The number of users of online dating sites and applications is growing rapidly.

The use of sites or mobile applications for dating - in general, and distributed by age groups. 2013 and 2015 are compared.

The Pew Research Center public opinion research center published online dating surveys conducted among 2,000 Americans last year. It turned out that over the past two years, the number of people practicing online dating has increased significantly.

The number of young people between the ages of 18 and 24 who applied to the services of dating sites or similar mobile applications has tripled. Among the elderly, from 55 to 64 years old, this figure has doubled. These age groups have shown a particularly strong increase in the use of online dating tools.
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A total of 15% of Americans at least once turned to the services of a website or mobile dating application - which is 4% more than in 2013. Of these, 12% used sites at least once, which is 3% more than two years ago. 9% of people at least once installed a mobile application, which is already 3 times more than two years ago (in 2013 only 3% of people were engaged in this).

At the same time, the survey data on the impressions received from friends and close people with whom the respondents communicated, say that 41% of Americans personally know someone who has ever used online dating, and 29% know the people who built thus relationships, up to creating a family.


Distribution of opinions about the usefulness of online dating among those who used (blue) and those who did not use (blue). Poll Items:

• it's a good way to meet people
• he helps to find the best pair
• it is simpler and more efficient than others
• he is more dangerous than others
• it prevents people from deciding
• only completely desperate people use it

It also turned out that people who used online dating speak of the experience gained as a whole positively - unlike those who did not use them. For example, the opinion of “online dating is a good way to meet people” is supported by 80% of people who used this method, and only 55% of people who know about it only by hearsay.

There is also a division of opinions about this way of dating among women and men. 55% of women who have tried online dating claim that this method is more dangerous than others, while only 38% of men hold the same opinion.