The 2025 Meetup progress report—greater reliability, smoother communications, higher engagement, and more

With our new personalized event recommendation model, we’re helping members discover events that are better aligned with their interests! Learn about how recommendations work and discover 4 helpful organizer tips to boost visibility for groups and events.

We recently introduced several improvements to Meetup’s direct messaging experience, including greater clarity about message delivery, more consistent notifications, and an updated user interface.

As of October 11, 2024, several of Meetup’s advanced features are reserved exclusively for Meetup+ members—while the core experience remains accessible to everyone.

Meetup Starter provides new and would-be organizers with a beginner-friendly community- and event-management tool.

Collecting membership dues with Stripe is a great way boost your group’s membership and offset your organizing costs. Now, Stripe is available to all organizers.

Group Discussions are now the primary way to engage directly with all group members, while Event Comments help you communicate with members attending a specific event. Plus, both features are getting some powerful improvements.

Product lead Chiara delivers the latest updates, including a price change to organizer subscriptions and crucial improvements to the Meetup experience.

Hear first-hand about some of the wonderful ways 2024 Community Fund award recipients are using Meetup to make an impact in their communities.