Online Dating Stats - Statistics Cited in 2011
Online Dating Magazine estimates that there are more than 280,000 marriages a year as a direct result of people meeting on an online dating service. (Online Dating Magazine - 2011).
The top 2 giants in the online dating sites are Match.com an eHarmony.com. Match.com ranks #1 with the most subscribers (paid and unpaid) and overall reach. Match.com further solidified its position by taking the place of Yahoo Personals on Yahoo. All Yahoo results are now served by Match.com. (Online Dating Magazine - 2011)
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Retrospect:
Online Dating Stats - Statistics Cited in 2010
5% of Internet users have paid to use an online dating service. (Pew Internet Cash for Content Study - December 2010)
17% of couples that were married in the last three years met on an online dating service. (Chadwick Martin Bailey Study - April 2010)
1 out of every 5 singles in the United States have dated someone they met online (Chadwick Martin Bailey Study - April 2010)
Online Dating is the third most popular way for singles to meet, behind school/work and friend/family member. ( Chadwick Martin Bailey and Match.com Study - April 2010)
For a first date, singles prefer dinner to any other activity. Less than 1% thought that a movie was a good first date idea (Match.com Survery - January 2010)
Online Dating Stats - Statistics Cited in 2009
Match.com has 5.8 million unique users monthy. (comScore, May 2009)
More than 50 percent of single women fell that a man should pick the venue for a first date and do the driving, but only eight percent felt a man should bring a gift on a first date. (Engage.com State of the Date Report - February 2009)
49% percent of women say they never pay for a date. (Engage.com State of the Date Report - February 2009)
Online dating and personals will increase from $900M in 2007 to $1.9B in 2012 (JupiterResearch - February 2009)
(Source: http://www.onlinedatingmagazine.com/onlinedatingstatistics.html)
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