Tinder Settlement Payout Status: Selection Closed, Payments Still Coming

Who qualifies

• You are a California resident who purchased a Tinder Plus or Tinder Gold subscription.
• You were over the age of 29 at the time of purchase on or after March 2, 2015, or over the age of 28 on or after March 2, 2016.
• If you received a settlement notice, you were already verified from Tinder's records and are paid without doing anything. The August 18, 2026 selection window only governed how the money reaches you, not whether it does.
• Class members who never chose a payment method are paid electronically via PayPal, Venmo or Zelle, according to the information in Tinder's records — this is stated in the court-approved class notice.
• The deadline to opt out or object was April 8, 2026. Anyone who opted out is not paid and kept the right to sue Tinder separately.

Where the Tinder settlement stands and how you get paid

1. 1

   Confirm you're in the class

   You qualify if you bought Tinder Plus or Tinder Gold in California while over 29 (since March 2, 2015) or over 28 (since March 2, 2016). About 268,000 people are covered.

2. 2

   August 18, 2026 — the selection window closed

   Until that date, class members could go to tindercalclassaction.com with the Claim ID and PIN from their notice and choose PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, ACH or a mailed check. That window is now shut, and the choice can no longer be made.

3. 3

   If you never selected, you are still paid

   The court-approved notice is explicit: class members who did not specify a payment choice on the settlement website are paid electronically by the settlement administrator via PayPal, Venmo or Zelle, using the information in Tinder's records. The trade-off for not selecting was speed and the risk that stale contact details slow the payment — not forfeiting it.

4. 4

   How the amount is worked out

   The notice describes a two-part calculation. Each class member receives a per capita share — the net settlement amount divided by the number of participating class members — plus a further share based on how much they paid Tinder for Plus and Gold while over the qualifying age. Class members who paid Tinder more receive more. Attorneys' fees of roughly $20.6 million plus $300,000 in costs and up to $350,000 in administration costs come out of the gross fund first.

5. 5

   If money is left over

   The notice provides that any funds remaining after the payment process completes are donated to one or more charitable organizations approved by the court, which may include California Rural Legal Assistance Inc., Greater Bakersfield Legal Aid and Legal Services of Northern California.

6. 6

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Frequently asked questions

Sources and official records

Every figure and date on this page was taken from the primary records below — court dockets, agency releases, and the settlement administrator's own notices. Payout averages we describe as averages are calculated from the official totals, not reported per-person estimates.

• Court-approved class notice, Candelore v. Tinder, Inc., No. BC583162 (L.A. County Super. Ct.) — the August 18, 2026 payment-selection deadline, the instruction that members who do not choose are paid via PayPal, Venmo or Zelle from Tinder's records, the per-capita-plus-spend allocation, the April 8, 2026 opt-out and objection deadline, the May 20, 2026 final approval hearing, and the fee, cost and administration figures
• Official settlement administrator website