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Roughly 10% of US Prenups Are Now Generated via Tech Platforms

Melia Russell · AI Is Upending Law. Is That A Sign For The Rest Of Us? — With Melia Russell · Dec 10, 2025 · at 32:38

Melia Russell of Business Insider reports on the rapid adoption of online direct-to-consumer legal platforms for drafting prenuptial agreements.

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“And prenups are rising in this country and something like 10% of the prenups generated annually are now coming through these tech companies like Hello Prenup or First or Neptune that serve couples kind of like a D to C Prenup.”

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The claim, plainly

Roughly 10% of prenuptial agreements generated annually in the United States are processed through direct-to-consumer legal tech platforms like HelloPrenup, First, or Neptune.

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Assessment

As of late 2025, journalistic reporting and industry disclosures confirm that direct-to-consumer legal tech platforms accounted for a substantial share of prenuptial agreements in the United States, meeting and exceeding Melia Russell's conversational estimate of 'something like 10%'. Disclosures from market leader HelloPrenup in July and November 2025, as well as profiles in The New Yorker in late 2025 / early 2026, indicated that HelloPrenup alone captured approximately 20% (one in five) of couples initiating prenuptial agreements nationwide, generating tens of thousands of agreements annually alongside emerging competitors like First and Neptune. Because prenuptial agreements lack a centralized national registry, figures rely on platform disclosures and industry surveys, but all available contemporaneous metrics support that D2C platforms represented at least 10% of the annual volume.

A November 15, 2025 Business Insider report by Melia Russell established that HelloPrenup alone generates 'tens of thousands of agreements a year'.
HelloPrenup official disclosures from July and November 2025 stated the platform captured 'over 20% of the prenup market share in the U.S.' and had served over 100,000 users.
The New Yorker reported in December 2025 / January 2026 that approximately one in five couples (~20%) nationwide who initiate a prenuptial agreement do so through HelloPrenup alone.

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