YOUGOV - Aug 15 - New data from YouGov finds that Millennials report feeling lonely much more often than their Gen X and Baby Boomer counterparts. While 30% of Millennials say they always or often feel lonely, just one in five (20%) members of Generation X says the same. 15% of Boomers report feeling lonely. Millennials are also more likely than older generations to report that they have no acquaintances (25% of Millennials say this is the case), no friends (22%), no close friends (27%), and no best friends (30%).
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Millennials Are the Loneliest Generation
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Survey of Indian Millennials: Marriage Not Necessary
INUTH - Aug 13 - A survey of 86K Indians aged 25-35 by OkCupid, has found that 68% of Indians think marriage is not a necessity in a serious relationship. Also, ~90% of them said they would consider having a serious relationship with someone who couldn't have children.
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New Study by EliteSingles: Who Should Pay on a First Date?
BUSINESSWIRE - Aug 8 - Premium dating site EliteSingles asked 300K Americans who should pay on a first day. 63% of men think the man should pay on a first date. Less than half of women (46%) agree. 1-in-5 women (18%) prefer to go Dutch on dates; only 7% of men feel the same.
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Marriage Rate in China in Decline
ECNS - Aug 8 - According to a report by the National Bureau of Statistics and Ministry of Civil Affairs, the marriage rate in China has been in decline for five consecutive years. In 2013, ~10 people got married for every 1K people, while last year the rate fell to ~7 people. The key age group for marriage is also changing. In a report released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, people aged 20 - 24 accounted for the highest marriage registrations before 2012, but in 2017 that group had changed to people 25 - 29. This group made up 37% of all registered couples. In a 2018 survey by Zhenai, matchmaking site, ~60% of those classified as single had not dated for three years. It also found that 70% of single people who live in cities feel anxious about how to get into a relationship. The three biggest service providers are Jiayuan, founded in 2003, which claims to have 190M users; Zhenai, founded in 2005 with 170M users; and Baihe founded in 2005 with 100M. users.
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49% of All Risky Online Transactions Come From Mobiles
HELPNETSECURITY - Aug 7 - In the first half of 2019 49% of all risky transactions came from mobile devices, up from 30% in 2018, 33% in 2017 and 25% in 2016, according to iovation. iovation came to this conclusion by analyzing the 30B online transactions it evaluated for fraud from January 2016 to June 30, 2019. So far in 2019, the top industry for mobile fraud is telecommunications. In 2018, it was gambling. Communities (social networks or online dating sites) led in 2017.
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Singles in America: Match Releases 9th Annual Study on U.S. Single Population
MATCH.COM - July 30 - This new data reveals how America's singles are looking for love, yet are fatigued by the process - as well as their current attitudes around sex and dating. It also uncovers the sex habits of Gen Z and Millennials, how men are responding to the #MeToo movement, and how singles of all ages are rewriting America's love story. 83% feel that love is hard to find, while 43% reported believing that technology has made finding love more difficult. Yet still 75% of singles are hopeful that love is out there, and ~60% are motivated to find romantic love. Only 9% of singles are looking to date casually.
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#MeToo Has Changed How a Lot of Single Men Behave
CBS NEWS - July 31 - Match.com conducted a new study that looked at how #MeToo has affected dating culture. The study found that 51% of men have changed their behavior, 40% of men have changed their behavior at work and 33% of men have changed their behavior on a date. According to Helen Fisher, a biological anthropologist and the chief scientific adviser for Match, men are being more careful, reserved and more cognizant of the kinds of jokes they make in an effort to have the right kinds of conversations.
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Most Americans Have Swiped Their Way Into a Serious Relationship
PCMAG - July 20 - A new survey from HighSpeedInternet.com reveals that more than half of Americans (55%) have had a serious relationship from a dating app. 27% of survey respondents admitted using a dating app while in a relationship. Moreover, one-third said they don't even consider swiping on Tinder while in a relationship to be cheating.
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Dating App Growth Slows, but Advertisers Shouldn't Ignore the Dating Market
EMARKETER - July 17 - Emarketer expects the number of people who own a smartphone and use dating apps to grow 5.3% this year, reaching ~25M. This figure is much flatter than the previous forecast of 9.8% growth, and one-sixth of growth in 2016. App analytics platform Apptopia found that worldwide, dating app downloads for the 15 most-popular apps decreased to 247M in 2018, down from 256M in 2017. But Adam Blacker, vice president of insights and global alliances at Apptopia, is optimistic about this app category. The figures still illustrate dating app popularity and a growing market - one that advertisers shouldn't ignore.
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Gen Z Is Swiping Left on Romance
WASHINGTON EXAMINER - July 15 - Generation Z is a group comprised of individuals born between 1995 and 2015. They grew up in an age when boredom could be solved instantaneously by unlocking their smartphones. Instead of going on dates, Gen Zers swipe through Tinder, exchange Snapchats, and send direct messages on Instagram. In fact, the average American adult swipes through dating apps for ~77 minutes each day. Instead of building longer-term connections with romantic partners, Gen Zers build hundreds of surface-level connections with their followers, creating relationships that are empirically less fulfilling than the more serious relationships undertaken by older generations. They have become increasingly stressed and isolated.
by Elizabeth Nealon
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Compatibility Isn't #1 Ingredient to Satisfying Relationship, Study Says
CBS - July 7 - According to a study by Michigan State University in the Journal of Research in Personality, the main ingredient of a satisfying relationship is a nice partner. The researchers studied 2,500 heterosexual couples who have been married for ~20 years and discovered that shared interests weren't the No. 1 element to a satisfying relationship. Instead, simply having a "conscientious and nice" partner lead to happier relationships.
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App Revenue Tops $39B in H1 2019, up 15% YOY
TECH CRUNCH - July 4 - According to a new report from Sensor Tower, the iOS App Store and Google Play combined brought in $39.7B in worldwide app revenue in the first half of 2019, up 15.4% over the $34.4B seen during the H1 2018. However, at that time, the $34.4B was a 27.8% YOY increase. Apple's App Store continues to massively outpace Google Play on consumer spending, the report also found. In H1 2019, global consumers spent $25.5B on the iOS App Store, up 13.2% YOY. It is 80% higher than Google Play. #1 App Tinder pulled in ~$497M across the iOS App Store and Google Play, combined. That's up 32% YOY.
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The U.S. Dating App Market Is Peaking
THE MOTLEY FOOL - July 2 - Tinder surged in popularity in recent years. However, the market's growth will decelerate over the next three years, according to projections from eMarketer, as fewer new users sign up and users drift between existing apps.
Match Group is preparing for that slowdown with three key strategies: increasing its revenue per subscriber with new premium tiers, acquiring niche challengers like Hinge, and expanding into overseas markets.
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Half of Dutch Young Adults Use Dating Apps
NLTIMES - June 25 - Nearly half of Dutch between the ages of 18 and 34 are active on dating sites or apps like Tinder, Happn and Grindr. Just over half of all Dutch think that getting a date online is just as normal as using more traditional methods, according to a survey among 1K Dutch people by research agency Ipsos, and researched by Rutgers and the Volkskrant. In total, one in five Dutch have an online dating profile. Tinder is the most popular dating app, with 13% of Dutch using it, followed by Happn with 3% and Grindr with 2%.
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Couples Who Meet Online Are More Diverse
PEW RESEARCH - June 24 - According to recent Pew Research Center analysis, couples who meet online are more likely to be diverse. But this can be explained by the fact that online daters tend to be younger than those who meet offline, and younger people are more likely to be in relationships with people who are different from them, regardless of how they meet. In the study (which included 3,394 U.S. adults who are currently married, in a relationship or who have ever previously been in a relationship), the median age of people who met their partners online was 36, compared with 51 among those who met their partners in another way. Three-in-ten of those who say they met their partner online report that their partner is a different race or ethnicity, compared with 19% of those who met their partner offline.
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Mary Meeker's 2019 Internet Trends Report
TECH CRUNCH - June 24 - Bond Capital founder and former Kleiner Perkins general partner Mary Meeker made her presentation onstage at Vox/Recode's Code Conference in Scottsdale, Ariz. on Tuesday. Meeker first crafted a report of this kind, which underlines the most important statistics and technology trends on the Internet, in 1995. This morning, Meeker highlighted slowed growth in e-commerce sales, increased Internet ad spending, data growth, as well as the rise of freemium subscription business models, telemedicine, photo-sharing, interactive gaming, the on-demand economy and more. Here's a look at all 333 slides.
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Japanese Sign up for DNA Matchmaking as Country Faces Demographic Crisis
TELEGRAPH.CO.UK - June 22 - One critical new criteria for finding the perfect partner was recently added to Japan’s fast-paced dating world, with the launch of a new service that promises to find love based on DNA compatibility. Created by the dating company Nozze., which operates 21 branches across Japan, DNA Matching works with scientists at a Tokyo laboratory in order to decode the science of attraction and find the perfect match for its clients. Earlier this week, new government figures revealed that almost half of Japanese singles who wished to marry were unable to find a suitable partner, with 60% admitting they were not doing anything to change the situation. Satoru Fujimura, PR manager of Nozze., said: "We believe 50% of a person's attraction to another person is due to DNA. And the other 50% is environment. We believe that people with the most different types of DNA (HLA) make the best couples."
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Queer Dating Apps Are Unsafe by Design
NEW YORK TIMES - June 20 - In 2016, the Pew Research Center found that use of online dating apps among young adults had tripled in three years. The rates are higher among queer people. The frequency with which queer people using social media and mobile dating apps amplifies the privacy concerns we face compared with the general population. 15% of gay and bisexual men who use geosocial dating apps report that someone has shared their intimate images without their consent. Catfishing and revenge porn are common on queer dating platforms. The problem isn't sharing intimate selfies. The problem is the law permits the development of apps that are unsafe by design. Tort law, the regime we use to seek damages from harassers, has been ineffectual because many courts look at gay people sharing selfies and conclude that they gave up their privacy the moment they clicked "send." We've only just introduced a federal revenge porn bill. Communications Decency Act Section 230 immunizes digital platforms from most legal liability associated with the bad behavior of their users.
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Two-thirds of Korean Singles Have Negative Opinion of Online Dating
KOREA BIZWIRE - June 19 - A recent survey by Duo matchmaking agency has revealed that 6 out of 10 unmarried men and women think negatively about dating online. 83% of women thought online meetings were a poor way of starting a relationship, compared to 47% for men.
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Tinder Users Perceived as Less Trustworthy, Study Finds
PSYPOST - June 5 - People tend to view Tinder users as untrustworthy, according to new research from Germany. But the study in Computers in Human Behavior suggests that this anti-Tinder effect wears off over time. Tinder still has a reputation as a "hook-up" app. An initial online survey of 223 participants found that Tinder users were rated as less trustworthy than Parship users, who in turn were rated as less trustworthy than Facebook users.
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