Keeping this straightforward: Why are swiping dating apps becoming less popular lately?
I've done the standard research already — went through Reddit threads, app store reviews, a couple of blog posts — and the answers are all over the place depending on who's writing them and what their incentives are, which is worth keeping in mind. The review ecosystem in this space is basically broken, though I would not bet the house on it.
From what I've seen, what I'm actually after is direct experience from people who've been on these platforms recently, if you are patient with it. Even 'tried it for two weeks and gave up, here's why' is useful information, for whatever that is worth. Anecdotally, the signal-to-noise ratio is so bad elsewhere that any firsthand account helps, which surprised me at first.