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Grindr

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64 articles accelerating

Grindr has appeared in 64 articles since 2015-05. Coverage peaked in 2024Q1 with 5 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Bumble, Chinese, Twitter, China.

Articles
64
mentions
Velocity
+200.0%
growth rate
Acceleration
+2.000
velocity change
Sources
26
publications

Coverage Timeline

2025-10-25
Reuters 5 related

Grindr board members Ray Zage and James Lu, part of an investor group that owns more than 60%, offer to take Grindr private for ~$3.46B; GRND closes up 18.63%

2020-06-03
Reuters 1 related

Sources: the investor group that got US approval to buy Grindr has financial and personal links to the dating app's current owner Beijing Kunlun Tech

Echo Wang, Alexandra Alper, Chibuike Oguh  —  NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An investor group that got U.S. approval to buy Grindr Inc …

2020-03-07
Reuters 4 related

Beijing Kunlun Tech says it has agreed to sell gay dating app Grindr for about $608M to investor consortium San Vicente Acquisition

Echo Wang / Reuters :

2019-07-30
Reuters

Grindr owner Beijing Kunlun Tech to relaunch the app's IPO process, saying that CFIUS had dropped its opposition; filing: Grindr to be listed outside of China

Meg Shen / Reuters : Tweets: @rmac18 Tweets: Ryan Mac / @rmac18 : This is quite the turn of events https://www.reuters.com/...

2019-03-28
Reuters 16 related

Sources: Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun is seeking to sell Grindr, the popular gay dating app, after a US govt panel raised concerns about its ownership

2019-03-27
Reuters 7 related

Sources: Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun is seeking to sell Grindr, the popular gay dating app, after a US govt panel raised concerns about its ownership

(Reuters) - Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun Tech Co Ltd is seeking to sell Grindr LLC, the popular gay dating app it has owned since 2016 …

2016-01-12
New York Times 16 related

Grindr sells 60% stake to Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun Tech at a $155M valuation

Grindr Sells Stake to Chinese Company  —  Grindr, the popular dating and social networking app for gay men, has found itself a match.  —  The company on Monday said it had sold a majority stake …

2015-05-09
Bloomberg Business 2 related

Grindr Said to Explore Sale of Gay Men's Dating App

Bloomberg Business :

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Quarterly Coverage

Top Sources

Narrative

TEXXR tracks 61 Techmeme articles mentioning Grindr, dating back to May 2015. The biggest stories include Report: some apps using Facebook's SDK, like Grindr and Bible+, send user info to... and Grindr's security chief Bryce Case says company has been unfairly singled out and that it.... Frequently covered alongside Bumble, Beijing Kunlun Tech, SPAC, George Arison, and Reuters. Coverage has shifted toward enterprise, consumer themes and away from developer, safety.

Key Moments

2024Q2enterprise +33pts; safety +33pts; consumer +50pts
2024Q3enterprise -33pts; safety -33pts; developer +67pts
2024Q4developer -67pts; research -33pts

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