Review (April 2024)

Find meetup events so you can do more of what matters to you. or create your own group and meet people near you who share your interests.

25M

Estimated Revenue

16.12M

Website Visitors

1.7/5

Trustpilot Score

What do we know about Meetup?

Estimated Revenue (2020)

$25M

Total Funding

$18.3M

Total Employees

700

Founded

2002

Industry

Internet

Last Funding Date

Seed Oct 2015

Location

New York, United States

About

Meetup: Whether you're a serious amateur or a seasoned professional we're here to encourage you to share your photography as you develop your ideas, whatever your experience level. Workshop your talent with u

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Alexa Ranking: 1422

What is Meetup's Revenue?

Meetup's estimated revenue for 2023 is $25M.

What does Meetup do?

Getting together with real people in real life makes powerful things happen. Side hustles become careers, ideas become movements, and chance encounters become lifelong connections. Meetup brings people together to create thriving communities. Show up. Change lives. To continue to help these tight-knit communities grow -- and to help new ones form -- we are rapidly growing our teams to maximize our impact on lives. We're ready to reshape and rebuild Meetup for the mobile, global future, and to craft experiences that echo the amazing feeling of going to a great Meetup event in real life. Our team is bold, supportive, and passionate about bringing people together in real life to create community for everyone. We care about moving fast, real-world change, and building diverse, dynamic teams. You in?

What are the monthly traffic metrics for Meetup?

6/mo Traffic Growth

0.30%

All Time Traffic Growth

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Monthly Hits

16M

Time on Site

4.6Mins

Bounce Rate

36%

How fast is Meetup growing?

Meetup has grown by 0.3% in the last 6 months according to SimilarWeb.

How do people interact with Meetup?

Last month, Meetup received 16M visitors who spent an average of 4.6 minutes on the website and visited 6.0 different pages per session. Overall, 36% of people bounce on the first visit.

How do people find Meetup?

11.7M people (73%) visit Meetup directly. 3M (18%) people search for them in Google. Whereas, 599.9k (4%) discover Meetup through Facebook, Reddit, and YouTube. 497k (3%) visitors come from Meetup's email newsletters. Finally, 15.3k (0.1%) people come from affiliates and or paid referrals.

Who uses Meetup?

Meetup's top market is the United States and they receive 9.2M (57.3%) people.
Then the 2nd is United Kingdom with 1.5M (9.5%).
The 3rd is is Canada with 973.9k (6.0%).

Traffic Growth (last 6 months)

All Traffic Source

Country Share

Traffic Growth (last 12 months)

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What are Meetup's ads on Google?

Google Ads

Organize a Group with Meetup - Over 3M Monthly Active Users

https://www.meetup.com/lp/how-to-group-start

Host Unlimited Events and Promote Them to Interested Members. Charge Ticket Fees or Dues. Join Meetup as a Group Organizer and Find Members with Shared Interests for your Group. Assign Co-organizers. Limited Time Deals. New Online Events Feature.

Meetup.com - Keep Connected with Meetup - Meet New People

https://www.meetup.com/lp/how-to-group-start

Join Meetup, the fast and easy way to meet new people. Real-life community, online events. We need community now more than ever. Start a Meetup group and make genuine connections. Charge dues or event fees. Limited time deals. Start up to 3 groups.

Meetup Connects People - Join Over 56 Million Members

https://www.meetup.com/lp/how-to-group-start

Host Unlimited Events and Promote Them to Interested Members. Charge Ticket Fees or Dues. Join Meetup as a Group Organizer and Easily Find Members in New York and Online. Assign Co-organizers. Charge Dues or Event Fees. Seamless Management.

Keyword: meetup group

Meetup Connects People - Join Over 56 Million Members

https://www.meetup.com/lp/how-to-group-start

Host Unlimited Events and Promote Them to Interested Members. Charge Ticket Fees or Dues. Join Meetup as a Group Organizer and Easily Find Members in New York and Online. Brand Amplification. Community Expert Support. Seamless Management.

Organize a Group with Meetup - Over 3M Monthly Active Users

https://www.meetup.com/lp/how-to-group-start

Host Unlimited Events and Promote Them to Interested Members. Charge Ticket Fees or Dues. Join Meetup as a Group Organizer and Find Members with Shared Interests for your Group. Brand Amplification. New Online Events Feature. Assign Co-organizers.

What do Meetup's customers say about them?

Review Score

1.7/5

Total Reviews

135

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Kate Christie

Beware which groups you join

Reviewed on 2021-03-27T00:38:03

I live in Sydney and thought it would be good to join a meet a group called Champagne and Cocktails.At first it was great until the organiser Angie became rude and nasty with several people including myself. When I complained my events were cancelled. I asked for a refund but did not get one. Watch what groups you join and try before you pay for membership.
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Nerrida Debeck

Bad Group Organisers

Reviewed on 2021-03-27T00:20:18

I was a member of a Sydney group called Champagne and Cocktails. I went to five events and paid the annual fee.I found the organiser to be rude and nasty. When I complained my events were all cancelled. Watch out before you join a group because you don't get your money back.
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Robert

Lack communication no discount for covid

Reviewed on 2021-03-26T22:36:41

Unfortunately they have coment box where members post dumb comments.This produces spam so anyone who signs up the the event see it.Most of the time it is nonsense 'washing my hair can't come' I have emailed meetup HQ countless times with no reply. They offer all new comers 50% discount for 6 months after that they want 100% $98. Despite Covid19 which means u can't conduct meetups If u want a 4th meetup they want $30 a month.!!!!! Yes per month.members can't even edit their rsvp most members ask silly questions no discounts for covid19 crisis sick of these money grabbers. They have made over $27 million. Also there are established group who charge an annual fee so members are reluctant to join others.
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robert_canada

Major flaw is its inaccurate Search for…

Reviewed on 2021-03-25T23:59:18

Major flaw is its inaccurate Search for events. E.g. a search for all events 50 miles from Vancouver brings up Toastmasterss events from other time zones.A seach for all events within 50 miles of Toronto, same Toastmasters from cities in other time zones. When I created events then announced them to our thousands of members, they do not show up in searches, anywhere, except for just my device that is logged in. I think this is called, shadow-banning. Meetup also censors some discussion posts and event comments from members .. such that I was unable to send out group members of necessary info. Their databases were hacked, so trusting my credit card info to them may have been the reason that unauthorized charges were made to my cr card. When searching for Groups, the Return button returns not to the previous screen, thereby wssting time to press for more ... Tedious. Some members profile names and profile info get randomly messed up. Potentially paying members did not get my messages on how they needed to pay. After i attended some meetups , and searched for their newer events , their newer events did not show up but Toastmasters (that i am not a member of) events from unrelated time zones dominated the search results.
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Rob Peters

The problem with this is people say…

Reviewed on 2021-03-23T07:29:55

The problem with this is people say they will attend and don't update their status or they so so atthe last minute. My main issue is the comment box every time some one posts a comment it goes to everyone's email adress. Why?? You tell people not to use it and they persist or I just ban them from the group. Unfortunately the groups that have been established many years have the most sign ups. They have a years membership scheme. This dreaded coronavirus does not help.
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K

Very costly to be group organisers

Reviewed on 2021-03-05T10:20:04

This website is location based so good to meetup with people from your local area,but organising groups could be very costly Furthermore your groups could be disappeared suddenly when they don't receive the monthly fees
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ESP One One Three Eight

Not the Best Place to Meet New Friends

Reviewed on 2021-03-03T00:33:20

This is the age of social media and Meetup is the new way to supposedly "meet" people.Although it is easy to sign up, some groups are excessively exclusive to join. Some group leaders also suffer from mental problems or drama and will block/remove you from their group for unexplained reasons. Some groups are just plain phony where you pay to attend an information seminar and the hosts are just charlatans who use it as their way of making a living. Meetup has not helped me find real friends, yet there have been some good free events worth attending. Your Mileage Will Vary.
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Sheila G

For a global company so unprofessional

Reviewed on 2021-02-17T08:40:51

I have been running meet up for about 4 years. In that time they have never made it easy to contactthem or issues easily resolved. The whole system is antiquated in how we are able to design a document or format it, it's like you're going back in time. The whole world has been in lockdown and yet they continue to take the monthly payment knowing this. There has been no suggestion of reduced payments or help for organisers in these difficult times. They have just taken a year's subscription from our organiser without any notification and she's having difficulty contacting them . They are money grabbers. I would not recommend setting up a group. Facebook is free and far more user friendly.
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