 10 Aug 2026 · 3 min read
Tinder Bets Your Next Match Is at a Pottery Class, Not a Swipe
Tinder is expanding its Events feature from 10 cities to 75 by year end, chasing Gen Z users who say they are done with swiping, and early engagement numbers back it up.
Guides · 7 Aug 2026 · 4 min read
RizzStats' Upload Screen Has Four Checkboxes. Here's What Each One Actually Does.
A field-by-field walkthrough of the privacy checkboxes on RizzStats' upload wizard, what's genuinely optional, what isn't, and the file-format snags that trip up Hinge uploads.
Insights · 6 Aug 2026 · 3 min read
What 5,000 Singles Can Teach You About Getting Your Hopes Up
A six-year study of German singles found that expecting real intimacy, not bracing for disappointment, predicted who actually ended up in a relationship worth having.
Insights · 5 Aug 2026 · 3 min read
Why Every Month Now Gets Its Own TikTok Dating Theory
TikTok's "August Theory" is the third made-up monthly dating trend in a row this summer, and the pattern behind why it keeps working is more interesting than the theory itself.
Insights · 5 Aug 2026 · 3 min read
Dating App Burnout Builds Slowly, and a New Study Mapped the Curve
A 12-week Arizona State University study tracked how dating app burnout accumulates over time, and the same slow drift shows up in numbers like reply rate and swiping activity.
Guides · 17 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
Why Your Tinder or Hinge Export Won't Upload to RizzStats (And How to Fix Each One)
The five most common reasons a Tinder or Hinge data export fails to upload, and the fast fix for each.
Insights · 16 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
Why Flexing Wealth on Your Dating Profile Can Actually Cost You Matches
A study of over 10,000 dating profiles found that stacking maximum attractiveness with heavy status signaling backfires, quietly reducing matches instead of boosting them.
Insights · 15 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
Nun Girl Summer: Why So Many Women Are Suddenly Quitting Dating Apps
A viral nun podcast, a wave of celebrity confessions, and a rejection of "Brat Summer" are behind dating culture's biggest trend this July.
Insights · 15 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
Half of First Messages After a Match Never Get a Reply. Here's What 19 Million Messages Show
A study of 19 million dating app messages shows why reply rate, not match count, is the number that actually reflects whether your approach works.
News · 13 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
Dating Apps Have a Trust Problem. LinkedIn Is Quietly Filling the Gap.
A new Zety survey finds 1 in 5 people now use LinkedIn to vet matches from Tinder, Hinge, and Bumble because they trust a resume more than a bio.
Guides · 10 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
Your Tinder or Hinge Export Got Rejected? Here's Why, and What to Do
The most common reasons a Tinder or Hinge data export fails to upload to RizzStats, and how to fix each one.
Insights · 9 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
What 4,500 Blind Dates Reveal About Video Calls vs. Meeting in Person
A 2026 study tracking thousands of real blind dates found people badly predict how a video-call date will go compared to meeting in person.
Insights · 8 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
The Exact Moment 'Slow to Reply' Becomes 'Ghosted,' According to a New Study
A 2025 study measured the precise point people start to feel ignored online, and the answer has more to do with your own reply pace than the silence itself.
News · 6 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
Tinder's Answer to Losing Gen Z: A Reality Show on TikTok
Tinder and TikTok just announced Double Date Island, a reality dating series built around Tinder's real Double Date feature, and it reveals exactly how Tinder plans to win Gen Z back.
Insights · 5 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
Why Swiping More Makes You Reject More
New research on "choice overload" shows your judgment gets measurably worse the longer you swipe in one sitting — and it's tanking self-esteem along with match quality.
News · 5 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
California Just Advanced Two Bills That Would Force Dating Apps to Run Background Checks on You
Two California bills moving through the legislature this year would require Tinder, Hinge, and other Match Group apps to screen users for violent criminal records and publicly report on safety failures.
Insights · 5 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
Breadcrumbing Isn't Ghosting. Here's Why Your Brain Falls For It Anyway
New 2025 research on breadcrumbing shows why sporadic, low-effort attention from a match messes with your head more than a clean disappearance ever could.
Insights · 5 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
The "Date Me Doc" Is Gen Z's Weirdest, Most Honest Dating Trend
Why thousands of daters are ditching swipe profiles for multi-page personal dossiers — and what that says about what dating apps actually fail to capture.
Guides · 5 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
Your Rizz Score Is a Snapshot, Not a Verdict. Here's How to Turn It Into an Experiment
A step-by-step guide to using your RizzStats match rate, reply rate, and activity timeline as a before/after test instead of a one-time report card.
Guides · 5 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
The RizzStats Feature Nobody Opens: Your Activity Timeline and Streaks, Explained
A practical walkthrough of RizzStats' activity timeline and streaks — the two tabs most people skip on their way to the Rizz Score, and what they're actually telling you.
Guides · 5 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
How to Actually Read Your RizzStats Rizz Score (Without Obsessing Over It)
A practical walkthrough of what feeds your Rizz Score, how to upload your data, and why staring at one number too long backfires.
Insights · 5 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
Your Attachment Style Is Quietly Running Your Swiping Behavior
New research shows anxious attachment predicts who swipes the most, feels the worst, and gets hurt by dating apps — here's what the data says and what to do about it.
Guides · 5 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
A Walkthrough of RizzStats, From Upload to Rizz Score
A step-by-step guide to using RizzStats — from exporting your dating app data to understanding what each number on your dashboard actually measures.
Insights · 4 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
Gen Z Isn't Swearing Off Love, It's Swearing Off $200 Dates
Bank of America data shows over half of Gen Z spends nothing on dating each month. Here's the real math behind "solo-maxxing," and why it's less about giving up on romance than pricing it out.
Insights · 4 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
The dating app number that predicts loneliness isn't your match count
A Stanford panel study found that feeling successful on dating apps predicts well-being better than actual matches do, which is an argument for checking your own activity data before you trust the story in your head.
Guides · 4 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
How Does the Hinge Algorithm Actually Work?
Hinge doesn't score your attractiveness. It runs a Nobel Prize-winning matching formula on your own likes and passes, here's how that actually plays out in your feed.
Insights · 4 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
AI use in dating jumped 333% in a year. Here's what people actually want it to do
Match's latest Singles in America study found AI dating use quadrupled year over year, but the top two requests aren't a chatbot boyfriend. They're a filter and an editor.
News · 4 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
Grindr Is Testing a $500-a-Month AI Subscription. Here's What's Actually Inside It.
Grindr's new EDGE tier bundles AI matchmaking, chat recaps, and compatibility scoring into a subscription that can cost nearly $6,000 a year.
Guides · 4 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
Researchers Sorted 1,000 Tinder Profiles Into Just 9 Photo Types. Here's How to Actually Stand Out
A peer-reviewed study found daters overwhelmingly copy the same nine photo strategies, here's what the research says separates the ones that read as authentic from the ones that just blend in.
Guides · 4 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
The privacy screen on RizzStats' upload page, actually explained
RizzStats' upload page used to have privacy toggles. As of July 2026 it doesn't — the safest option is now the only option. Here's what that means, and where the one real choice moved to.
News · 4 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
Tinder's World Cup numbers are incredible. Match Group's revenue isn't.
Tinder matches jumped 60% during the World Cup's opening week, but Tinder's paying subscribers were still falling before kickoff. Here's the gap between engagement and revenue.
Guides · 4 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
Why "Wyd" Is Quietly Killing Your Dating App Replies
A 2024 psychology study on Tinder conversations and Hinge's own internal data point at the same fix, ditch the shorthand and get specific, and here's how to actually write it.
Insights · 4 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
Why You Remember Every Match and Forget Everyone You Swiped Past
A 269-person memory study found people recall the faces they matched with far better than the ones they passed on, and who matches whom isn't random either.
News · 3 Jul 2026 · 2 min read
Bumble is killing the swipe. Here's what that means for your data.
Bumble is phasing out swiping for an AI matchmaker called Bee. Here's why that mechanic mattered more than it looked, and why now is a good time to snapshot your own Tinder or Hinge history.
News · 3 Jul 2026 · 2 min read
Hinge's new Signals badge is grading your consistency. Do you have it?
Hinge's Signals badge rewards daters who show up with care over 30 days. Here's what it actually measures, and how to check your own consistency before Hinge does.
Insights · 3 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
What your reply rate actually measures (it's not who ghosted you)
RizzStats' reply rate isn't a ghosting score. It measures how often you follow through on your own matches. Here's why that distinction matters and what a low number is actually telling you.
News · 3 Jul 2026 · 2 min read
Tinder and Hinge want to verify your face. It won't tell you what your matches think of you.
Face Check is rolling out across Tinder and Hinge through 2026, a facial verification badge meant to filter out bots and catfish. Here's what it actually measures, and what it doesn't.
Insights · 2 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
What is a good match rate?
What match rate actually measures, why comparing yours to viral screenshots is misleading, and what to look at instead.
Guides · 2 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
How to download your Hinge data
How to request your Hinge data export and find the matches.json and account.json files RizzStats can analyze.
Guides · 2 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
How to download your Tinder data
Step-by-step guide to requesting your full Tinder data export, the data.json file you can analyze on RizzStats.