America's most popular dating sites

Just like in many other countries around the world, for years, dating sites in the United States have been a very popular way to find a partner for building a relationship. Some expect to find the love of a lifetime this way, for others a stormy and passionate romance is enough, while a third will be just happy to meet an interesting penpal. And there are suitable services for all of these purposes.

Today, there are thousands of different dating platforms, from multifunctional and widespread to highly specialized and thematic sites. We’ll try to dwell on some of the most popular resources, where the chances of finding a close-minded companion are high due to the huge audience and built-in tools of the site.

Pof.com (Plenty Of Fish): a monthly audience of over 5 million people

It's a free dating site and can safely be called one of the world's most popular sites. The audience from the USA is about 78 million people. The bulk of the users are aged between 25-34 years, with 25 percent more men than women.

The site does not allow authorization via social networks, as is often the case with such resources. However, once you're registered, you can connect your Facebook or Instagram profile and upload photos from there to your pof.com profile.

Also, unlike more "serious" resources, POF does not require a new participant to pass a mandatory compatibility test when registering, but there is one, all the same. The site offers its own pair matching system - POF Chemistry Predictor, which is based on the following parameters:

self-confidence
family orientation
self-control
social dependency
communication skills

If we return to the issue of free functionalities, then Plenty of Fish provides the following features:

registration
viewing lists of the system's proposed candidates
viewing user profiles
sending messages to liked people
adding a user to "Favorites"
sending voice messages,
searching for nearby users

As you can see, the above is more than enough for dating and socializing. If you want to see the status of your sent messages or people who have looked at your profile, send gifts and highlight your profile in the search results lists of other users, then this comes at an additional cost of $ 10 per month.

Match.com: monthly audience - 5 million people

Formally founded in 1993, the site actually became fully operational from 1995. In its more than 20-year history, Match has helped more people find a match than any other dating site in the world. And, basically, this is not surprising, because there are at least 4 million users from America alone.

By the way, match.com even ended up in the Guinness Book of World Records as a dating site with the largest audience among its competitors.

This is not a free platform, meaning that you get only the most basic features without paying:

registration,
sending "likes"
partner search
viewing other people's profiles

Almost all other features are available only for a paid subscription. However, as a guarantee of the effectiveness of its service, match.com has an offer that you can't refuse: if after six months you still haven't been able to find your match on the site, you will get a subscription for another 6 months free of charge.

There is an important point that you should keep in mind before registering on the site. As it has a huge audience and, consequently, the choice of potential partners leads to a large number of "low-quality" audience. Therefore, be prepared for the fact that you can receive an explicit commercial offer or an intimate invitation, regardless of how your filters are configured and what goals you have specified in your profile.

Zoosk.com: monthly audience - 4.5 million people

Another large international Dating site that has been on the online dating market for more than 10 years. The audience from the USA is about 20 million people. The predominant age group is 25-34 years, with an almost equal number of men and women.

One of the reasons why you should pay attention to Zoosk is an extremely non-standard system for matching pairs among its users — Smart Picks. On one hand, it is based on huge statistical data collected from a multimillion audience over the years; on the other hand, tools for deep analysis of the behavior of each user. As a result, Zoosk monitors your actions on the site, analyzes them and, based on the results, offers potential partners.

By the way, every user can get familiarized with the results of the analysis and find out how the service sees it. To do this, just proceed to the Dating Insights page.

Only the basic features of the site are free:

registration and profile creation on the site,
sending an emoticon smile or a heart to the stranger you like,
access to the "Carousel" of candidates offered by the system,
viewing user profiles.

You will have to pay extra for all other features of the dating site. The cost starts at $ 15 per month if you pay for the subscription all at once. In this case, the following features become available to users:

sending messages
full access to the Smart Picks features
visiting the site in "invisible mode"
use of chats
viewing users who have put "likes"

In general, the service can be described as a fairly reliable and high-quality platform. The site tries to effectively moderate its audience, including strict validation of each new account. At the same time, the service remains flexible and friendly to its regular users.

OKCupid.com: monthly audience - 3 million people

A free dating site, with residents of the United States making up a significant part of the users. To be more precise, OkCupid claims that about 10 million Americans are registered on its site. Predominantly, these are people aged 25 to 34 years. Men are about 35% - 40% more than women.

The matching system is based on a unique specially developed mathematical algorithm. When registering, each new user passes a personality test and fills out a small questionnaire.

Recommendations on the proposed candidates are provided immediately after authorization on the site. The percentage of matching parameters with the previously stated preferences, interests and wishes will be shown for each potential partner. However, it will be possible to contact the stranger you like only if your attractions are mutual, that is, you both put a “like” to each other.

Some of the free OkCupid website features include:

registration on the site
selection of suitable candidates
text chat (in case of matching likes)
history of your likes
use of basic filters when searching
viewing other people's profiles

When you purchase a paid subscription, which costs from $ 3.95 for basic access and from $ 19.90 for a "premium", additional features become accessible.:

viewing users who like you
report that your message was read
disabling ads
advanced search filters
the priority of your messages over others
viewing responses to public questions

Since its launch, OkCupid has developed significantly. If earlier the site was known for the fact that the majority of its users were looking exclusively for non-binding sex, now there are many who are more interested in serious relationships. The service is constantly growing, annually increasing its audience and improving its quality.

eHarmony.com: monthly audience - over a million people

The site's founder, a clinical psychologist named Dr. Neil Clark Warren, launched eHarmony in the year 2000. Initially, the main goal of the service was finding partners for serious and long-term relationships. It is claimed that due to the efforts of Dr. Clarke, more than 600,000 newly married couples have appeared in the world. In addition, it is believed that the platform is primarily aimed at people with an upper-middle income level. Since the cost of an eHarmony subscription ranges from $18 to $35 per month, it seems quite plausible.

To date, 29 million users from the United States are registered on the site, mainly between 25 and 34 years old. Men are about 6% more than women.

During registration on the site, a mandatory step is to undergo a volumetric test. According to some reports, the test includes several hundred questions, so make sure you have the time and patience if you want a high-quality result. Also, keep in mind that finding potential partners may take some time.

A minimum set of free features is available to users:

registration and profile creation
the function of "winking" to the candidate who you feel attracted to
viewing another user's profile
sending 5 questions
adding users to "Favourites"
viewing a list of users that do not match your preferences.

Payment of a monthly subscription significantly expands the site's features and gives access to:

viewing photos
viewing users who have added you to their "Favourites"
viewing users who have studied your profile on the site
unlimited text correspondence
"invisible" mode
receiving recommendations on users who do not match your preferences.

As a result, it makes sense to go to eHarmony if you are extremely serious, and expect no less than a happy end. In all other cases, it may be worth thinking about a slightly less complex and not so well-developed resource.

Conclusions

As you can see, the list includes sites that are quite different in their specialization as well as the content. The main thing — decide on your goals and go-ahead to explore the world of human relationships online.

Article prepared by dating service.