HUFFINGTON POST – July 18 – Eight single daters used eight mobile dating apps over one month as part of the first-ever Mobile Dating BootCamp. The group came together at the iDate Mobile Dating Industry Conference in Beverly Hills to discuss their experiences. They touched on key topics like location-based features and the ability to message and browse matches from anywhere. Mark Brooks, editor of OPW states "top tier dating sites are seeing 40-60 percent of their logins on mobile." Brooks feels that mDating services will surpass web-based dating when they effectively combine Vicinity Based Dating, Active Matchmaking, and Social Awareness. Match.com reports 40% of their logins are on mobile and PlentyOfFish reports that 40% of their signups are on mobile. According to Juniper research, mobile dating revenues should reach $1.4 Billion by 2013.
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Internet Dating Sites Adjust To Record Number Of German Singles
DW.DE – July 15 – Hannover, Germany has overtaken Berlin as the singles capital of the country. According to the latest statistics, 33 percent of the people in Hannover are living alone. Internet dating sites have adjusted their marketing strategies to leverage this. 15.9 million Germans over age 18 live alone. Women over 65 and men between 35 and 64 are the two largest groups in the singles population.
by Mathias Bölinger
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Mixing In Matching
CHICAGO TRIBUNE – July 10 – According to a recent national poll dating across ethnic lines still carries some apprehension. A study out of the University of California at Berkeley examined more than a million profiles from a free online dating site and found that young white men and women (ages 20 to 39) reached out to other whites 80% of the time, while white men reached out to blacks only 3% of the time and white women did so 8% of the time. Young black daters were much more open, reaching out to whites and blacks about equally. Fewer than 2% of new marriages in the U.S. between 2008 and 2010 were between blacks and whites, according to a Pew Research study.
by Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz
See full article at Chicago Tribune
Mark Brooks: More interracial mating will happen over time, and we'll all end up coffee-colored in 200 years. People who are into interracial dating can find sites that allow them to meet similar. Afroromance is a good example.
Quantifying The Online-Dating Revolution
WSJ – July 1 – Almost all the traditional ways of meeting people are in decline: friends, school, church, neighborhood. The proportion of heterosexual couples meeting through friends, for example, dropped from nearly 40% in the mid-1980s to below 30% in 2010. From the mid-1990s to 2010, the proportion of couples who’d met online rose from zero to over 20%. Homosexual couples who met online rising to 60% by 2010. Source: “Searching for a Mate: The Rise of the Internet as a Social Intermediary,” Michael J. Rosenfeld and Reuben J. Thomas, American Sociological Review.
by Christopher Shea
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People Are 37% More Likely To Date Friends Of Friends
TECH CRUNCH – June 29 – We’re more likely to choose mates who have Facebook friends in common with us. This comes according to a new study by Coffee Meets Bagel, a startup that shows users a suggestion of someone to date each day and connects them if they both fancy each other. People with mutual friends are 37.2% more likely to both give each other the thumbs up. Women are much more influenced by the mutual friends effect. For guys, being linked by the social graph isn’t too big of a deal. It only makes dudes give the go-ahead 10% more often.
Mobile Dating Apps Connecting More People Looking For Love
NBC MIAMI – June 20 – Some 14M people use the apps, an expert says. It's estimated that mobile dating apps will be a $1.4 billion industry in just two years. "They're not just using them for phone calls,” author and online dating expert Julie Spira said. “They're making dates, reservations, buying shoes, buying books … and dating fits into that as well." Meet Moi is one of those apps that alerts you when a match is nearby. It also became the first matchmaking service to integrate with Facebook.
by Christina Hernandez
See full article at NBC Miami
WhiteLabelDating.com Mobile Traffic
WLD BLOG – June 1 – With the mobile market worth £152 Billion in 2011 (and predicted to grow to £425 Billion by 2015); the world of mobile is big business. According to Google, mobile dating queries are growing 123% YOY. Mobile traffic from the WhiteLabelDating.com South Africa network has increased by +225% (Jan- April 2012). Mobile traffic from Australia has nearly doubled since the January launch.
eDarling Infographic: 50 Million Euro In Revenue In 2012
DEUTSCHESTARTUPS.DE – eDarling's 2011 revenue was 36 Million Euro and is on track to hit 50 Million Euro this year according to eDarling's CEO Christian Vollmann. "eDarling is an important part of our future strategy", said Jeremy Verba, CEO of eHarmony. eHarmony acquired 30% of eDarling at the end of 2009. eDarling claims 12M registered users according to its infographic.
by Alexander Hüsing
See full article at DeutscheStartups.de
Online Dating Is A Booming Trend In China
UNCOMMON WISDOM – May 15 – Each year, millions of Chinese are moving from poorer, rural interior to the large, eastern cities in China in search of jobs. Beijing and Shanghai are filled with people who have moved away from their families and friends. That is why millions of Chinese are turning to online dating. Men 30+ without a wife and without children are called “bare branches” and the social stigma against these unmarried men is strong. Back in 1980, the Chinese government launched its one-child policy. This policy has prevented 400M births, but it has also created a large gender imbalance. There are 122 baby boys born each year for every 100 girls. China currently has 180M bachelors, and 50% of them are estimated to be looking for love online. The online dating market in China is projected by iResearch to grow from US$75M to US$292 M by 2015. That is a 31% compound annual growth rate.
by Tony Sagami
See full article at Uncommon Wisdom
Aussies Looking For Long Term Love This Winter
NINETOFIVE – May 15 – According to RSVP.com.au’s Date of the Nation Report 2012, 64% of adult singles are looking for long-term relationships. Online dating is furthering its popularity with over half of Aussie women (52%) and less than half of men (45%) trying it out. However, Australians are not a mob of depressed singles, with 62% of adults content with their singledom. Generation Y is the most likely group to enjoy being single (72%), followed by Baby Boomers and older (68%), and then Generation X (59%).
by Matt Young
See full article at NineToFive