For over eight years, Meet5 has been at the forefront of fostering real-life connections across Western Europe. As Europe’s top social gathering app , we’ve helped thousands of people meet, mingle, and build lasting friendships (and sometimes relationships), all through group activities tailored for shared interests and easy participation. But Meet5 is more than just an app, it’s a movement against loneliness! Whether you’re new in town, entering a new life stage, or simply

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If you organize activities on Meet5, you have a lot going on behind the scenes. With our two new features, you get more visibility and more control right in the app. Both of these new features are designed to make organizing activities more relaxed for you: you can display your upcoming organized activities on your profile, and you can hand over your activity to a member of your choice if you're no longer able to attend. 1) Show created activities on your profile 🗒️ Now you

Good communication on Meet5 is often the moment when an idea turns into a great activity. But when lots of people are messaging at once, sharing photos, and coordinating plans, things can quickly get confusing. That’s exactly why we completely redesigned the Meet5 chat. The goal: help you find things faster, keep up more easily, and have more control without losing the fun of chatting. Below, we’ll walk you through the new features that will make everyday use of Meet5 easier:

So, you’ve joined a Meet5 event? Nice! 🎉 You just ripped the bandaid off. Now you’re all set to get ready, connect with the group, and have a great time.

Contrary to what you might expect, scammers don't have a sinister or suspicious appearance. They pose as a kind person and try to become your friend. They build a good relationship first, spending weeks or even months building trust, sharing their story, checking up on you. So how can you tell which people are genuinely looking for friendship or love, and those who are trying to steal from you? Turns out, there are some very simple patterns you can use to identify scammers. H

At Meet5, thousands of activities happen every month, bringing lots of people together in real life. What makes that possible is you — our amazing, reliable community 💛 To make that reliability more visible and to celebrate it, we’re introducing a new “Dependable” badge. This new feature helps show which members have consistently been dependable in the past. It builds trust when planning, gives active members the recognition they deserve, and sends a clear message: showing u

A Peek into the world of Meet5 Captains Did you know that we have over 250 Captains in the United States? Captains are the heart of the Meet5 community. They're the local leaders, friendly faces, and party starters! Wherever the Meet5 community is active, a Captain is not far away. For someone new to the community, joining a Captain's activity for their first one is a great idea. The Captain embodies the warm, open, friendly spirit of Meet5, and can help the newcomer feel ex

Sometimes it’s the little things in chat that make organizing plans easier and help conversations feel smoother. In private chats, it can be helpful to know whether and when a message has been read. That’s exactly why read receipts for private chats are now officially part of our Premium membership*. 👑 What’s new? If you have a Premium membership, the feature is automatically active in all private chats. That means you can see right away whether and when your message has bee

This year was the perfect time to make things simpler, clearer, and just a little better. That’s exactly what we’ve been working on at Meet5: improvements that genuinely help you in everyday app use and make planning activities even more relaxed. To kick off the upcoming summer season, we want to bring together and highlight a few of the latest updates from this spring. Here are five features that have been added so far. Features to help with activities 🚀 1. New activity ove

Simon Goslar is a Psychologist and expert in social connections, as COO at Meet5 he works to ensure the app helps communities more easily find authentic, real-life human connections. According to 2025 American Psychological Association data, 69% of adults require more emotional support than they currently receive, making the quest for how to make friends. This reflects a structural collapse in adult friendships, and the 30s are where the pattern becomes visible in our lives.