Online Dating
Statistics
Online dating has
arrived in a big way. Meeting someone in the real world is not easy or simple.
The kind of person you can hope to meet in reality is determined by the
lifestyle you lead and the work you do. So, if you're stuck in a small office
eight hours a day, it's safe to say that your chances of meeting someone to
hangout with are limited. Why not get into a virtual world where the
possibilities are endless and the chance of them extending to the real world is
bright? According to recent statistics, there are over seven million people
registered with online dating sites.
Men and women alike
find online dating sites a safe and convenient way to strike up a conversation
with strangers you would otherwise not come into contact with. Statistics show
that 53% of women in America and 48% of the men use online dating services.
What are they looking for? Well, an opportunity to connect with a stranger. So
you get people looking for anything ranging from love to friendship to only a
one-night stand.
One question that
comes up time and again is how to be successful with online dating. Do you have
to be young and attractive, smart and funny or rich and powerful? Well, thanks
to the law of averages, very few are blessed with all these attributes. And
even the ones who possess all these sometimes strike out. So if you have not
struck gold yet and are wondering whether you are ever going to get lucky, this
may interest you: Statistics prove that looks are not very significant. In the
US, 86% of the single women and 67% of the males said that they would prefer to
be with someone with personality instead of someone who is exceptionally
attractive with no personality.
If you're wondering
whether you're too young or too old to sign up with an online dating site,
these figures might help you decide. According to the MRI's Spring 2007 Survey
of the American Consumer, people in the age group of 18 to 34 form 50% of the
online dating pool. Not to be left behind, those falling in the 35-44 age
bracket comprise about 24% of the melting pot. 15.7% of the people come from
the 45-54 age bracket followed by 11% aged 55 and above. So, age is really a
non-issue. If you pick the right site, you have a reasonable chance of dating
someone no matter what your age is.
The worst fear of
online dating is meeting frauds and creeps. There are a lot of liars online
perhaps because anonymity is easier to achieve over the internet as compared to
the real world. The top three lies told by singles on online dating sites are
related to age, weight and income. This is because people have a natural
inclination to want to be younger, thinner and wealthier. And the internet is
the only place that they can turn their hopes into reality. But if you are
clever you will know how to probe to distinguish the genuine singles from the
fakes.
If you are still
skeptical about online dating and think that the bar is a better place to run
into your prospective partner, here's an eye-opener. Only 2% of men and 9% of
women have actually been able to get into a relationship that started out at a
bar. So considering this, it's safe to say that the probability of finding love
online is higher than the local bar. Read More: http://tinyurl.com/mn75fv9
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