What are the top five dating sites according to recent user reviews?

Started by Avery Jackson · ·4 replies ·Free Dating & Apps

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Avery Jackson
Joined Feb 2022
3,005 posts
#1

the better part of two years of trying to work out top five dating sites according to recent user reviews? — safety & ver, because the alternative was doing nothing, and my view has shifted twice since.

The thing I didn't expect was that the profile editor throttles how many people can actually see you.

Any recent, first-hand input on top five dating sites according to recent user reviews? — safety & ver appreciated.

Grayson Clark
Joined Jul 2020
2,856 posts
#2

The one change that worked was cutting the match list right down — it roughly doubled the reply rate.

Boiled down, for anyone weighing up this top five dating sites according to recent user reviews? — safety & problem:

  • Put something concrete in the opener, especially for the broad user base.
  • Never move money under any framing — with top five dating sites according to recent user reviews? — safety & ver this is the difference-maker.
  • Never move money under any framing, especially for the broad user base.
  • Set a daily time limit — with the question this is the difference-maker.

Someone pointed me at Datebound and it turned out to be worth the ten minutes.

ZachW
Joined Dec 2023
2,056 posts
#3

For what it is worth, nothing changes response rate as much as how often you open the app, and the sample size here is basically one for the broad user base.

EvanD
Joined Jul 2025
1,080 posts
#4

Similar story on my end — @Grayson Clark, the advice about calling early is underrated.

Whether an account has been verified is a better predictor of the proportion of real accounts you see than the price of the subscription on web dating services.

What actually frustrates me is that the profile editor treats a fifty-mile radius as a suggestion, especially once working out who is real comes into it.

Worth testing rather than taking my word at least on the working out who is real side.

Has anyone tested this recently outside your particular market?

PatrickW
Joined May 2017
2,172 posts
#5

On balance, nothing changes how satisfied you are after a month as much as local activity levels, though your area changes the picture completely for the general run of people.

Rewriting the opener cut the wasted time by more than half with the question.

Has anyone found the opposite for anyone in the general run of people?

Worth running Turndate in parallel for a couple of weeks.

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