‘happn’ reaches over 110,000 users in Singapore

Singapore, 26th September  2016 –
happn, ‘the first dating app that finds the people you’ve crossed
paths with’, has
announced it is officially launching in Singapore in October 2016.

The launch follows the global dating app achieving over 110,000 organic
sign-ups in Singapore over the past six months, with nearly 1 in 5 people having
registered on the island.

This gives Singapore, which has a population of 5.7m, happn’s
highest amount of users per capita in Asia.
Surrounding countries in Asia with a high uptake of happn also include Thailand
with 310,000 users, Hong Kong with 170,000 and the Philippines with 130,000.

Launched in Paris in February 2014, happn quickly expanded
internationally, and is now present in more than 40 major cities in the world –
with the Asia region being a strong focus of growth for the brand.

Unlike other dating apps, the happn
experience starts in real life. The app’s real-time geolocation shows a
timeline of the people that users have crossed paths with and keeps encounters
memorised to connect later – giving a second chance at a first encounter.

The official launch will see happn roll-out a series of initiatives
and partnerships across Singapore to reinforce the brand’s ‘real time element’
and further boost its contemporary positioning – with a focus on ‘culture’,
‘fashion’, ‘eating and drinking’ and ‘music’.

In June 2015, happn was the first dating app to partner with Spotify,
allowing its users to flirt by sending music to each other. The move was one of
many of the dating app’s industry-breaking app functions.

The launch also follows happn’s recent move to feature content
from key advertisers. Further announcements for happn Singapore are to be made
over the coming months.

Didier
Rappaport, CEO and Founder of happn, said of
the launch: ‘The success of happn so far in Singapore has been phenomenal. To
have such a high uptake without being formally active in the region shows a
great potential for happn and we look forward to further establishing ‘real
world dating’ across Singapore’.