Online Dating Facts and Stats
* 20 percent of single people have dated someone they met on a
dating site. (1 in 5 singles)
* 20 percent of people in a new committed relationship met on a
dating site. (1 in 5 singles)
* Online dating usage: US = 40
million, China = 140 million
* Most popular services: eHarmony =
20 million members, Match.com = 15 million members
* eHarmony has users fill out a 400
question survey. They claim 236 members are married each day,
which would represent 2% of all US marriages. (This number
has been disputed)
* 52.4% of users are men, 47.6% are
women.
* The average visit to an online
dating site is 22 minutes, 27 seconds.
* The online dating industry is
worth $1.049 Billion per year.
* The mobile phone dating market is
worth $550 Million. It's expected to hit $1.3 Billion by 2013.
* Customers of dating sites spend
an average of $239 per year.
* 1 out of 10 online daters are
scammers.
* 1 out of 10 online daters leave
after the first 3 months.
* In America, Men lie most about:
1) Age, 2) Height, 3) Income.
* In America, Women lie most about:
1) Weight, 2) Physical Build, 3) Age.
* A recent survey shows that 1 out
of 3 women who meet a man online, have sex on the first encounter.
(The survey also showed that 4 out of 5 them did not use
protection.)
* The Porn Industry blame's its $74
million decline on the dating sites.
* Average length of courtships for
marriages:
Met Online: 18.5 months
Met Offline: 42 months
* 1 out of 10 sex offenders use
online dating sites to meet people.
Source:
Online
Schools
Marriage Survey - 7000 participants
* 38 percent of couples who married in the last year
met through work or school.
* 27 percent of couples who married in the last year
met through a friend or family.
* In the last 3 years (and year), 17 percent of
couples who married met on a online dating site. (1
in 6 couples)
* Bars, Clubs and other social events counted for
only 8 percent of marriages.
* Churches counted for 4 percent of marriages.
Source:
Chadwick Martin Bailey (CMB)
Following are the top 10 cities for dating
according to Match.com:
1. Miami, FL
2. New York, NY
3. Los Angeles, CA
4. Chicago, IL
5. Washington D.C.
6. Dallas, TX
7. San Diego, CA
8. Phoenix, AZ
9. Boston, MA
10. Houston, TX
Labor Day is also historically one of the most
active days online. If you happen to live in one of
the top 10 cities, make sure you log in and start
communicating.
Mobile dating is also
gaining popularity with singles looking for love,
with a 92% increase in users since the summer began
according to mobile research group Ground Truth.
