Bumble said it is confident about its performance for the rest of the year, as it continued to see positive trends across platforms, "even in some of the most affected markets." "When COVID accelerates and loneliness climbs, people turn to us for connections," Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd said on an earnings call.
Herd added that Bumble saw increased engagement and activity in India too, even as the Delta variant rages across the country.
The search for platonic relationships is also on the rise, encouraging companies such as Match Group's Tinder and Bumble to double down on services that help users find and keep friends.