The New Truth About Online Dating

EVER GOTTEN A DATE ONLINE ? We use the Internet for a lot of mings peying the bs, adinE the news, keeping in touch with old friends, buta poing trend is finding your mate online. Mare people than ever artuizing dating services and many are findingt success. You hae seen the commecials, eow ir tine to resd the stats on this booming trend. 1. Online dating usage: US 40 MILLION CHINA 140 MILLION INDIA 15 MILLION 2. Some of the more popular services: eHARMONY has a20 MILLION members MATCH.COM has 15 MILLION nembers 3. eHARMONY: Users must l out a 400 QUESTION survey Clained 236 MEMBERS are maried EACH DAY. Research suggests these CLAIMS are NOT VERY ACCURATE. 4. Breakdown of users: sres MALE FLMALE In the US, the average USER age is 48. The average VISIT per sibe TIME is aa MINUTES, 27 SECONDS. 5. The online dating industry is worth $1.049 BILLION PER YEAR. Ra The MOBILE phone DATING market is It'sa BIGGER industry worth Ssso million. than PORN. It's expected to be S1.3 billlon by 2013. 6. Customers of dating sites spend an average of $239 PER YEAR. 1 of 10 users are SCAMMERS. 1 of 10 users LEAVE within the first 3 MONTHS. 7. In AMERICA, men LIE most about: 1. AGE 2. HEIGHT 3. INCOME Y 24 57" 6'0" 1nk 86K Women LIE most about: 2. PHYSICAL BUILD 1. WEIGHT 3. AGE 148 110 lbs. Sturdy Slim 7 21 8. Surveys reveal: $4 4 out of 5 of them did NOT use PROTECTION. The PORN industry blames its recent S74 MILLION decline 0n dating sites. 1 of 3 women who meet men online have SEX on the FIRST encounter. 9. Average length of courtship for marriages: Met ONLINE WRR RREERI SHINOW EY 10. Trends researched by OKCupid: A woman's desirability online peaks at 21. At 26, Women have MORE ontine pursuers than men. By 48, Men have TWICE as many online pursuers as Women. 11. 1OUT OF 10 SEX OFFENDERS use online dating to MEET PEOPLE. *******