Who owns Tantan?
Tantan is owned by Hello Group (China, NASDAQ: MOMO).[1]
Evidence: Hello Group Inc. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-04-28, SEC EDGAR, 28 April 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Hello Group Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇳 China, Beijing
- Origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- Category
- Internet & digital › Digital services › Dating apps
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: MOMO
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Tantan
Dating app that Hello Group describes as having grown from a local favourite in China into an app connecting singles across continents. It is listed on the group brands page, and its mainland China business is held through a variable interest entity, Tantan Culture Development (Beijing). The group also lists a relaunched international version.
What Hello Group's annual report says about Tantan
Sentences about Tantan from Hello Group's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
The user bases of our Momo and Tantan apps have decreased in the past.
If our Momo and Tantan mobile applications are no longer one of the social networking tools that people frequently use, or if people do not perceive our services to be interesting or useful, we may not be able to attract users or increase the frequency or degree of their engagement.
We launched our Momo mobile application in August 2011, acquired our Tantan mobile application in May 2018 in the Chinese mainland market, and subsequently developed or acquired various applications in international markets.
How often Hello Group names Tantan in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Tantan
- Current owner Hello Group [1] verified
Where Tantan sits in Hello Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Hello Group
Hello Group controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
Other brands in dating apps, and who owns them
The 20 brands in dating apps on Brandtree belong to 6 owners. The largest is ParshipMeet, with 8; Hello Group has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| eharmony | ParshipMeet | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Hinge | Match Group | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Badoo | Bumble | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Grindr | Grindr Inc. | 🇺🇸 United States |
| VK Dating | VK | 🇷🇺 Russia |
| ElitePartner | ParshipMeet | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| GROWLr | ParshipMeet | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| LOVOO | ParshipMeet | 🇩🇪 Germany |
About the owner: Hello Group
Hello Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Beijing, China, founded in 2011. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: MOMO.
Cayman Islands holding company, formerly Momo Inc., that runs social and dating apps, with its mainland China operations held through variable interest entities. Its own brands page lists Momo and Tantan alongside happn and Coffee Meets Bagel. Coffee Meets Bagel is not recorded here because the page gives no country of origin for it.
🇨🇳 Tantan and other Chinese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 319 brands that began in China. 39 of them (12%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Tantan is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Tantan?
The parent company of Tantan is Hello Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in China.
Is Tantan Chinese?
Yes. Tantan originated in China and its owner, Hello Group, is also headquartered in China.
Is Tantan still owned by Hello Group?
Yes. As of 11 October 2026, Tantan is still owned by Hello Group. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Hello Group Inc. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-04-28 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 28 April 2026; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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