THE TIMES OF INDIA – Aug 5 – Gleeden, an extramarital dating app, has found out that ~75% of its users are willing to meet their love interests if provided an opportunity. ~45.6% of users think that their shared intimacy won't affect their current relationship while 47% of them believe that they cannot share the same level of emotions with two different people. 37% of people commit infidelity because they want to try out something new or spice up their existing relationship. 36% of people commit infidelity because they are in love with someone else.
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IllicitEncounters.com Is Booming as Relationships Break Down During Pandemic
SW LONDONER – June 16 – Illicit Encounters.com sex and relationship expert Jessica Leoni said: "It's clear that affair seekers are searching for connection right now more than ever, I believe this is due to couples feeling trapped at home with their partners and frustration of married life is amplified. Many of our members report feeling lonely and unappreciated, and they are desperate to speak to like-minded people that are in the same boat." ~70% of the site's male members seeking affairs during lockdown say they do so out of boredom. For the 60% of the site's female members initiating affairs during lockdown had exposed the flaws of their main relationships and made them want to find someone new.
by Izzie Deibe
See full article at SW Londoner
Ashley Madison’s Users Rise in Taiwan After Adultery Ruling
TAIPEI TIMES – June 15 – Ashley Madison's membership in Taiwan has risen 70% following last month's ruling by the Council of Grand Justices decriminalizing adultery, and the majority of new members are women. Ashley Madison chief strategist Paul Keable said Asia was unique, as women make up the majority of its membership, adding that 1.9M members are from Taiwan. Awakening Foundation general secretary Chou Yu-hsuan said that Ashley Madison's increased membership could be an indication that the grand justices' ruling had empowered women to pursue their desires. The ruling was not intended to encourage people to have affairs and she did not condone people joining the website, she said.
by Wu Cheng-feng and William Hetherington
See full article at Taipei Times
Gleeden Crosses One Million Users in India
INDIAN EXPRESS INDULGE – May 11 – Gleeden, the extramarital dating app has crossed the milestone of one million users in India. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Gleeden recorded +166% new subscriptions compared to January and February 2020.
Seeking Arrangement App Gone From the Chinese Apple App Store
REPUBLIC – Apr 20 – Seeking Arrangement is a widely popular sugar daddy dating app that was launched by MIT graduate Brandon Wade. The social networking app offers pay-to-play relationships usually between older, wealthier men, and young women. Seeking Arrangement, which was launched in China in 2015, was later removed from the iOS App Store in the country. The app had also not been available on multiple Android stores such as Tencent MyApp and 360 Mobile Assistant. After the removal, the Chinese site had been rebranded where sugar daddies and sugar mommas were called "successful people," and sugar babies were termed as "charming sweethearts". The company's spokesperson had also stated that the company looks to create a high-end marriage and love social platform for the Chinese audience, which will be different from the sugar-dating market in the US and other countries.
Lockdown Affairs Are on the Rise
COSMOPOLITAN – Apr 17 – Illicit Encounters has seen an 18% rise in activity from male members, and a 12% rise from female members in recent weeks. More than half of these men said they'd initiated new affairs in the last four weeks, with 74% of them citing "boredom" as the reason for seeking out new lovers. 46% of female members have made contact with a new partner in that time – with the majority saying the coronavirus crisis had exposed the weakness of their relationship and made them realise they needed "fresh stimulus".
Studies About Cheating
YOUR TANGO – Apr 1 – A report from the Institute for Family Studies estimates that ~13% of married women and 20% of married men admit to having cheated on their spouse at least once in their married lives. According to a study conducted by the people at Superdrug Online Doctor, a web-based pharmaceutical treatment and service provider in the UK, 41% of women and 33% of men said they cheated with a friend.
by Anka Radakovich
See full article at Your Tango
Extra-marital App Gleeden’s Subscriptions up 70% in India
DAIJIWORLD.COM – Mar 23 – Extra-marital dating app Gleeden has seen subscriptions increased by 70% in India as more people stay home. Gleeden has seen longer threads in chats (2.5 times times longer than usual), an increase in the upload of pictures in both public and especially private albums and in the number of members who are updating their profiles with a new description. Gleeden started its operations in India in 2017 and now claims to have over 8 lakh active Indian users.
Report: 53% Indian Women Get Intimate Outside Marriage
IANS – Feb 26 – Gleeden's new survey revealed that 53% of Indian women had an intimate relationship outside their marriage, as compared to 43% of men. The research suggests that Indian women are pretty "open minded about infidelity". Gleeden started its operations in India in 2017 and now claims to have over 8 lakh active Indian users.
Interview With Chief Strategy Officer of Ashley Madison
702 – Feb 18 – Ashley Madison is a Canadian online dating service marketed to people who are married or in relationships. It was founded in 2002 with the slogan "Life is short. Have an affair". According to the company's Chief Strategy Officer, the infidelity economy is a trillion dollar economy.