About half of online daters say it went well
What the numbers say
- Say their experience was positive53%
- Say it was negative46%
- Partnered adults who met their partner on a dating site or app10%
- Partnered adults under 30 who met their partner online20%
- Partnered lesbian, gay and bisexual adults who met online24%
Ask people how online dating went and you get a coin flip: a little over half say it was positive, a little under half say it was not. That matches what readers tell us. The app matters, but so does how you use it.
It does lead somewhere
One in ten people in a relationship met their partner online. Among partnered adults under 30 it is one in five. That is a real share of couples, even if it is not most of them.
How to land on the good side
Move from chatting to meeting fairly quickly, and pick an app whose members want what you want. Our three-message rule helps with the first part; our rankings help with the second.
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By: Nia Flores
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