History Of Mobile Dating

History of Mobile Dating ProxiDating 2003 match.com mobile on at&t moviso 2CoraCLICK 2004 by lllavalife' SpotMeeting.com First Location Based Singles Network webdate MOBILE.com powered by Trilibis Imatch.com on X cingular 2005 mobile Sprint Webdate 182 Million 40K mobile users cellphones in USA Mobile Dating generates $34 Million in revenue jDate 2006 Date.com Match.com Mobile DateCam.com Lavalife Mobile DateZone Matchmaker Dodgeball.com eHarmony MeetMoi Mobile Flirt U jumbuck 'mobestar" FunkySexyCool Yahool Personals Webdate Gay Mobile HurryDate Zogo Match.com Mobile Markus Frind: 120K mobile users "Mobile dating sucks!" 2007 MeetMoi raising $1.5 M iPhone!! raising $7.2 M match.com mobile Pn peeps natlon Trilibis powered by 2008 messmo iPhone App Store Launched Google Android store Launched 500 3rd party apps First Mobile DNA Dating Dating app 2009 B BlackBerry App World FREE Are match You IAC, Barry Diller: "iPhone is our crystal ball." Meet Moi O ZOSK 2010 Mobile Dating Becoming Mainstream jDate mobile iPad!! 2011 in 180 countries Mobile Apps vs Web GRINDR 1.5 M users minutes a day Mobile dating apps capture more flirting time than online dating sites 8.4 8.3 8.4 blendr 3.7 | online dating mobile dating 2010 2011 300M visits a month to POF app 2012 Android: Top Smartphone platform in US 40% sign-ups via mobile Gays Got It Right! ´SKOUT" raising $22 M, GUY SPY ZOUSK raising $3 M Everybody's Doing It Mobile Dating revenue to reach $1.2B in 2012 and $1.4B in 2013 2013 Courtland Brooks Source: ONLINE PERSONALS WATCH