Our Story.
Our story began as a love story between two kindred spirits. An avid traveller from Australia met an international university student from South Korea and fell madly in love.
Once together, they uncovered that many of their friends searched for the same meaningful connection, which sparked their idea to bridge the gap between cultures and countries with niche dating.
With a minimal understanding of website creation and coding, they began their journey with the first Cupid Media site, AsianDating, launching in 2000. As the site took off with members from across the world seeking love, they continued to grow the Cupid Media family of sites to cover more countries and cultures.
Twenty years on, Cupid Media has grown from two founders and a single dating site into a leading niche dating company. Cupid Media now numbers 33 sites covering 200+ countries, 40 languages, 55 million members and thousands of happy couples.
In 2021 Cupid Media became a part of one of the largest dating and social discovery companies – DatingGroup. With Cupid Media’s portfolio of 33 niche dating sites that support over 1.3 billion messages a year, 40 languages and members from almost every country in the world, the acquisition of Cupid Media by Dating Group takes Dating Groups’ user base over 130 million users.
We believe that love shouldn’t be restricted to those in your neighborhood. This is our mission and why we’re continually building upon the dating experience for our valued members so they can find meaningful connections wherever in the world they may be.
Cupid Media Milestones
1999
Cupid Media Pty Ltd was founded.
2000
In 2000, AsianDating was launched.
2001
In 2001, FilipinoCupid was launched.
2002
In July 2002, AfroIntroductions was launched.
Few months after, in December, ThaiCupid was launched.
2003
In March 2003, LatinAmericanCupid was launched.
2004
InternationalCupid.com was launched in March 2004.
And in the same month, KoreanCupid was launched.
11 languages available on selected sites.
2005
ChinaLoveCupid was launched in January 2005.
Following in April, JapanCupid was launched.
EuroCupid and VietnamCupid were launched in the same month, May 2005.
BBWCupid was launched in August 2005.
In October 2005, BrazilCupid was launched.
ChristianCupid and MexicanCupid were later launched in December.
2006
In May 2006, ColombianCupid was launched.
In the same month, MilitaryCupid was also launched.
Muslima was launched in June 2006.
November 2006, IndonesianCupid was launched.
Both InterracialCupid and PinkCupid were launched in December.
20 languages available on selected sites.
2007
SingaporeLoveLinks was launched in January 2007.
In June 2007, both DominicanCupid and UkraineDate were launched.
SouthAfricanCupid was launched in July 2007.
In August 2007, HongKongCupid was launched.
2008
BlackCupid was launched in November 2008.
2009
CaribbeanCupid was launched in April 2009.
In June 2009, IndianCupid was launched.
2011
MalaysianCupid was launched in October 2011.
2012
5 million members across our sites.
Mobile Dating Launched.
KenyanCupid was launched
2020
50 million members across our sites.
35 languages available on selected sites.
CambodianCupid was launched.
2021
40 languages available on selected sites.
Cupid Media has been acquired by Dating Group, making it a significant player in the dating world.
