Online Dating Stats
17% of all marriages last year met first online.
The online dating business continues to grow and we came across some statistics that will show you just how much it is growing.
- Married couples who met online get married quicker. The average courtship period is 18.5 months versus 42 months for those meeting offline.
- Craigslist earned $122 million from its online personals in 2010. The adult services make up 30% of the total.
- American women now marry at an average of age 26 and men at age 28.
- 40 million Americans use online dating.
- That pales in comparison to the 140 million Chinese that use online dating.
- eHarmony users fill out a 400 question survey when they join.
- The average visit time per online dating site is 22 minutes, 27 seconds. That’s a lot of browsing.
- The average online dating user is 48-years-old.
- 52.4% of online dating users are male.
- The online dating industry in the USA is worth $1.049 billion per year.
- Average spend per user of an online dating site is $239 per year.
- What men lie most about online: age; height; income.
- What women lie most about online: weight; build; age.
- 1 of 3 women who meet men online have sex on the first date.
- At age 48, men have twice as many online pursuers as women.
