Raya Dating App: The Place Where Celebrities Join to Find Their Next Date 

There are two ways to try to be part of the Raya dating app.

The first one is by trying to sign in on your own, which will lead them to ask you for referrals who are already part of the community.

The second one is by receiving an invitation from someone who’s already in. Needless to say, this one boosts your chances to get accepted, unless you have that “something else” that is constantly sought in their members.

Along with this, it is necessary to give some more information like name, age, a short bio, location, a description of your job, and your Instagram profile.

This bit has been causing some controversy among the persons who know of the exclusive dating app.

First of all, your entry goes through the eyes of an algorithm and an acceptance committee formed by 500 anonymous people located worldwide who will decide depending on your work, values, status, popularity, and personal value, if your vision, behavior, and personality match what they look for to join their party.

Some say this is purely based on the number of followers on Instagram, others say it’s based on the money.

However, on the Raya dating app website it’s stated that in fact, wealth for them is a potentially disqualifying feature.

Only the best of best make the cut. 

An average of only 8% of applicants earns a spot inside.

Seeing now why celebrity dating is moving there?

As in May of 2021, the number of current members was around 10,000 with a waiting list of something like 100,000.

According to other persons who had submitted their applications, and the same data from Raya, it can take anywhere from a day to months to get accepted.

Nonetheless, once on the waiting list, there’s no guarantee that you'll get in, and they will certainly tell if you’ve been rejected.

In fact, some people claim to be waiting for a spot since 2017 or even as far as 2015 when Raya was launched.

First things first. Every member of Raya dating app has to pay to remain part of the community.

It can be 1, 6, or 12 months, but there’s no way around these fees.

Because their aim is to build meaningful connections with similar individuals, you have to pay for extra likes once you run out of the few provided.

Also, if you want to skip the whole matching thing, you can send a direct request, which has to be purchased separately as well.

Here you can see the prices:

Unlike Tinder-like apps or the workings of Hinge, profiles in Raya have been described as “PowerPoint slideshows”.

This is because all the pictures of a profile are displayed one after the other with a selected soundtrack in the background.

Like, you know, one of those PowerPoint presentations that were sent over and over through email in the early 2000s. 

But with a better design of course, because it’s the 2020s and it's not for everyone.

The likes are sent in the same way as any other dating site, but profiles are limited from 5 to 10 every few hours.

However, you’ll find profiles from all around the world, and if you want to see who’s near you, there’s an extra fee you need to pay.

Matches are made pretty much the same way as anywhere else, except that here, they last for only 10 days.

If after that time neither party had started messaging, the match dissolves.

Hovalo tip: Matches in Raya aren’t limited to a location. Here, you only set preferences for age and gender, and their algorithm does the trick. Besides, because of the quality of matches in it, they don’t expect distance to be a problem as matches can meet wherever and whenever they feel like it. 

This is without a doubt the most valuable asset that the site ensures to its members.

All personal information and pictures are safely guarded, and there’s a strict policy against screenshots.

In fact, anyone who takes a screenshot gets a warning, and in case it’s done again, said person gets kicked from the app.

Apart from this, members aren’t supposed to brag that they belong to the community of the Raya dating app. 

Since this is a gathering place for celebrities, influencers, athletes, and other famous faces, the anonymity of their members is very important to the founders and runners of the site.

Remember we started talking about Ben Affleck and the video that he sent through Instagram to his match?

This put Raya directly in the eye of the storm.

A good thing for those potential members who didn’t know about it, but a potentially bad thing for the actor and the influencer involved in the scandal, since the people managing the site can decide to delete their accounts.

Speaking of privacy, one of the most important features of the app is that at the time of messaging, there’s no chance to send any kind of attachments.

This measure might seem extreme, but it’s meant to save members from suffering blackmails or scams because as the same staff claim, they can certainly make a mistake when admitting someone.

Besides their commitment to privacy, Raya pays special attention to the behavior of their members.

On their app website, the Raya dating app claims to have only 1 report for an average of 11,000 matches.

Respect, trust, and privacy are their main values, and to ensure that everyone follows, they run constant checks on every profile and also, the social media accounts provided at the applying process.

Whenever they encounter something that goes against their clear policies inside or outside the app, they take the freedom to remove the conflictive member so the community remains undisturbed.

They also claim openly that it is within the jurisdiction of the staff behind it to remove any profile of someone who stopped adding value or strength to the community.

How many times have we seen Tinder, Bumble, Match, or any other dating apps take so seriously the activity of their members?