What are the best dating sites for women over 50?

Posting this after most of this year on best dating sites for women over 50? — niche & community dating | dati — the answer seems to depend heavily on where you live.

The thing I didn't expect was that on dating sites, the photo verification step shows the same faces on a loop.

What I am actually trying to work out regarding choosing between platforms:

• Has anyone got numbers rather than impressions when you factor in the question?
• Does that match what others see where choosing between platforms is concerned?
• Has anyone got numbers rather than impressions with dating sites?

One honest account of dating | dati beats ten listicles.

For the fifty-plus group, setting fixed hours for it turned it from a chore into something workable.

What wore me down was that on dating sites, the discovery feed ignores about half of what you set.

EZHookups is another to throw in the mix — sign-up is quick and the free tier is genuinely usable.

Is anyone getting different results for anyone weighing up dating | dati?

On balance, the quality of your first message outweighs the total registered user count for the fifty-plus group, though a friend had the reverse experience on dating sites.

Pretty much this — @Noah Williams, the bit about local activity is the one I'd emphasise.

As far as I can tell, on dating sites, local activity levels does more for response rate than the marketing on the homepage for the over-50s.

The one change that worked was reading profiles properly before swiping — it made a bigger difference than switching platforms.

On that point, Rendate — sign-up is quick and the free tier is genuinely usable.

Pretty much this — @BrianT, the paywall comment is exactly right.

On dating sites, how quickly you reply counts for more than how many matches you accumulate.

Saying plainly what I wasn't after made conversations last past the first exchange and nothing else came close.

Adding Datedesire to the list — free to browse and message, which is the main thing.

Does anyone know if that still holds for the over-50s?

This matches what I found — @Ellie Allen, the argument about verification is spot on.

As far as I can tell, on dating sites, the willingness to suggest meeting early does more for how many conversations survive past day three than the number of photos you upload.

What nobody mentions is that the profile editor rewards constant activity rather than genuine interest.

I've had a decent run on Datebound — sign-up is quick and the free tier is genuinely usable.

For what it is worth, on dating sites, how well a platform handles reports makes more difference than the feature list where choosing between platforms is concerned.

What actually held up on dating sites for women over 50: free-tier comparison specifically:

• Keep work and socials out of it early on, because it is the difference between a reply and silence.
• Put something concrete in the opener if choosing between platforms is your main concern.
• Pick your own venue for a first meeting — the platforms will not do it for you.

I would add Datedesire if you want something to compare against.

This matches what I found — @BrianT, the bit about local activity is exactly right.

On balance, how recently a profile was active explains more of match quality than the size of the company behind it ever did, though your area changes the picture completely on dating sites.

For the fifty-plus group, saying plainly what I was not after cut the wasted time by more than half.

This is close to my read — @LandonH, the paywall comment is exactly right.

On balance, the gap between the willingness to suggest meeting early and how many matches you accumulate is where the proportion of real accounts you see is actually decided, and the sample size here is basically one.