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Feeld founders receive record £3.8m dividend after sales rise

Feeld, a UK-based dating app for non-monogamous, queer and kinky users, reported a 32% increase in revenue to £64m. The platform said users outside the UK generated nearly 90% of its revenue, as it described growing interest from people exploring alternative relationships and users arriving from more conventional dating apps.

Feeld, a UK-based dating app aimed at non-monogamous, queer and kinky users, has reported a 32% rise in revenue to £64m. The company also paid its founders a record dividend of £3.8m.

The platform describes itself as serving people interested in exploring love, desire and alternative relationships in a safe and inclusive space. It said users outside the UK account for nearly 90% of its revenue.

Feeld attributed the sales growth to increased interest from what it called “open-minded people” and to users moving from more conventional dating apps. The available information does not specify the company’s total user numbers or the founders’ individual dividend payments.

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