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Bumble Layoffs Announced—Another Tech Giant Makes a Cut in 2025

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Matchmaking can be hard work, especially when users are losing interest in finding love and the economy is at its unsupportive best. Dating app Bumble has announced layoffs at its organization, targeting nearly one-third of its global workforce. Bumble’s workforce reduction plans reflect a marked shift in the consumption habits of consumers who are no longer putting their faith in apps to get the job done. 

Competitor Match Group has also faced similar challenges in recent years, pushing the business to experiment with new features to bring its audience back. The company announced layoffs amounting to 13% of its staff earlier this year. 

The announcement of the Bumble job cuts caused the company shares to rise 19%, but the business is still in the red, with its market value shrinking about a fifth this year, according to Reuters. The Bumble layoffs announced in June 2025 are targeted at “optimizing the user experience” rather than focusing on revenue or short-term growth, but we suspect that the revenue still lies at the heart of the matter. 

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The Bumble layoffs are not occurring in isolation—the organization is exploring other cost-cutting strategies as well. (Image: Pexels)

Bumble Layoffs in June 2025 to Affect 30% of the Company’s Workforce

There are limited details available regarding the Bumble layoffs and how they will unfold. We only have information regarding the approximate number of workers who will be affected by the job cuts, but little is known about the target departments or the severance packages workers can expect. Early reports suggest that Bumble’s cost-cutting layoffs will affect 240 workers, which is almost 30% or one-third of the company’s global workforce.

Bumble Founder and CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd reiterated that the business was facing considerable pressure and the industry had reached an “inflection point” that it needed to navigate. “We need to take decisive action to restructure to build a company that’s resilient, intentional, and ready for the next decade,” she explained as a reason for the cuts. Herd had stepped down from the CEO position in January last year, but soon reprised the role in March 2025 to help the company right itself.

The layoffs won’t come without expenses either. Reports indicate that Bumble is expecting to spend $13 million to $18 million in layoff-related expenses in the last two quarters of 2025. Eventually, the job cuts are expected to help Bumble bring its expenses down by $40 million a year, and the money could thus be redirected into more lucrative investments such as technology. 

Bumble Sees a Rise in Paying Customers, but Its Revenue Numbers Are Still Down

Bumble had a strong $13 billion valuation when it entered the stock exchange in 2021, but the company has not been able to sustain that success. The company shares now trade below $7 each, and while the share values went up by 19% when the news of Bumble’s layoff plans broke, it still hasn’t brought its market value up entirely back to where it once was. 

BBC reported that Bumble had 4.1 million paying users across its apps by the end of last year, which was up around 11% year-on-year. Despite that, the firm has not found the success it is currently seeking. Bumble’s workforce reduction plans and restructuring efforts should help it free up some revenue to make investments in other areas, but it’s unclear what the company can do to bring interest back towards its services. 

Tinder has begun making some controversial changes, like adding a height filter, along with less divisive changes, such as its new Double Date feature. Last year, Bumble decided to remove the restriction that was the main selling point of its app—women messaging first. These apps have also begun to include AI support in their services, showcasing just how willing they are to make their platforms interesting to users.

Unfortunately, while these dating apps figure out the best strategy to move forward, it’s the employees who are being cut to aid with savings. Will this be the last we hear of Bumble’s global layoffs? We shall have to see.

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