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From Looking for Love to Swiping the Field: Online Dating in the U.S.
Appendix B: Supplementary chart
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
- From Looking for Love to Swiping the Field: Online Dating in the U.S.
- 1. The who, where and why of online dating in the U.S.
- About half of adults under 30 have used a dating site or app
- Online dating users who are under 30 or LGB are particularly likely to say they've been on a dating site or app in the last year
- Adults under 30 are roughly five times more likely than older adults to have ever used Tinder
- One-in-ten partnered adults first met their significant other on a dating site or app
- Meeting long-term partner, casual dating more often cited as major reasons for using online dating in past 12 months than casual sex
- Some 35% of adults who have used a dating site or app have paid to use one
- 2. The experiences of U.S. online daters
- Americans who have used dating sites, apps are somewhat divided on whether their experiences have been positive or negative
- Women who have used dating sites, apps in past year about three times as likely as men to say they often felt overwhelmed by number of messages
- Roughly half of those who have used dating sites or apps think they have come across a scammer
- Experiences with harassment on dating sites, apps especially common among women under 50, LGB users
- Online dating users more negative than positive about companies’ efforts to root out fake accounts; reverse is true for keeping users’ data safe
- 3. Americans’ views on online dating
- Majority of Americans say online dating has had a neither positive nor negative impact on dating and relationships
- Americans roughly twice as likely to say online dating has made finding a long-term partner easier rather than harder
- Americans are about three times as likely to think people have too many choices on dating sites than too few
- Majority of adults are skeptical or unsure that algorithms can predict love; about one-in-five think they can
- Americans are divided in their views of online dating’s safety
- 60% of U.S. adults favor requiring background checks for online dating profiles
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix A: Methodology
- Appendix B: Supplementary chart
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
- From Looking for Love to Swiping the Field: Online Dating in the U.S.
- 1. The who, where and why of online dating in the U.S.
- About half of adults under 30 have used a dating site or app
- Online dating users who are under 30 or LGB are particularly likely to say they've been on a dating site or app in the last year
- Adults under 30 are roughly five times more likely than older adults to have ever used Tinder
- One-in-ten partnered adults first met their significant other on a dating site or app
- Meeting long-term partner, casual dating more often cited as major reasons for using online dating in past 12 months than casual sex
- Some 35% of adults who have used a dating site or app have paid to use one
- 2. The experiences of U.S. online daters
- Americans who have used dating sites, apps are somewhat divided on whether their experiences have been positive or negative
- Women who have used dating sites, apps in past year about three times as likely as men to say they often felt overwhelmed by number of messages
- Roughly half of those who have used dating sites or apps think they have come across a scammer
- Experiences with harassment on dating sites, apps especially common among women under 50, LGB users
- Online dating users more negative than positive about companies’ efforts to root out fake accounts; reverse is true for keeping users’ data safe
- 3. Americans’ views on online dating
- Majority of Americans say online dating has had a neither positive nor negative impact on dating and relationships
- Americans roughly twice as likely to say online dating has made finding a long-term partner easier rather than harder
- Americans are about three times as likely to think people have too many choices on dating sites than too few
- Majority of adults are skeptical or unsure that algorithms can predict love; about one-in-five think they can
- Americans are divided in their views of online dating’s safety
- 60% of U.S. adults favor requiring background checks for online dating profiles
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix A: Methodology
- Appendix B: Supplementary chart
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