# Where Social And Dating Apps Startups Are Based: 2026 Map of 486 Companies

> Map of where 486 social and dating apps startups worldwide are based, city by city: New York, San Francisco and London, United Kingdom lead.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/geo-maps/where-social-and-dating-apps-startups-are-based (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Each circle is a city, sized by how many startups are based there. Countries are shaded by their count.

## Leading cities

- New York 33 $239M
- San Francisco 32 $427M
- London, United Kingdom 17 $227M
- Paris, France 10 $168M
- Los Angeles 9 $163M
- Singapore 8 $22M
- Barcelona 7 $57M
- Beijing 5 $14M
- Seattle 4 $6.7M
- Toronto 4 $7.1M
- Boston 3 $27M
- Seoul 3 $16M
- Amsterdam 3 $2.4M
- Madrid, Spain 3 $2.2M
- Denver 3 $2.1M

## By country

- United States 221 $2.0B
- United Kingdom 45 $371M
- China 19 $487M
- Spain 16 $60M
- France 13 $195M
- Canada 12 $345M
- Singapore 12 $66M
- Russia 12 $9.4M
- India 9 $55M
- Australia 8 $18M
- Netherlands 7 $16M
- Hong Kong SAR China 6 $55M

## Best-funded

- [**Hootsuite** Canada · $335M](https://millionrounds.com/company/hootsuite)
- [**Butterfly** United States · $253M](https://millionrounds.com/company/butterfly)
- [**DeSo Foundation** United States · $200M](https://millionrounds.com/company/deso-foundation)
- [**Sportas** United Kingdom · $170M](https://millionrounds.com/company/sportas)
- [**Farcaster** United States · $150M](https://millionrounds.com/company/farcaster)
- [**Yammer** United States · $142M](https://millionrounds.com/company/yammer)
- [*B* **Blued** China · $132M](https://millionrounds.com/company/blued)
- [**SERMO** United States · $101M](https://millionrounds.com/company/sermo)
- [**Haoyiku** China · $100M](https://millionrounds.com/company/haoyiku)
- [*TY* **TT Yuyin** China · $100M](https://millionrounds.com/company/tt-yuyin)
- [*O* **ONI** United Kingdom · $75M](https://millionrounds.com/company/oni)
- [**51.com** China · $72M](https://millionrounds.com/company/51-com)

**How this map is made.** Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track. Each is placed at the city we hold for it, matched to that city's position in GeoNames (cities of 15,000 people or more; geonames.org, CC BY 4.0); startups without a city on record count in the totals but not on the map. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.

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