Is it really possible to find love through a dating app or site? Yes, answer the statistics: according to a survey published in October 2021 by Ifop (and carried out among 4,000 people aged 18 to 69), 22% of French people managed to find the woman / the man of their life on the internet during the year.
But to find true love (“the one that lasts forever”, as the song says), some dating sites are perhaps more effective than others… Thus, according to a study by the University of Picardy Jules-Verne published on June 23, 2023, 63.5% of Tinder users are already in a relationship – or even married!
Real dating on Tinder is unlikely
Worse still: among these 63.5% of infidels, only 50.3% would really be on Tinder to meet “offline”. In other words: half of them would only use Tinder as an “ego booster”, that is to say as a way to improve their self-esteem through likes and matches. Enough to shower the hopes of the (last) romantics registered on the platform…
Tinder would therefore be a “fool’s game“, according to the main author of this work: “those who want real-life encounters have a lower likelihood of achieving this, as fewer users share this goal“As for those who use the platform as a self-esteem crutch,”it is a bad idea because the statistics which concern the well-being of the users report a dissatisfaction; it is better to contact a mental health professional.”
Following our publication, Tinder wanted to provide a response to this work: “Based on Tinder data and the understanding of our members, the results highlighted in this study are completely inaccurate and misleading. In the survey, respondents were basically given three options to describe themselves – “drunk”, “in a relationship” or “widowed” – and no option for “single”. The result is a completely distorted and misrepresentation of who Tinder members are and what they are looking for.“
Source : Finding Intimacy Online: A Machine Learning Analysis of Predictors of Success.
