UK Dating App Spending Rises 51% as Singles Face Higher Costs
New research from Barclays shows dating app spending has risen sharply over the past year, while rising costs are changing
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Match Group Research Finds Gen Alpha Optimistic About Dating
Match Group has released new research into Gen Alpha’s attitudes towards dating, finding that the next generation of singles is
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Match Group Study Finds UK Singles Struggling to Make Real-Life Connections
A new study conducted by research firm Strand Partners for Match Group has found that nearly half of UK singles
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Aisle Survey: 51% of Indian Singles Use AI to Write Dating Messages
Indian dating app Aisle has released its 2026 industry report, How India Is Using Technology to Navigate Love, examining how
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AI Companion Concerns Grow as Lawmakers Step In
The rapid rise of AI companions is raising some uncomfortable questions about their effect on young users. New research from
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AI Romance Is Starting to Feel Real
A South Korean reality show is testing a question that would have sounded bizarre a few years ago. Can people
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Dating App Users Draw a Line on AI
AI was a major topic at the GDI Conference in London. Speakers discussed where the technology can improve online dating
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From Academia: Educational Preferences and One-Night Stands on Tinder
As part of the article series Hidden gems from the world of research, The Guardian has covered two academic studies
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From Academia: Dating App Use Among the ‘Psychosocially Distraught’
2019 research published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships explored the issue of dating app addiction as relates
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From Academia: Adultmatchmaker Data Used to Explore Sexual Economics
New research published in the journal Applied Economics has used data from Adultmatchmaker.com.au to investigate aspects of Sexual Economic Theory
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From Academia: Psychology of Compulsive Dating App Use
New research published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships has considered the correlates of compulsive dating app use.
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From Academia: Stanford Data Shows Rise in Couples Meeting Online
2019 research from Stanford University has shown a rise in the percentage of new heterosexual couples that begin their relationships
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From Academia: Personality Correlates of Dating App Use
New research published in the journal New Media and Society has investigated the personality-based correlates of dating app use. The
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From Academia: Predicting Susceptibility to Dating Fraud
New research published in the Journal of Financial Crime has considered the different factors that may help in predicting whether
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Stanford University Data Shows Online Couples Are More Diverse
New survey data from Stanford University has shown that among English literate adults in the United States, couples who meet
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From Academia: Researchers Develop AI Scam Detection
A new study has examined the ways in which AI can be used to tackle dating service scammers and fraudsters.
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Harvard Study Suggests Link Between Dating Apps and Unhealthy Weight Control
A new study has suggested that people who use dating apps might be more likely than those who don’t to
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From Academia: ‘Low Sexual Disgust’ Common Among Tinder Users
2019 research published in the journal Evolutionary Psychological Science has considered the different motivations users have for joining Tinder. The
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From Academia: Queensland Researchers and Giga Pty Ltd Collaborate on Sex Survey
Researchers at Queensland Behavioural Economics Group (QuBE) have partnered with the Australian online dating group Giga Pty Ltd to conduct
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From Academia: App Designs ‘Not Neutral’ on Race Issues
A new study published in ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction has explored the issue of sexual racism. The study acknowledges
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From Academia: the Causes of Social Media Envy
2018 research published in Computers in Human Behavior examines the kind of social media posts which cause users to experience
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From Academia: Oxford Internet Institute’s eharmony Data Analysis
A collaboration between the Oxford Internet Institute and the Alan Turing Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence in the
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From Academia: Developing a Scale for Tinder Addiction
2016 Research in the Journal of Behavioural Addictions works to develop a Problematic Tinder Use Scale. The study notes that
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From Academia: ‘Aspirational Pursuit’ of Mates in Online Dating
2018 research published in the journal Science Advances has used online dating data to explore the idea of a ‘market’
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From Academia: Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Online Dating Habits
2017 research published in the Journal of Marketing Development and Competitiveness has considered how lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals make
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From Academia: happn Helps Users Reduce Uncertainty
2017 research out of the Jacobs Institute at Cornell Tech has investigated user perceptions of crossing paths on the dating
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From Academia: Educational Preferences in Online Dating by Age
According to a recent study, women are pickier than men when it comes to the education of potential partners. They
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From Academia: Review of the Mate Switching Hypothesis
2017 research published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences explores the reasons why people may leave one relationship to
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From Academia: Tinder Doesn’t Increase Casual Sex
A study from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has found Tinder use does not cause users to
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From Academia: Motivations for Staying Friends With an Ex
2016 research published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences explored the reasons individuals have for staying friends with ex-partners.
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