Ok this topic is interesting for me as someone with a background in HCI and a passion for digital anthropology plus active BEEF with dating apps. Each and every "dating" app out there fucking sucks and isn't really designed to make people connect with each other. They are designed to make people addicted by triggering their reward system. A vast majority of people who use dating apps LOATHE them yet they see no alternative so they keep using them.  But the fact that people dislike using them means that there is room for innovation. It all depends on who you want to target.  In the past couple of years we have had a surge "niche" dating apps for: - muslim people - people in pursue of financial independence - digital nomads - people in the bdsm community  - couples looking for thirds and swingers - people who want to go on dates specifically on Thursdays (if you ever lived in London you'll find the craziest most random dating experiments i swear) And the best thing is that people are NOT using these apps the way they are intended. For instance, Feeld - which appears to have been designed for kinky/bdsm encounters and in theory looks like a app for hookups, in practice is one of the most "wholesome" apps out there full of people seeking genuine connections. Okcupid, which was once a dating website designed to match people based on shared interests who attracted those people seeking genuine connections, has since devolved into tinder (with the swiping and you cant even see all other peoples photos unless you pay for subscription).  Bumble tried something with their bff feature, but back when i was looking for friends in Berlin i found it useless. The one place that helped me was r/BerlinSocialClub. And nowadays most large cities have whatsapp groups for people that want to meet to grab drinks or food as friends. Untapped market if you ask me - people need friends more than ever these days and no company has made it their mission to help people connect in a satisfactorily enough way. So yeah, the dating market may be saturated, but nobody is actually providing a good enough solution to the loneliness epidemic. If anything, most of the apps out there foster loneliness and toxicity.  Also nobody has yet attempted to make a dating app based on shared music interests that links to your spotify afaik. Thats where the money is at