What are the most common dating apps in the US?

Started by Ava Mitchell · ·5 replies ·Local & International

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Ava Mitchell
Joined Feb 2022
523 posts
#1

Right — most common dating apps in the us? — local & international | datingfly. half a year in, here is roughly where I landed.

The part nobody warns you about is that the block function seems designed to keep you swiping rather than talking, which is the real problem with mobile dating apps.

For what it is worth, for the general run of people, whether the photos look like the same person tends to decide whether anything reaches a first meeting for the typical user.

The questions I keep coming back to about this most common dating apps in the us? — local & international | datin problem:

  • Has anyone tested this recently for anyone weighing up international | datingfly?
  • Is that a regional thing on mobile dating apps?
  • Has anyone found the opposite if you are dealing with working out which is worth the time?
  • Would that apply in a smaller town on mobile dating apps?
  • Does that change much outside the US?

Direct experience of most common dating apps in the us? — local & international | datin is what I am after.

SpencerA
Joined Apr 2020
607 posts
#2

In practice, when working out which is worth the time is the issue, the response you give to a low-effort opener outweighs which tier you're on.

Is anyone getting different results outside the US?

Ben1989
Joined Jan 2017
351 posts
#3

Echoing this — @SpencerA, the advice about calling early is underrated.

Something worth knowing: the number of photos you upload gets the credit but the clarity of your main photo does the work, though I'd want more than my own experience before calling it a rule.

Adding EZHookups to the list and the activity level was better than I expected.

DerekM
Joined Feb 2017
346 posts
#4

That isn't how it went for me. @Ben1989, the note on mobile dating apps produced nothing on my end.

Broadly, the size of the pool within ten miles does more for the proportion of real accounts you see than the feature list, though I'd want more than my own experience before calling it a rule on mobile dating apps.

Answering within a day changed the kind of people who replied and nothing else came close on mobile dating apps.

I would add Rendate and it turned out to be worth the ten minutes.

CameronL
Joined Aug 2022
1,941 posts
#5

Where it falls down is that for the typical user, the match queue makes it impossible to tell live accounts from dead ones.

The pattern I keep seeing is that when working out which is worth the time is the issue, how narrow your filters are predicts whether anything reaches a first meeting better than the app's overall download figures, though it varies enormously by city for the typical user.

Does that match what others see across mobile dating apps?

DrewS
Joined Mar 2021
110 posts
#6

On mobile dating apps, asking one real question instead of four turned it from a chore into something workable for the typical user.

Someone pointed me at Flurrydate if you want something to compare against.

Does that change much in the US?

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