Made in heaven... or hell?

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Made in heaven... or hell?

Monday, 26 April 2021 | Team Viva

Made in heaven... or hell?

An online dating platform shares some key insights into daters’ behaviour regarding the relevance and safety of apps to find their special someone

And, it’s a match! Online dating apps continue to be much in demand and use among people of different age groups. In fact, many are constantly glued to these apps to find the one that clicks with their vibe. Sure, these apps have made the search for a match faster and easier than before.

While dating is well and alive, many factors influence the behaviour of daters and their online dating experience. The major concerns while using a dating app, preferences while searching for a suitable match and relevance of dating apps in finding a soulmate differ for everyone due to different opinions. A dating platform, QuackQuack, where one can meet several verified local singles and like-minded people for dating and matchmaking, has shared some key insights into daters’ behaviour regarding the relevance and safety of dating apps to find that ‘special someone’.

The report revealed users’ opinion on three key parameters — major concerns while using dating apps, sharing using dating app with friends and family and using a dating app to find a soulmate. The responses were categorised gender-wise as well as age-wise. The three age groups were 18-20, 21-30 and 31 and above.

Major concerns

When asked about the major concern while using a dating app, 65 per cent people in the age group 18-20, 52 per cent of people in the age group 21-30 and 43.4 per cent people in the age group 31 and above felt safety as their primary concern. On the other hand, fake profiles were the major concern for 41.5 per cent of people and 37 per cent of people in the age group 31 & above and 21-20 respectively. Further, very few people were bothered about friends/family finding their profile on a dating app.

Talking about gender-wise concerns, women (67 per cent) were most concerned about safety while using a dating app whereas men were equally worried about safety (44 per cent) and fake profiles (43 per cent).

Willingness to tell friends and family

Majority of people — 51 per cent, 52 per cent and 59 per cent between the ages 18-20, 21-30 and 31 above — wouldn’t tell anyone about using a dating app out of the fear of being judged. On the contrary, 48 per cent of people in the age group 18-30 didn’t mind sharing if asked.

Using apps to find soulmates

Surprisingly, the majority of people in all age groups i.e. 83 per cent  would prefer using a dating app to find their soulmate, considering matrimonial apps will mostly pressurize them for marriage and wouldn’t help much in finding their life partner. On the contrary, 17 per cent of people in all age groups would prefer matrimonial apps.

Further, 82 per cent of men and women would prefer using a dating app to find their soulmate as compared to 18 per cent of men and women who would prefer a matrimonial app for finding their soulmate.

Speaking about the survey report, Ravi Mittal, founder and CEO of QuackQuack, said, “Dating apps continue to grow in popularity. Both men and women across different age groups are equally using these apps to find a perfect date. While they date online; there are various concerns, trends and preferences that influence their dating experience. Our recent report provided key insights into all these parameters. The statistics were interesting and reveal a lot about evolving behaviour of today’s daters.”

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