Here’s yet another article with some online dating statistics and facts. These have been accumulated through browsing around the web and I’m not really sure if they hold much value to you. I just happen to find the information quite interesting.
These online dating statistics and facts are a bit random and although I’ve tried to find a cohesive method to tie them altogether nothing’s really come to mind. Because of this I’ve decided to throw them out there and I’ll let you try to tie them together as you see put.
The online dating statistics and facts have been taken from various sources but I didn’t feel the need to piece together an annotated bibliography like you would be forced to do when citing references for a research paper. If you’re writing such a paper I suggest you steer clear of the online dating statistics and facts I’m listing below and find a more scientific website to swipe them from.
Interesting Online Dating Statistics and Facts
- Women who post a profile picture receive twice as much feedback (emails, chat responses) as those who don’t.
- Over 90% of single parents would prefer to date other single parents.
- According to the United States Census Bureau, there are close to 96 million single people in the United States. Of those, 51 million are female and only 45 million are male.
- Psychologists from the University of Pennsylvania studies over 10,000 speed daters and found that people decide whether or not someone else is attractive within 3 seconds of seeing them. Not much time to make that first impression.
- Research shows that remembering information about someone and finding a way to work that information into conversation with them as highly flattering and endearing to the person you are targeting.
- When a man approaches a woman for the first time, research has shown that the woman will base her initial impression on him as follows: 55% on his physical appearance and body language, 38% on his style of speech and speaking patterns, and only 7% on what he actually says. It’s not a case of what it is you have to say but the way in which you say it. Style over substance.
- Research shows that if a woman doesn’t return a call after two messages then she is not interested.
- If a woman offers to pay for everything, research shows she is not interested in her date.
- Close to 30% of Americans have sex on the first date.
- On average, couples have sex after their sixth date.
- Over 40% of online daters admit to breaking up with someone via email.
- Match.com claims that over 130 million winks are passed between their members each year.
- eHarmony boasts that over 230 of their members per day marry.
- Almost 50% of US singles have not had a date in over 18 months.
As I mentioned in advanced these are some random online dating statistics and facts. These facts give you some insight into the average US single and what some of their thoughts and expectations are regarding relationships. I found a few of them to be quite eye opening.
I hope you found these online dating statistics and facts interesting. I love finding as much information about online dating as I can and if you’re interested in seeing more I’ve written a post on online dating statistics that goes even more in depth. ~Mac
