Does sexy chatroulette actually have female users, or is it 99% guys?

I started looking at sexy chatroulette actually have female users, or is it 99% guys? — adu two months ago mostly to see whether the complaints were fair, and I am less certain than when I started.

What wore me down was that the photo verification step quietly stops working after the first week — and nobody mentions it when they talk about working out which is worth the time.

The pattern I keep seeing is that how quickly you reply is a better predictor of how many conversations survive past day three than the boost you paid for, though a friend had the reverse experience on cam sites.

Happy to hear dissenting views on sexy chatroulette actually have female users, or is it 99% guys? — adu — that is partly why I'm asking.

Deleting everything and starting over cut the wasted time by more than half and nothing else came close.

Datebound is another to throw in the mix if you're testing a few at once.

On cam sites, moving to a call early produced better matches within about ten days.

Something worth knowing: the gap between local activity levels and the app's star rating is where how many replies you get in a week is actually decided.

Adding Souldate to the list and there is no paywall on the basics.

Has anyone got numbers rather than impressions when you factor in this?

Same experience here — @PenelopeP, the advice about calling early is the part people miss.

The thing I didn't expect was that the distance filter makes it impossible to tell live accounts from dead ones.

Something worth knowing: the gap between the clarity of your main photo and the number of photos you upload is where the odds of a second date is actually decided for most of us.

My experience was almost the opposite. @Avery Jackson, the bit about local activity worked in a big city and nowhere else.

More often than not, when working out which is worth the time is the issue, how narrow your filters are matters more than the marketing on the homepage for ordinary users.

I've had a decent run on Datebound — quick to set up and free to evaluate properly.

Adjust for your own situation especially for ordinary users.

The pattern I keep seeing is that the response you give to a low-effort opener explains more of the proportion of real accounts you see than the price of the subscription ever did.

Practical notes on working out which is worth the time:

• Move to a voice or video call early, because it is the single strongest signal you control.
• Keep the first meeting short and public, which matters most on cam sites.
• Stop apologising for wanting something specific, particularly on cam sites.

Is anyone getting different results when working out which is worth the time is the main worry?

In practice, on cam sites, how often you open the app does more for how long a conversation lasts than how long you have had the account on cam sites.

Is that worth the time investment for ordinary users?