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                             September 8, 2023

       Yan Tang
       Chief Executive Officer
       Hello Group Inc.
       20th Floor, Block B
       Tower 2, Wangjing SOHO
       No. 1 Futongdong Street
       Chaoyang District, Beijing 100102
       People   s Republic of China

                                                        Re: Hello Group Inc.
                                                            Form 20-F for the 
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022
                                                            Response dated 
August 4, 2023
                                                            File No. 001-36765

       Dear Yan Tang:

              We have reviewed your August 4, 2023 response to our comment 
letter and have the
       following comment. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us 
with information
       so we may better understand your disclosure.

              Please respond to this comment within ten business days by 
providing the requested
       information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If 
you do not believe our
       comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in 
your response.

               After reviewing your response to this comment, we may have 
additional
       comments. Unless we note otherwise, our references to prior comments are 
to comments in our
       July 7, 2023 letter.

       Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022

       D. Risk Factors, page 15

   1.                                                   Please include a risk 
factor indicating that: (1) the Company intends to conduct its
                                                        operations such that it 
will not be an    investment company    under Section 3(a) of the
                                                        Investment Company Act 
of 1940 (the    1940 Act   ); (2) the Company   s position with
                                                        respect to its status 
under the 1940 Act may depend in part on legal theories with respect
                                                        to certain variable 
interest entities that have not necessarily been endorsed by the
                                                        Commission or courts; 
and (3) the Company   s ability to operate in its current form would
                                                        be significantly 
impacted if the Company (and/or certain of its subsidiaries) were deemed
 Yan Tang
Hello Group Inc.
September 8, 2023
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         to be an investment company under the 1940 Act.
       You may contact Morgan Youngwood, Senior Staff Accountant at 
202-551-3479 or
Stephen Krikorian, Accounting Branch Chief at 202-551-3488 if you have 
questions regarding
comments on the financial statements and related matters.



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Comapany NameHello Group Inc.
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