Global Dating Insights

What Global Dating Insights does

Global Dating Insights (GDI) is a UK-registered, privately held B2B trade media company operating as the dedicated editorial news service for the global online dating and social discovery industry. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Hook, Hampshire, GDI publishes industry news, analysis, podcasts, and reports through its website globaldatinginsights.com and distributed channels including LinkedIn, Twitter/X, Spotify, YouTube, email newsletters, and a WhatsApp channel, reaching over 30,000 unique monthly visitors across 100+ countries. Its core technology stack is a digital content platform built on WordPress, maintained by external development partner I See Media, with no public-facing API or proprietary software product. GDI is a subsidiary of the Industry Insights Group business media group.

GDI monetises through four primary streams: (1) conference ticketing for its flagship annual GDI London Conference (September) and GDI New York Conference (March), distributed via Eventbrite; (2) recurring newsletter and subscription services including email and WhatsApp; (3) advertising and knowledge partnerships with entities such as Ofcom, Jargon Group, and Persona; and (4) a newly launched M&A advisory service (May 2026) offering confidential sale support and buyer introductions to founder-led dating companies. The company runs an Advisory Board (formed February 2026) comprising founders and executives from HubPeople, Inner Circle, happn, Evntful, and Chapter 2 Dating, and publishes annual research including the Trust & Safety Report and Powerbook. Headcount is in the 1–10 range and revenue is not publicly disclosed.

Name

Global Dating Insights

Legal name

Global Dating Insights Ltd

Website

https://globaldatinginsights.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Global Dating Insights is a UK-based B2B trade media platform providing news, podcasts, conferences, and M&A advisory services to the global online dating and social discovery industry.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trade Media

NAICS

Information (51)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

News & Content Aggregation Portals (BPAMAAAI)

Keywords

• Online dating news
• Trade media services
• Industry conferences
• M&A advisory
• Industry research reports

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Conference tickets and events: GDI hosts annual conferences in London and New York, selling tickets to industry professionals. The company offers early bird rates and requires full payment prior to events.
2. Newsletter and subscription services: GDI offers email and WhatsApp subscription services for industry updates and news delivery.
3. M&A Advisory Services: GDI launched a dedicated M&A advisory service offering confidential sale support, buyer introductions, strategic positioning, and managed sale processes for online dating and social discovery companies.
4. Advertising and knowledge partnerships: GDI generates revenue through advertising on its platform and partnerships with knowledge partners including Ofcom, Jargon Group, and Persona.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Global Dating Insights operates an online trade media publication covering news, analysis, podcasts, and industry reports for the online dating and social discovery industry. It also hosts ticketed conferences in London and New York and provides specialized M&A advisory services for transactions within the dating and social discovery sector.

Product overview

Global Dating Insights operates as a unified media platform serving the online dating industry, combining a core news and analysis website with complementary content products. The portfolio includes the main GDI News Platform delivering industry coverage to 30,000+ monthly visitors, the GDI Podcast featuring industry leader interviews, and recurring GDI Conferences in London and New York. Additional offerings include the M&A Advisory Service providing transaction support for dating companies, GDI Reports (annual Trust & Safety Report and Powerbook), the GDI Jobs board, and the Advisory Board providing strategic industry guidance. The products collectively serve the trade audience of the dating and social discovery sector.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• GDI News Platform Online news publication providing daily news, analysis, and editorial coverage of the online dating and social discovery industry, targeted at dating operators, investors, and service providers.
• GDI Podcast

Named customers5 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Jargon GroupminorOthers · 1 September 2025Knowledge partner featured on GDI website. Represents strategic industry relationship for content collaboration.
• OfcomminorOthers · 1 September 2025UK communications regulator featured as knowledge partner on GDI website, providing regulatory guidance and industry bulletins.
• PersonaminorOthers · 1 May 2025Knowledge partner featured on GDI website. Represents strategic industry relationship for content collaboration.
• Industry Insights GroupcoreOthersParent company of Global Dating Insights. Industry Insights Group is a business media group operating specialized trade publications and events.
• EventbriteminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOfficial ticketing partner for GDI conferences including London Conference 2026 and New York Conference 2027.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• The Drum: The Drum is a global B2B media brand for the marketing and creative industries, combining editorial coverage, awards, events, and research. Its community-driven, multi-revenue-stream model parallels GDI's approach to building audience and monetization around a professional vertical.
• Digiday: Digiday is a B2B trade publication covering digital media, marketing, and advertising with a similar content-plus-events-plus-research model. While it serves a broader audience than GDI's dating vertical, its business mechanics — editorial authority, recurring newsletters, conferences — closely mirror GDI's playbook.
• Mobile World Live: Mobile World Live is the official media property of the GSMA's Mobile World Congress, providing news, analysis, and event coverage for the telecom industry. Its vertical trade media model anchored around a flagship industry conference is highly comparable to GDI's structure around GDI London and New York.
• eMarketer (Insider Intelligence): eMarketer produces subscription research, reports, and editorial content for digital marketing and commerce professionals. Its research-led, subscription-heavy model is structurally similar to how GDI monetizes its industry coverage through newsletters, reports, and premium insights.
• Questex: Questex is a B2B media and events company operating across multiple verticals including technology and hospitality. Its combination of vertical trade media, live events, and advisory services maps directly to GDI's product portfolio, making it a strong business-model comparable.
• Industry Dive: Industry Dive is a B2B digital media company that operates vertical-focused trade publications across multiple industries. Like GDI, it monetizes through subscriptions, advertising, and events, serving professional audiences with editorial content — making it one of the closest operational comparables in trade media.

Emerging players

• CB Insights: CB Insights is a B2B market intelligence platform providing research, data, and advisory services to corporate strategy and investment professionals. While focused on tech/M&A intelligence rather than dating specifically, its research-plus-advisory model mirrors GDI's M&A advisory ambitions.
• Dating Zest: Dating Zest is a smaller niche resource covering the online dating industry with news, reviews, and analysis. As a category-level competitor, it represents the type of emerging alternative that GDI must outpace in depth, brand authority, and audience scale to maintain its 'only independent editorial news service' positioning.

Broad incumbents

• TechCrunch: TechCrunch is a large technology-focused digital media outlet covering startups, digital platforms, and industry news. While broader than GDI, it competes for the same professional/industry audience attention and represents the type of well-funded generalist that could enter GDI's vertical niche.
• Informa plc: Informa is one of the world's largest B2B events, publishing, and intelligence companies, operating hundreds of vertical trade brands. It represents the scaled, incumbent archetype that GDI's niche strategy competes against, and any acquisition or partnership with Informa would materially expand GDI's reach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Global_Dating
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC3xYwImRse28LuXX9Vw-j8Q
• Facebookfacebook.com/GlobalDatingInsights
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/globaldatinginsights-com
• Instagraminstagram.com/globaldatinginsights

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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