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RESEARCH · Published June 22, 2026 · Updated October 30, 2026

Dating Apps in AI Answers: Which Apps ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity Name

Hinge was named in 253 of 288 four-engine answers (87.8%) and named first in 67. Match.com and Bumble overlap with it statistically. Tinder sits just below. AI Overviews appeared for 41 of 72 lookups, and Hinge appeared in 38 of them. Niche apps such as Muzz, BLK, Chispa and Feeld were named first in every answer to their own question.

288

AI answers analyzed across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity

87.8%

of answers named Hinge, the most-named (253 of 288)

26

tracked apps named at least once (of 26)

56.9%

of Google searches showed an AI Overview (41 of 72)

Version 2. This version replaces the first version of this study, first published June 22, 2026. It uses measured counts, so the two versions are not comparable. Version 2 asks 24 questions three times each on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity (288 answers) and adds Google AI Overviews. Every rate comes with its count and a 95% interval.

Key takeaways

  • Hinge was named in 253 of 288 four-engine answers (87.8%), but Match.com (85.1%) and Bumble (81.9%) overlap with it statistically, so the top three cannot be ranked against each other.
  • Tinder ranked fourth by mention rate (79.2%) yet was named first in 35 of 288 answers, second only to Hinge's 67.
  • Google showed an AI Overview for 41 of 72 lookups (56.9%), and reddit.com was cited in 25 of those 41 overviews (61%).
  • The apps' own websites were rarely cited. Bumble and HER were each cited in 12 of 288 grounded answers (4.2%) and Hinge in 5 of 288 (1.7%).

What does the data show?

01

87.8%

Hinge was named in 253 of 288 four-engine answers (CI 83.6–91.1%). Match.com (85.1%, CI 80.5–88.7%) and Bumble (81.9%, CI 77.1–86%) overlap with it, so the top three cannot be ranked against each other.
02

67/288 (23.3%)

Hinge was the first app named in 67 of 288 answers. Tinder came next at 35 of 288, then eHarmony at 27 of 288. Match.com was named first in only 14 of 288 answers, even though it was mentioned in 245.
03

56.9%

Google showed an AI Overview for 41 of 72 lookups (56.9%, CI 45.4–67.7%). Hinge appeared in 38 of those 41 overviews (92.7%), Bumble in 27 of 41 (65.9%) and Tinder in 20 of 41 (48.8%).
04

12/12 (100%)

Muzz (Muslim), BLK (Black singles), Chispa (Latino singles), Feeld (ethical non-monogamy) and eHarmony (marriage) were each named first in all 12 answers to their question.
05

71%

Sites classified as company or brand sites made up 1,783 of 2,510 four-engine citations (71%). The apps' own domains were rarely cited. Bumble and HER were each cited in 12 of 288 grounded answers (4.2%), and Hinge in 5 of 288 (1.7%).
06

39.6%

forbes.com was cited in 114 of 288 four-engine answers (39.6%), with 131 occurrences. datingnews.com appeared in 72 answers (25%) and mindbodygreen.com in 67 (23.3%).
07

61%

reddit.com was cited in 25 of 41 AI Overviews (61%), which is 21.9% of overview citations. In four-engine answers it appeared in 51 of 288 (17.7%).
08

33 vs 2

Zoosk was named in 33 of 72 Perplexity answers (45.8%) and 2 of 72 Gemini answers (2.8%). This was the widest single-app gap between engines.
09

32.4%

Of 2,510 four-engine citations, review and comparison publishers supplied 812 (32.4%), company and brand sites 717 (28.6%) and general news and business press 519 (20.7%).

Appearance rate across 288 four-engine answers. The bar is the 95% confidence interval; overlapping bars cannot be told apart at this sample size.

Which dating apps do AI engines name most often?

Hinge
87.8%
Match.com
85.1%
Bumble
81.9%
Tinder
79.2%
OkCupid
65.6%
eHarmony
60.4%
Plenty of Fish
39.2%
Coffee Meets Bagel
36.8%
Grindr
27.4%
Feeld
22.9%
Facebook Dating
19.1%
Zoosk
18.1%
The League
17.7%
HER
16.0%
EliteSingles
15.3%
#NameNamed inAppearance rate95% interval
1Hinge253/28887.8%83.6–91.1%
2Match.com245/28885.1%80.5–88.7%
3Bumble236/28881.9%77.1–86.0%
4Tinder228/28879.2%74.1–83.5%
5OkCupid189/28865.6%60.0–70.9%
6eHarmony174/28860.4%54.7–65.9%
7Plenty of Fish113/28839.2%33.8–45.0%
8Coffee Meets Bagel106/28836.8%31.4–42.5%
9Grindr79/28827.4%22.6–32.9%
10Feeld66/28822.9%18.4–28.1%
11Facebook Dating55/28819.1%15.0–24.0%
12Zoosk52/28818.1%14.0–22.9%
13The League51/28817.7%13.7–22.5%
14HER46/28816.0%12.2–20.6%
15EliteSingles44/28815.3%11.6–19.9%

How do the top 25 tracked apps rank?

Own-domain citation is the share of 288 grounded answers that cited the entity's own domains (subdomains included). Citation share is of all 2,510 citations.

#AppNamed inAppearance rate95% intervalFirst mentionOwn-domain citationCitation share
1Hinge253/28887.8%83.6–91.1%3.31.7% (5/288)0.2%
2Match.com245/28885.1%80.5–88.7%3.43.1% (9/288)0.4%
3Bumble236/28881.9%77.1–86%4.24.2% (12/288)0.5%
4Tinder228/28879.2%74.1–83.5%4.53.8% (11/288)0.4%
5OkCupid189/28865.6%60–70.9%5.20.7% (2/288)0.1%
6eHarmony174/28860.4%54.7–65.9%3.91.7% (5/288)0.2%
7Plenty of Fish113/28839.2%33.8–45%6.91.4% (4/288)0.2%
8Coffee Meets Bagel106/28836.8%31.4–42.5%6.12.8% (8/288)0.4%
9Grindr79/28827.4%22.6–32.9%6.70.7% (2/288)0.1%
10Feeld66/28822.9%18.4–28.1%4.71% (3/288)0.1%
11Facebook Dating55/28819.1%15–24%5.30% (0/288)0%
12Zoosk52/28818.1%14–22.9%6.90% (0/288)0%
13The League51/28817.7%13.7–22.5%6.21% (3/288)0.1%
14HER46/28816%12.2–20.6%4.24.2% (12/288)0.5%
15EliteSingles44/28815.3%11.6–19.9%5.41% (3/288)0.1%
16OurTime37/28812.8%9.5–17.2%5.40.3% (1/288)0%
17Christian Mingle30/28810.4%7.4–14.5%5.50.3% (1/288)0%
18SilverSingles26/2889%6.2–12.9%5.10% (0/288)0%
19Lex26/2889%6.2–12.9%3.30.3% (1/288)0%
20Jdate21/2887.3%4.8–10.9%3.60.3% (1/288)0%
21Raya16/2885.6%3.4–8.8%6.90% (0/288)0%
22Muzz15/2885.2%3.2–8.4%2.53.1% (9/288)0.4%
23Scruff14/2884.9%2.9–8%3.10% (0/288)0%
24BLK13/2884.5%2.7–7.6%1.80% (0/288)0%
25Salams12/2884.2%2.4–7.1%2.20.7% (2/288)0.1%

How do the top eight compare?

#NameAppearance rateAnswers and intervalOther measures
1Hinge87.8%253/288 answers · 95% CI 83.6–91.1%first-mention position: 3.3; owned-domain citation (5/288): 1.7%; citation share: 0.2%
2Match.com85.1%245/288 answers · 95% CI 80.5–88.7%first-mention position: 3.4; owned-domain citation (9/288): 3.1%; citation share: 0.4%
3Bumble81.9%236/288 answers · 95% CI 77.1–86%first-mention position: 4.2; owned-domain citation (12/288): 4.2%; citation share: 0.5%
4Tinder79.2%228/288 answers · 95% CI 74.1–83.5%first-mention position: 4.5; owned-domain citation (11/288): 3.8%; citation share: 0.4%
5OkCupid65.6%189/288 answers · 95% CI 60–70.9%first-mention position: 5.2; owned-domain citation (2/288): 0.7%; citation share: 0.1%
6eHarmony60.4%174/288 answers · 95% CI 54.7–65.9%first-mention position: 3.9; owned-domain citation (5/288): 1.7%; citation share: 0.2%
7Plenty of Fish39.2%113/288 answers · 95% CI 33.8–45%first-mention position: 6.9; owned-domain citation (4/288): 1.4%; citation share: 0.2%
8Coffee Meets Bagel36.8%106/288 answers · 95% CI 31.4–42.5%first-mention position: 6.1; owned-domain citation (8/288): 2.8%; citation share: 0.4%

ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity each returned 72 of 72 grounded answers. Hinge was the most consistent app across engines, at 86.1% to 88.9%. Other apps varied far more. Match.com ranged from 69 of 72 on Gemini (95.8%) to 53 of 72 on Perplexity (73.6%). OkCupid appeared in 58 of 72 ChatGPT answers (80.6%) but 36 of 72 on Gemini (50%).

ChatGPT

72 asked · 72 returned · 72 grounded

Do the four engines name the same apps?

Match.com
87.5%
Hinge
86.1%
Bumble
80.6%
Tinder
80.6%
OkCupid
80.6%
eHarmony
58.3%

Claude

72 asked · 72 returned · 72 grounded

Hinge
88.9%
Match.com
83.3%
Bumble
81.9%
Tinder
79.2%
eHarmony
72.2%
OkCupid
66.7%

Gemini

72 asked · 72 returned · 72 grounded

Match.com
95.8%
Hinge
87.5%
Tinder
87.5%
Bumble
86.1%
OkCupid
50.0%
eHarmony
43.1%

Perplexity

72 asked · 72 returned · 72 grounded

Hinge
88.9%
Bumble
79.2%
Match.com
73.6%
Tinder
69.4%
eHarmony
68.1%
OkCupid
65.3%

Google AI Overviews were captured through 72 U.S. desktop searches and scored only where an overview appeared, so five-engine figures use 288 + 41 = 329 answers.

What do Google AI Overviews show?

57%

Trigger rate: 41 of 72 searches

Google showed an AI Overview for 41 of 72 lookups (56.9%, CI 45.4–67.7%). The other 31 showed none, and no lookups failed. Overviews appeared for all three runs of questions such as "safest dating app," "best dating app for people over 50" and the Muslim, Jewish and Christian app questions. None appeared for "Tinder vs Hinge vs Bumble," the marriage question or the video-dates question. Hinge was named in 38 of 41 overviews (92.7%) and Bumble in 27 of 41 (65.9%). Match.com appeared in 13 of 41 (31.7%), well below its four-engine rate. Plenty of Fish, Coffee Meets Bagel and Zoosk appeared in none.

Five-engine rankNameFive-engine rateFour-engine rank
1Hinge88.4%1
2Bumble79.9%3
3Match.com78.4%2
4Tinder75.4%4
5OkCupid61.4%5
6eHarmony57.1%6
7Plenty of Fish34.3%7
8Coffee Meets Bagel32.2%8

Which app does each question surface first?

Six questions from the set. Each tile uses that question's own four-engine answers as the denominator.

QuestionLeaderNextAI Overview
Q01 · 12 answersTinder 100.0%Hinge 100.0%; Bumble 100.0%AI Overview shown on 3 of 3 searches
Q02 · 12 answersTinder 91.7%Bumble 91.7%; Feeld 91.7%AI Overview shown on 3 of 3 searches
Q03 · 12 answersTinder 100.0%Hinge 100.0%; Bumble 100.0%AI Overview shown on 0 of 3 searches
Q04 · 12 answersTinder 100.0%Hinge 100.0%; Bumble 100.0%AI Overview shown on 3 of 3 searches
Q05 · 12 answersTinder 100.0%Hinge 100.0%; Bumble 100.0%AI Overview shown on 0 of 3 searches
Q06 · 12 answersTinder 100.0%Hinge 100.0%; Bumble 100.0%AI Overview shown on 3 of 3 searches

The four engines cited 2,510 sources in total. Of 2,510 four-engine citations, review and comparison publishers supplied 812 (32.4%), company and brand sites 717 (28.6%) and general news and business press 519 (20.7%). Review and comparison publishers accounted for 266 (10.6%) and general news for 160 (6.4%). forbes.com was the most-cited single domain, appearing in 114 of 288 answers (39.6%).

Four AI engines · share of 288 grounded answers

Which domains do AI engines cite most?

forbes.com
39.6%
datingnews.com
25.0%
mindbodygreen.com
23.3%
en.wikipedia.org
18.8%
datingadvice.com
17.7%
reddit.com
17.7%
datescout.us
14.2%
taimi.com
11.8%
pcmag.com
11.8%
best.dating
10.8%

Google AI Overviews · share of 41 overviews

reddit.com
61.0%
apps.apple.com
22.0%
forbes.com
22.0%
mashable.com
19.5%
youtube.com
17.1%
glamour.com
14.6%
janellelynnae.substack.com
7.3%
mindbodygreen.com
7.3%
downapp.com
7.3%
collegelifemadeeasy.com
7.3%

Which types of sources get cited?

Share of all citations by the type of site cited. Source types were reclassified on October 29, 2026. 'Company / brand sites' now covers only the official sites of companies, brands and schools; publishers, directories, trade bodies and other sites have their own types, and sites that could not be placed are 'Other / unclassified'.

Source typeFour AI engines (of 2,510 citations)Google AI Overviews (of 114 citations)
Review / comparison publishers812 (32.4%)14 (12.3%)
Company / brand sites717 (28.6%)31 (27.2%)
General news / business press519 (20.7%)33 (28.9%)
Trade / specialist press119 (4.7%)0 (0%)
Community / social116 (4.6%)36 (31.6%)
Reference115 (4.6%)0 (0%)
Research / data providers62 (2.5%)0 (0%)
Institutions / trade bodies22 (0.9%)0 (0%)
Directories / rankings17 (0.7%)0 (0%)
Other / unclassified6 (0.2%)0 (0%)
Official / government4 (0.2%)0 (0%)
Health publishers1 (0%)0 (0%)

How can apps improve their AI visibility?

These steps follow from the measured results above. They describe what the engines cited in this study and are not a guarantee of results.

StepWhat this study measured
Put your facts on your own domain.HER's own domains were cited in 4.2% of grounded answers, Bumble's in 4.2% and Tinder's in 3.8%.
Keep your facts accurate on the sites engines cite.The most-cited sites other than the tracked names' own were forbes.com (in 39.6% of grounded answers), datingnews.com (25.0%), mindbodygreen.com (23.3%), en.wikipedia.org (18.8%) and datingadvice.com (17.7%). Review and comparison publishers supplied 32.4% of citations and general news and business press 20.7%.
Check each engine separately.Perplexity named Zoosk in 45.8% of answers against 2.8% on Gemini. ChatGPT named OkCupid in 80.6% of answers against 50.0% on Gemini.
Do not ignore video and community sites.Community and social sites supplied 31.6% of Google AI Overview citations against 4.6% in the four chat engines. reddit.com was cited in 61.0% of overviews, youtube.com in 17.1% and janellelynnae.substack.com in 7.3%.
Re-run the same questions every month.Compare counts and intervals, not ranks. The 24 questions are in the appendix.

What does this mean for dating apps?

Being named and being cited are different things in this data. Hinge was named in 87.8% of four-engine answers, yet its own domain was cited in only 1.7% of grounded answers. Most of what the engines say about a dating app is drawn from review publishers, news sites and community threads rather than from the app's own pages.

That makes earned media and owned content two separate jobs. 5W handles the first through its app public relations practice and the second through its app digital marketing practice, and our generative engine optimization practice ties both to what the engines actually cite.

Community presence is a third workstream. reddit.com supplied 61% of the overview citations measured here, which is a different channel from press coverage. To see which publishers the engines lean on across industries, read our AI citation sources study or the citation source audit. The wider method behind this work is in how 5W gets brands into the chatbox.

Related research

Frequently asked questions

Which dating app do AI assistants mention most?

Hinge was named in 253 of 288 four-engine answers (87.8%). Match.com (85.1%) and Bumble (81.9%) have overlapping 95% intervals with Hinge, so the three cannot be ranked against each other.

Is Tinder still the top dating app in AI answers?

Tinder was named in 228 of 288 answers (79.2%, CI 74.1–83.5%). That is just below Hinge's interval and overlaps with Match.com and Bumble. Tinder was named first in 35 of 288 answers, second only to Hinge's 67, and led the casual-dating question with 11 of 12 first mentions.

Which app do AI engines name for serious relationships or marriage?

For a serious relationship, Hinge was named first in 9 of 12 answers. For people who want to get married, eHarmony was named first in all 12.

How often does Google show an AI Overview for dating app searches?

An AI Overview appeared for 41 of 72 lookups (56.9%). Hinge was named in 38 of those 41 overviews (92.7%).

What sources do the engines cite on dating apps?

Of 2,510 four-engine citations, review and comparison publishers supplied 812 (32.4%), company and brand sites 717 (28.6%) and general news and business press 519 (20.7%). In AI Overviews, reddit.com was cited in 25 of 41 (61%).

Do niche dating apps show up in AI answers?

Yes, on their own questions. Muzz, BLK, Chispa, Feeld and eHarmony were each named first in all 12 answers to their question. Their overall mention rates stay low because those questions make up a small share of the 24 asked. Muzz, for example, appeared in 15 of 288 answers (5.2%).

Which dating app is named most consistently across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity?

Hinge, at 86.1% to 88.9% across the four engines. Other apps varied far more. Match.com ranged from 69 of 72 answers on Gemini (95.8%) to 53 of 72 on Perplexity (73.6%).

Do the four AI engines agree on which dating apps to name?

Only in part. Perplexity named Zoosk in 33 of 72 answers (45.8%) against 2 of 72 on Gemini (2.8%). ChatGPT named OkCupid in 58 of 72 answers (80.6%) against 36 of 72 on Gemini (50%).

Do dating apps' own websites get cited by AI engines?

Rarely. Bumble and HER were each cited in 12 of 288 grounded answers (4.2%), Tinder in 11 of 288 (3.8%) and Hinge in 5 of 288 (1.7%).

Does Reddit show up in AI answers about dating apps?

Yes. reddit.com was cited in 25 of 41 Google AI Overviews (61%) and appeared in 51 of 288 four-engine answers (17.7%).

How was this dating app study measured?

24 questions were each asked three times on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity, giving 288 answers, plus 72 Google searches. The measurement date was October 26, 2026, in the United States in English. Every rate is reported with its count and a Wilson 95% interval.

How was this study measured?

24 questions × 3 runs each × 4 AI engines = 288 answers + 72 Google searches · 41 AI Overviews

24 questions, each asked 3 times on each engine, measured October 26, 2026. Market: United States, English. The destination site was not mentioned to any engine. Entities count as named when they appear in the answer text or the extracted entity list; products, imprints and research arms roll up to their parent.

EngineModel IDs calledAskedReturnedGrounded
ChatGPTgpt-5-mini727272
Claudeclaude-sonnet-5-5727272
Geminigemini-3.7-flash727272
Perplexitysonar-pro727272
Google AI OverviewsDataForSEO Google SERP (live, advanced)7241 shown41

Own-domain citations count a domain plus all its subdomains, with the same rule in every table.

Definitions

  • Appearance rate: answers naming the entity ÷ answers returned, with Wilson 95% intervals.
  • First mention: average order in which the entity first appears (1 = first).
  • Own-domain citation: grounded answers citing the entity's domains ÷ grounded answers.
  • Citation share: citations to the entity's domains ÷ all citations.

Method reference

The Wilson score interval is described in Edwin B. Wilson's 1927 paper Probable Inference, the Law of Succession, and Statistical Inference, published in the Journal of the American Statistical Association, volume 22, issue 158, pages 209 to 212.

Limits

  • Measured on one day, October 26, 2026. Answers came from each engine's API (model IDs above); the consumer apps can answer differently.
  • The set covers 24 questions, each asked three times per engine, for 12 answers per question and 288 four-engine answers in total. A different question set would give different rates.
  • AI Overviews are scored only on the 41 of 72 lookups where an overview appeared. Overview rates are based on 41 answers.
  • Being mentioned is not the same as being recommended. An app counts as mentioned whether it was described favorably, neutrally or with caveats.
  • The name extractor picked up some phrases that are not apps, such as "Bottom line" (57) and "Short answer" (24). It also counted "Match" (46) separately from Match.com, so Match.com's rate may be understated.
  • One question, "Tinder vs Hinge vs Bumble: which should I use?", names three apps, so their counts include up to 12 answers to it. Without it, Hinge and Match.com are still the two most-named apps.
  • Intervals treat each answer as independent, so they understate uncertainty for the 24 repeated questions.

Which 24 questions did we ask?

Questions marked "Core question" are the original study questions, asked word for word. The others are added neutral questions.

#QuestionGroupSource
01What is the best dating app for a serious relationship?Dating AppsCore question
02What is the best dating app for casual dating?Dating AppsCore question
03Tinder vs Hinge vs Bumble: which should I use?Dating AppsCore question
04What is the safest dating app?Dating AppsCore question
05Which dating apps verify user identities?Dating AppsCore question
06What is the best free dating app?Dating AppsCore question
07What is the best dating app for gay men?Dating AppsCore question
08What is the best dating app for queer women?Dating AppsCore question
09What is the best Muslim dating app?Dating AppsCore question
10What is the best Jewish dating app?Dating AppsCore question
11What is the best Christian dating app?Dating AppsCore question
12What is the best dating app for people over 50?Dating AppsCore question
13What is the best dating site for people who want to get married?Dating AppsCore question
14What is the best dating app for Black singles?Dating AppsAdded question
15What is the best dating app for Latino singles?Dating AppsAdded question
16What is the best dating app for ethical non-monogamy?Dating AppsAdded question
17What is the best dating app for single parents?Dating AppsAdded question
18What is the best dating app for busy professionals?Dating AppsAdded question
19What is the best dating app for people in small towns?Dating AppsAdded question
20What is the best dating app for trans and non-binary people?Dating AppsAdded question
21How much do dating app subscriptions cost?Dating AppsAdded question
22Which dating apps offer video dates?Dating AppsAdded question
23What is the best dating app for college students?Dating AppsAdded question
24Which dating apps have the best matching system?Dating AppsAdded question

About the authors

Ronn Torossian is Founder and Chairman of 5W and the author of For Immediate Release. This report was prepared by Ronn Torossian and the 5W Research Team. Every 5W article goes through human editor review before publication. Last updated November 6, 2026.

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