Online Dating Evolution

ONLINE DATING EVOLUTION Discover how online dating has changed from bulletin boards to dating apps Caline 1983 AMERAC A 1984 PRODİGY. Interactive Personal Service Early internet services that offered chat rooms and forums for singles EEEEEEEE2 EEE=EEEEE WEB DATING SERVICES match.com 2$ 75M people since 1995 1.78M paid subscribers 1995 1998 Internet dating goes mainstream after the release of the movie "You've Got Mail" FRIENDSHIP, DATING AND SOCIAL NETWORKING WEBSITES eHarmony okcupid badoo 2000 2004 2006 DATING GOES MOBILE 2003: ProxiDating the first dating services based on Bluetooth technology Proxidating" ll lavalife Where singles click 2004 match.com MOBILE Smartphone expansion in 2007 drove the boom of the mobile dating apps and increased the global acceptance of digital dating. Smart devices, with their portability and proximity tools, transform any activity into social activity FREE Dating Plentyoffish Grindr Let's Tinder FlirtMaps DNA Date FACTS & FIGURES Internet today has become the third most common way to meet people 66% of online daters have gone on a date with someone they met through an online dating site or app 7% of smartphone users have used a dating app 23% of online daters got married or had a long-term relationship with someone they met through a dating site or app Since 2012 mobile dating overtook online dating, as Match.com, POF.com and Badoo now see over 40% of their log-ins coming from mobile phones. Mobile dating industry reached $1.4 billion in revenues in 2013 wwW.NEOMOBILE-BLOG.COM Sources: brainz.org/history-online-dating statisticbrain.com/online-dating-statistics pewinternet.org/2014/02/11/couples-the-internet-and-social-media