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Online dating is successful, with 40 million single people using sites and one in five relationships and one in six marriages resulting from them. Couples who met online have a lower divorce rate. Women spend more time reading profiles, while men spend more time looking at photos.
Statistics show that online dating sites appear to be successful: An estimated 40 million single people use these sites, and according to a 2013 Pew Research Center survey of online dating and relationships, more than two-thirds of the site’s users have had at least one date with someone they met online. It is estimated that one in five relationships are the result of online dating sites, as well as one in six marriages. In fact, Gary Kremen, the founder of Match.com, has reportedly lost a girlfriend because he left him for a man he met on the site.
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42% of women and 17% of men who use online dating sites reported being harassed by other users.
Couples who met online have a 6% lower divorce rate, compared to an overall 8% for couples who met in person, according to a 2013 study of 20,000 marriages from 2005 to 2012, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Men spend 50% more time looking at photos on dating sites than women; however, women spend 65% more time reading profile information.
