As people look for ways to make new friends, here are the apps promising to help

A curated roundup of friendship and social discovery apps addressing the growing loneliness epidemic. Covered apps include 222, Bumble BFF, Clyx, Les Amís, Meetup, Meet5, Pie, Timeleft, Washed Up, Wyzr Friends, and Mmotion. Each app takes a different approach — from AI-powered personality matching and weekly stranger dinners to location-based discovery and event-focused group meetups. Collectively, over a dozen such apps have generated around $16 million in U.S. consumer spending and 4.3 million downloads in 2025 alone.