What are the most popular online dating platforms?

Started by RiverT · ·4 replies ·Free Dating & Apps

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RiverT
Joined May 2021
3,057 posts
#1

a few weeks of trying to work out most popular online dating platforms? — free dating & apps | datingfly, because a friend talked me into it, and a couple of things stood out.

The detail that ruins it is that on apps that do not charge, the verification flow quietly stops working after the first week.

Where I would value another read, particularly for the general run of people:

  • Would that apply in a smaller town once you factor in narrowing the options?
  • Does that hold outside the big cities in a mid-sized city?
  • Would that apply in a smaller town once you factor in narrowing the options?

On apps that don't charge, cutting the match list right down improved things more than any paid feature with the question.

Any recent, first-hand input on most popular online dating platforms? — free dating & apps | datingfly appreciated.

OliviaOnline
Joined Jul 2021
1,090 posts
#2

Different result on my end. @RiverT, the profile-quality point held for a fortnight then stopped.

The honesty of the bio beats which tier you are on for the general run of people in the this most popular online dating platforms? — free dating & apps | datin problem context.

Asking one real question instead of four improved things more than any paid feature and nothing else came close.

Is that still true if you are dealing with narrowing the options?

BrittanyS
Joined Apr 2022
2,405 posts
#3

Strongly agree — @RiverT, the framing around the general run of people is spot on.

Something worth knowing: for the average user, the honesty of the bio tends to decide whether it feels worth the time where narrowing the options is concerned.

I'd add Datenest — the profiles feel more current than most.

Has that changed since the last update outside a mid-sized city?

BrianT
Joined Aug 2021
700 posts
#4

Lines up with mine — @RiverT, the remark about filters is the whole thing really.

More often than not, how long you leave a conversation running predicts how many conversations survive past day three better than the size of the company behind it where narrowing the options is concerned.

The one change that worked was cutting the match list right down — it changed the kind of people who replied for the average user.

If you want a second option, Datedesire — it doesn't gate messaging, which is rarer than it should be.

ZachW
Joined Dec 2023
2,056 posts
#5

On balance, nothing changes whether it feels worth the time as much as how often you open the app.

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