Online Dating Statistics

  • Around 40% of the American Couples first meet online (Stanford University, Reuben Thomas of University 2019)
  • 60% of the American people think online dating is a good way to meet people (Pew Research, 2016)
  • Popularity of online dating is growing among adults in their 50s and early 60s. (Pew Research, 2016)
  • Younger adults under 25 age brackets remains the major users of online dating platforms (Pew Research, 2016)
  • 1 out of 5 online daters seek the help of others to make profile effective on online dating platforms (Pew Research, 2016)
  • There were more than 33.9 million people use online dating tools in 2018, which are estimated to reach 37.5 million in 2023. (Statista Research, 2019)
  • Finding an exclusive romantic partner remains the most popular reason for online dating tools in the US. (Statista Research, Jan 2019)
  • Online dating industry revenue is estimated to be around 555 million US$ in 2018 which is projected to be around 649 Million US$ in 2023 (Statista Research, Mar 2019)
  • 53% of the US online dating participants use to lie in their online dating profile. Women are lire as compared to men in the case of online dating. (OpinionMatters, 2016)
  • 20% of the women use to upload a pic of their younger selves. (OpinionMatters, 2016)
  • UK online daters are less dishonest as compare to the US. Only 44% of UK online dater admits they lie in an online dating profile. (OpinionMatters, 2016)
  • Location also matters in online dating experience (eHarmony, 2019)
  • 60% of the women are looking for a serious relationship, not just hookups. (eHarmony, 2019)
  • 48% of the online relation also ends digitally via email (eHarmony, 2019)
  • Age also impacts in case of online dating in case of finding a match. (eHarmony, 2019)
  • On Average online daters spends 22 minutes for every visit on a dating website (Coffee Meets Bagel, 2018)
  • Total 12 hours are involved on a computer for an online dater (Coffee Meets Bagel, 2018)
  • One in Twelve American use a dating mobile app or dating website (Coffee Meets Bagel, 2018)
  • 7 out of 10 online daters use to go on a date with someone whom they met on dating mobile app or dating website. (Coffee Meets Bagel, 2018)
  • 53% of the online daters feels online dating tools find a better match for them. (Coffee Meets Bagel, 2018)
  • 57% of the Americans knew someone who uses online dating. (Coffee Meets Bagel, 2018)
  • It is also a harsh fact that 29% of online daters are desperate. (Coffee Meets Bagel, 2018)
  • 3 out of 10 men posting on online dating app gets a response. (Dating About, 2018)
  • 5 out of 10 online dating tools users already felt or aware of the fact that people seriously misrepresent themselves in an online dating profile. (Coffee Meets Bagel, 2018)
  • 28% of the online dater has been contacted by someone who harassed them or made them uncomfortable. (Pew Internet, 2013)
  • Hight, Income, sexuality & photos are the most common lie in online dating profile (Coffee Meets Bagel, 2018)
  • 81% Online dater misreported their information in an online dating profile (Coffee Meets Bagel, 2018)
    • 60% lies about their weight
    • 48% lies about their height
  • 31% of Younger adults (18-24 age bracket) are not serious about online dating app as they see dating apps as casual hook-ups (Survey Monkey, 2019)
  • Tinder is the most used online dating app for Hook-ups. (Survey Monkey, 2019)
  • Bumble is a woman-focused online dating app that empowers them to initiate conversation. (Business Insider, 2017)
  • 36% of the mature adult group (25-34 age bracket) uses match.com who are looking for a serious relationship (Survey Monkey, 2019)
  • Similarly the 58% of older adults (35-54 age bracket) uses match.com it shows for a serious relationship online daters prefer match.com (Survey Monkey, 2019)
  • 56% of the adults having a negative opinion about online dating apps (Survey Monkey, 2019)
  • Only 6% of the online daters are confident that online apps will protect their personal information (Survey Monkey, 2019)
  • Globally there are more than 57 million people uses Tinder in more than 190 countries (Business of apps, 2019)
  • Offline and Online dating services alone estimated to be worth $3 billion industry in the US. (Toptal, 2019)
  • Young Adult uses of online dating apps or websites have tripled during 2013-2015. (Pew Research, 2016)
  • Membership subscription business model is the oldest model used by online dating apps. (Toptal, 2019)
  • Online dating is also the most used or popular method for dating for homosexuals. (Market Watch, 2017)
  • Tinder has whooping 10 million active daily users. (Global Web Index, 2015)
  • Tinder App has more than 100 Million downloads (Digital trends, 2016)
  • Tinder has generated more than 20 billion matches for 24 different language speakers. (Forbes, 2017)
  • Online dater using word “Love” in his or her online dating profile is more likely to find love (Plenty of Fish, 2015)
  • Usually men spent 50% less time to real online dating profile as compared to women (Anserlab, 2012)
  • Class & Race plays an important role for online daters (BuzzFeed, 2014)
  • 33% of the online dater never go on a date with somebody whom they meet online (pew research, 2013)
  • 18-29 Age group is the most active online apps user in the US. (Toptal, 2019)
  • Couple who meet via online dating apps or websites or more vulnerable to break up. (Online.liberty pub, 2014)
  • Online dating rejection also lower self-esteem and can lead to depression (Journal Body Image, 2017)
  • eHarmony the second major online dating apps are responsible for at least 4% of the marriages in the US. (dating advice, 2018)
  • Globally there are more than 7500 websites are operating as online dating or marriage websites (dating advice, 2018)
  • Almost 4 out of 10 women have sex on first online dating encounter (dating advice, 2018)
  • $243 is the average annual spending of an online dater (dating advice, 2018)
  • 1 out of 10 relations are quite by online daters in the first month (dating advice, 2018)
  • Online dating tools are particularly helpful for gay and homosexual especially where it is punishable offense (BBC, 2018)
  • The biggest apps by monthly active users (BBC, 2018)
    • Tinder (57 Million)
    • Badoo (15 Million)
    • Happn (23 Million)
    • Plenty of Fish (7 Million)
    • Grindr (6 Million)
  • 1 out of 10 sex offenders also a user of online dating tools (Phacutal, 2016)
  • Higher net worth (Income more than $250000) men use to get 156% more mails as compared to men having less than $50000. (Phacutal, 2016)
  • At least 10% 0f new online dating apps accounts are fake (market data enterprise, 2016)
  • Horribly 25% of the rapists use to find the victims on online dating websites. (Phacutal, 2016)
  • 5 out of 10 online daters are already in some relationship. (Dinner for Six, 2016)
  • 40% of the men lie about their career (Phacutal, 2016)
  • 11% of the online daters using services are already married (MNSBC, 2016)
  • Generally online dating women perceive that majority of the men are looking for sex on online dating apps. (psychologytoday, 2016)
  • Men as online dater largely feels that they are more responsible for marriage (ourdating journey, 2019)
  • 6 out of 10 online dater use to register on more than 2 online dating websites or apps. (ourdating journey, 2019)
  • 74% of online daters feels that good communication is the best way to determine the chemistry between men and women. (ourdating journey, 2019)
  • 60% of the online daters feels that 1st exchange is enough to fall in love when compatibility is high (ourdating journey, 2019)
  • Fun is the major goal for online daters. (toptal, 2019)
  • 4 out of 10 people using online dating tools meet their online partner (ourdating journey, 2019)
  • 6 out of 10 online daters feels that subpar grammar is a major turnoff. (ourdating journey, 2019)
  • 1 out of 10 people are willing to date people who are vocal racial bias in online dating (ourdating journey, 2019)
  • 4 out of 10 people are highly favored people of the same ethnicity or race in online dating (ourdating journey, 2019)
  • Asian & Hispanic people most likely to marry outside their race in online dating (ourdating journey, 2019)
  • Online dater women desirability to find partner peaks at the age of 21(ourdating journey, 2019)
  • 13% of the online website users are living in urban areas. (ourdating journey, 2019)
  • Online dating apps are not free from scams. More than $1 Billion is the amount that Canadain and American lost to romantic scams since 2015. (norton, 2018)
  • Women online dater loves the countryside photos features show off tattoos or dogs etc. (Badoo, 2019)
  • Men like countryside photos like gym, women in bikini or underwear (Badoo, 2019)
  • Group photos are avoided by men as well as women on the online dating app’s profile. (Badoo, 2019)