Please enter your email and we'll send you a new password request code. Please complete your profile to unlock commenting and other important features. Raya is an exclusive dating and networking app where you can spot countless celebrities.
The members-only app is notoriously difficult to get on and expensive to keep, but once you're a member, you'll have the chance to match with some pretty interesting people. Channing Tatum joined the app after his split with singer Jessie J back in November , according to US Weekly, and he's not the only celeb that's admitted to using Raya. See on Instagram. And my friends gave me this sort of bloated sense of false confidence.
They were like, 'You should try it. You will do great. Is Raya a dating app? The exclusive app describes itself as a "private community where people come to connect for dating, networking, and friendship," according to its Apple app description. To get on Raya, you have to download the app and submit an application where your profile will be evaluated and either "accepted" or "waitlisted. To increase your odds of getting accepted onto the app, you can add in referrals from current members.
A Raya user told Narcity that getting on to the app was quite a lengthy hassle, too, with the entire process taking over a year. I was then speaking to a friend about it who was on it, and asked if she could refer me — once she did, I got a notification a few weeks later saying I had been accepted. Once your membership has been accepted, you can choose from a one, six, or month membership but be warned, unlike other dating apps like Hinge or Tinder , where you only need to pay to unlock extra benefits, Raya comes with a fee.
This price may seem a little high for a dating app, but some celebrities have had great success with the app and even met their spouses. Big Mouth creator Nick Kroll met his wife, Lily Kwong, a landscape artist, on the dating app in , and the pair are now married with a toddler.
