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Key findings about online dating in the U.S.
Americans are divided on online dating’s safety, but a majority support requiring background checks for online dating profiles
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- Key findings about online dating in the U.S.
- Younger or LGB adults more likely than their counterparts to have ever used a dating site or app
- Nearly half of online dating users – and about eight-in-ten users under 30 – report ever using Tinder, making it the most widely used dating platform in the U.S.
- About a quarter of partnered LGB adults say they met their match online dating
- Roughly half of online daters say their online dating experiences have been positive, but there are differences by gender, sexual orientation
- Women, men using dating platforms in past year feel differently about the number of messages they get – women more likely to be overwhelmed; men, insecure
- Similar shares of men versus women who have online dated recently say a major reason is to find a partner, dates, friends; differences emerge for casual sex
- Americans lean toward thinking dating sites and apps make finding a partner easier versus harder, but some say the number of choices they present isn’t ideal
- About one-in-five U.S. adults think dating algorithms can predict love
- Americans are divided on online dating’s safety, but a majority support requiring background checks for online dating profiles
- A majority of women younger than 50 who have used dating sites or apps have received unwanted sexually explicit messages or images on these platforms