This is a partial, non-exhaustive list of notable online dating websites and mobile apps.
__TOC__
Name | Description | Owner | Registered users | Free | All features free | Heterosexual connections | Polyamorous connections | Free Messaging | STD-notification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adam4Adam | Connects men with men "for friendship, romance, or a hot hookup". | [1] | |||||||
Adult FriendFinder | Members can connect with other adult members based on profiles. | as of 2006[2] | , free users cannot respond to contact and cannot initiate contact. Paid users have added benefits. | ||||||
AnastasiaDate | Connects Western men with women from Russia and former Soviet Republics – CIS | as of 2013[3] | |||||||
Ashley Madison | Members are matched up with other married adult members based on their profiles. | as of February 2013[4] |
| ||||||
Badoo | Available in 44 languages on the web and on 12 different mobile platforms. | Bumble, Inc. | as of Feb 2021[5] |
| |||||
BeautifulPeople | Dating website where membership is based on a vote in which existing members rate how attractive they perceive prospective members to be. | as of 2015[6] |
| ||||||
Bumble | Dating app where women send the first message (for heterosexual matches) | Bumble, Inc. | as of 2017[7] | ||||||
Christian Connection | For Christian singles from the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada and Singapore |
| |||||||
ChristianMingle | Dating site that caters to Christian singles. Members may choose whether to specify the Christian denomination to which they belong. | Spark Networks Services GmbH | as of 2019[8] | ||||||
Coffee Meets Bagel | App providing daily curated matches based on Facebook connections | , "Beans" (in-app currency) unlock extra features, such as matching with users who aren't in your curated list. Premium membership enables activity reports, read receipts, extra beans.[9] | |||||||
Cupid | Dating website | NSI Holdings Ltd. |
| ||||||
DateMySchool | Dedicated to verified college students and alumni (via education database). Can block by departments and schools. | as of 2013[10] |
| ||||||
DOWN (app) | Online dating application for users looking for casual relationships and hookups. Users can swipe up for more serious dating, swipe down for casual hookups. |
| After match. | ||||||
EHarmony | Dating site based upon pre-screening using personality tests. | ParshipMeet Holding GmbH |
| ||||||
Facebook Dating | Digital dating product at Facebook | Meta Platforms | ? | ? | |||||
Gaydar | Profile-based dating website for gay and bisexual men, women, and couples. |
| |||||||
GayRomeo/ PlanetRomeo | Worldwide social network, instant messaging and dating community for gay, bisexual and transgender men. | registered and active (last 6 weeks)[11] | Communication, profile and picture views, search engine are free. Video downloads, higher database limits, deactivation of advertising are not. | ||||||
Gleeden | Social network, instant messaging and dating community for extra-marital relationships. | Costs credits to send and read messages unlimited number of times to one user and premium gives higher database limits, deactivation of advertising | |||||||
Grindr | Geosocial networking application based on Android and iOS for LGBT people. | San Vicente Acquisition LLC | daily active users as of 2018[12] | ||||||
Her | Geosocial networking application based on Android and iOS with Facebook integration. Men are not allowed to create profiles on the platform. | ||||||||
Happn | Mobile single dating site | registered users as of 2019[13] [14] | |||||||
Hily | Mobile dating site | as of 2020[15] | (but preliminary heterosexual) | After match. | |||||
Hinge | Match Group | people use Hinge (800,000 pay for premium services)[16] |
| ? | ? | ||||
JDate | Dating site that serves people of a Jewish background as well as those interested in them. | Spark Networks Services GmbH | |||||||
JSwipe | Online dating app targeted at millennial Jewish singles. | Spark Networks Services GmbH | as of September 2016[17] |
| |||||
Lovestruck | Online dating for single professionals in UK, Hong Kong and Singapore | registered as of 2012[18] | |||||||
Mamba | Social-network-like dating site, primarily CIS/former Soviet Union, but some international presence. Primary language is Russian, but all languages welcome (and searchable). Caters to all audiences. | as of 2019[19] | Communication, profile and picture views, simpler engine, blogs are free. Additional search criteria and double appearances in others' relevant searches for "VIP membership". Single payments for regional advertising of profile (one-time appearance in scrolling banner for $1 – user picture, link, short text for mouseover; bidding war for stationary second banner + cost of $1/minute). | ||||||
Manhunt | Profile-based dating website for men seeking men | . Messaging, search, 20 profile views per day, video chat is free. Manhunt VIP includes unlimited profile views, view full-sized profile photos, unlimited buddies, unlimited blocks, saved searches | |||||||
Match | Match Group | registered as of 2010[20] 1,377,000 active (2009)[21] | |||||||
Meetic | European online dating service | Match Group | No | ||||||
OkCupid (OkC) | Uses answers from user-generated questions to find matches that conform to a user's stated preferences. | Match Group | + active as of 2013 | ||||||
Parship | Dating site for people looking for a long-term relationship, using a personality test. Available in Europe and Mexico. | ParshipMeet Holding GmbH |
| ||||||
Perfectmatch | This dating website is using heuristic algorithms to find matches. | ||||||||
POF (PlentyofFish) | Dating site mostly active in United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Brazil | Match Group, Inc. | registered as of 2015[24] |
| |||||
Pure (app) | Dating site mostly active in United States, Canada and United Kingdom, average user between 25 and 40 | Misterico Limited | registered as of 2021[26] | time-limited | |||||
Right Stuff | Dating site for graduates and faculty of Ivy League, Seven Sisters, and about 50 similar colleges and universities and medical schools |
| |||||||
Scruff | Dating app for gay and bisexual men | registered users (2019)[27] | |||||||
Sniffies | Browser based dating and hookup app for gay and bisexual men | ||||||||
SpeedDate | Former online speed dating site where users meet via text, audio, and video chat - Domain now owned by Match.com - No longer a Speed Dating site | Match Group | registered as of 2010[28] | Yes | No, Premium users can continue communicating after unlimited free speed dates | Yes | |||
Squirt.org | Cruising and hookup site for men seeking men | ||||||||
Taimi | Geosocial networking application based on Android and iOS for LGBTQI+ community. | + as of 2019[29] | |||||||
Tastebuds.fm | Utilizes tastes in music |
| |||||||
Tawkify | Has human matchmakers who set up matches rather than having users find each other.[30] | based on user creating activities. | |||||||
Tinder | Mobile single dating site | Match Group | active users as of 2021[31] | – premium users get unlimited swipes, can undo a no-swipe, can browse in other locations, in addition to some other preferences and features | |||||
Zoosk | Has integration with a Facebook community.[32] | Spark Networks Services GmbH | as of 2011[33] |
|