Singles fed up with Tinder and dating apps are returning

With dating apps struggling, some companies are betting on in-person meetings.
Simple dynamics: they arrange quick dates with several potential partners to find the “match”

New times, old habits. Tinder is losing steam, the dating app business is tired, and more people are disillusioned with online flirting, so singles are looking elsewhere. These often involve replacing mobile matches with in-person meetings through speed dating or slow dating, a new twist on traditional flirting. In-person dating is regaining ground from online dating. Date replaces match. Screens are losing interest in coffee chats.

New times, old flirting.

An alternative match. The idea of speed dating is old. It’s older than Tinder and other dating apps. Aish HaTorah, a Jewish educational organization, used the brand in the late 1990s and organized meetings like speed dating. Many movies and TV shows have replicated its simple dynamic.

Participants have brief dates, just long enough to get a first impression of each other. After each date’s scheduled time, the organizers ask couples to rotate and start a new conversation. Brief conversations. Lots of rotation.

After speed dating, each participant tells the organizers who they liked best and makes new connections.

They organize them how? Via speed dating intermediaries. There are many. El Confidencial recently released a report illustrating the widespread adoption of in-person speed dating in cities.

The Guiris de Mierda account, Bedazzling, and Cita2 are the only organisers mentioned in Madrid. A quick Google search shows that more companies organize quick meetings, lasting a few minutes, so speed daters can meet potential partners.

8,000 potential partners. Jordi Martínez, director of Bedazzling, informs El Confidencial that the company has been hosting monthly speed dating events since 2018, averaging 60 participants per event. He estimates 8,000 people attended their’meetings’ in six years. Others claim to have organized’macro dates’ longer. The love of art (or love) doesn’t motivate them. Participants pay about 20 euros to find their soulmate.

Beyond Madrid… Madrid is not alone in the trend. A quick search reveals speed dating pages in Galicia, Andalusia, Valencia, Asturias, and Extremadura. The list continues. Our colleagues at Xataka Móvil recently discussed Cites ràpides, a new Catalan platform with a similar focus. There are others that offer speed dating in Barcelona. The concept is similar: in-person matches.

more than speed dating. Sometimes dates last longer than a few minutes. Slow Dating Club, considered “the modern Cupid” after speed dating’s success, organizes unconventional meetings.

“We play quizzes and games at night because love is random. If you like someone, write it in an envelope at the end “Eva Sánchez, 28, founder. The monthly events in Madrid restaurants cost 25 euros and are mostly for her age group.

A trend change? The rise of speed dating coincides with the decline of Tinder, the dating app that has dominated Spanish singles thanks to virtual flirting. Screens initiate the match between partners.

Europa Press reported earlier this year that Tinder continues to dominate the sector with 1.5 million monthly users who spend an average of 2.5 hours on the platform.

The agency’s report also shows that dating apps are popular in Spain, with over four million users and platforms like Badoo and Grindr with large communities. The sector is showing signs of a trend change.

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