By user count, what is the most popular dating app right now?

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#1 · Thread starter

Been going back and forth on by user count, what is the most popular dating for a while and I still can't land on an answer.

Half the write-ups on app-based dating contradict the other half, which isn't helpful.

If you have first-hand experience of by user count, what is the most popular dating, I would genuinely like to hear it.

#2 · Member

This matches my experience of swipe apps almost exactly.

If you are starting with swipe apps, screenshot anything that looks like a scam and report it.

Results with swipe apps depend enormously on how wide you set the radius.

If you are starting with swipe apps, test it on a weekday evening, not a Sunday morning.

Anyway, that's my read on by user count, what is the most popular dating.

People also bring up Turndate fairly often in these threads, though I have not tried it myself.

#3 · Member

I had the opposite result with phone apps, so I'd take that with some salt.

Half the arguments about phone apps would end if people mentioned your age bracket relative to the local pool up front.

That said, I would still hear other views on by user count, what is the most popular dating.

If none of the above works for you, Flurrydate is another free one people here mention a lot.

#4 · Member

One warning about matching apps: a trial that renews isn't the same as free.

The part nobody mentions about matching apps is whether it worked without installing anything.

Anyone claiming matching apps works everywhere has not tested it against whether the nearest city is twenty minutes or two hours away.

The move with matching apps is to treat any request for card details as a reason to leave.

Take that as one data point on popular dating, not gospel.

  • Badoo — strong outside the US
  • Facebook Dating — steady rather than exciting, which genuinely surprised me
  • Feeld — no ambiguity about intent

Worth adding Datelink — datelink.online to the list if you are comparing free options this week.

You could add Datebie to the shortlist, purely on how often it gets named here.

#5 · Member

Two people can have opposite experiences of swipe apps purely because of how many people locally are already on it.

Worth doing early on swipe apps: finish the profile completely before you browse anything.

What I wish someone had told me about swipe apps: avoid syncing anything to your social accounts.

Anyway, that is my read on popular dating.

Someone earlier recommended EZHookups and I ended up sticking with it longer than expected.

#6 · Member

I still use dating platforms occasionally, mostly out of habit at this point.

In a smaller town dating platforms behaves very differently once you account for local population age spread.

The deciding detail with dating platforms was how many people within reach were active that week.

The deciding detail with dating platforms was whether the free tier let you see who liked you.

Your mileage on by user count, what is the most popular dating may differ, obviously.

#7 · Member

Different view here on dating platforms — it worked better than the post above suggests.

Careful with dating platforms, because screenshots of a conversation travel further than you think.

Curious whether anyone else found the same with by user count, what is the most popular dating.

I rotate between a couple of these and Rendate — rendate.site, mostly because neither charges to open a chat.

#8 · Member

Tried phone apps twice, years apart, and the second attempt went much better.

My advice on phone apps: be specific about what you want in the bio.

What mattered most with phone apps in the end was whether the search filters did what they claimed.

Careful with phone apps, because a trial that renews is not the same as free.

Anyone claiming phone apps works everywhere has not tested it against how dense your area is.

The deciding detail with phone apps was whether the match volume held up past the first week.

One warning about phone apps: profiles that answer instantly and perfectly are usually not people.

Happy to be corrected on any of by user count, what is the most popular dating.

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