In 2017 Dutch men, on average, had more sexual encounters via Tinder than women who used the dating app. According to numbers from a survey among heterosexual Tinder users, female users in the Netherlands found two sex partners via the app whilst their male counterparts found more than three. The source, however, does not provide a clear explanation why this is. It does refer to a larger development in the Netherlands, namely that singles, especially men between 18 and 39 years old, were more likely to use a dating app.
Tinder is the most used online dating method among singles in the Netherlands
There are no absolute numbers available in the Netherlands on how many people use online dating or which app or website they prefer for this. However, according to a 2018 panel survey, Tinder was used by 50 percent of singles in the Netherlands who were actively looking for a relationship on an online dating website or app. This was ahead of Badoo (25 percent) and the website Lexa.nl (18 percent). The Tinder app was downloaded more than 500,000 times on smartphones in the Netherlands in 2018.
Unclear if Tinder leads to increase in number of sex partners in the Netherlands
Roughly 25 percent of both male and female respondents in 2017 said they had between three to five sex partners in their lives. Whether online dating apps are directly adding to the number of sex partners, the survey does not mention. Instead, it mentions that apps, internet and social media “add opportunities” for sexual behavior. In 2018, for example, 34 percent of Dutch people aged 16 to 34 years said they had experience with sexting.
According to a survey conducted in April 2024 in the United States, one in five online dating service users had lied about their age on their dating profile, while 14 percent had lied about their income. A further 14 percent had lied about their hobbies and interests, and 12 percent had lied about their height.
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Which online dating app or website is used the most in the Netherlands? As of 2019, Tinder was said to be the most popular, with roughly 60 percent of the Dutch singles who are actively looking for a relationship indicating that they make use of it. Badoo and dating website Lexa.nl are also used. This numbers provided here are the results of a survey asking for the most popular dating apps in the Netherlands. The companies behind the dating apps rarely share user numbers on the Netherlands specifically, so most data on this topic comes from individual surveys. In the Netherlands, the Tinder app was downloaded around 570,000 times in 2018 according to numbers provided by Priori Data
How many people in the Netherlands use online dating?
As of 2018, there were approximately three million single-person households in the Netherlands. How many of these households were actively dating online is unknown. During the second half of 2017, however, roughly 17 percent of Dutch internet users said they visited an online dating website, service or app. Users aged 16 to 24 years did this the most: approximately 22 percent of all users in this age group indicated they did so.
Tinder: love at first swipe?
When asked during a survey in 2017 which dating app Dutch singles would consider using if they were to date online, roughly one quarter answered they would consider using Tinder. This was especially the case among people under 30. Whether this interest stems from finding true love or finding sex partners on Tinder, the survey does not mention.
During a July 2022 survey on online dating in the United States, 54 percent of female online dating sites or app users were overwhelmed by the number of messages they had received. Most men, on the other hand, felt insecure because of the lack of messages they had received.
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This statistic shows the share of respondents with an edited online dating profile picture in the Netherlands in 2017, by gender. As of 2017, roughly ten percent of the Dutch women who date online indicated they have an edited profile picture.
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According to a survey on mobile dating apps conducted by Rakuten Insight in October 2024, about ** percent of the dating app users from Hong Kong said that they used such apps at least once a week. Tinder, Coffee Meets Bagel, and Goodnight were the most popular dating apps in the city, according to the survey.
With over 63.5 million downloads, casual dating platform Tinder was the most downloaded dating app worldwide in 2024. Bumble followed in second place with more than 36.2 million downloads from mobile dating audiences worldwide, while Badoo ranked third with 23 million downloads recorded from global users during the last examined year.
According to a survey on mobile dating apps conducted by Rakuten Insight in October 2024, Tinder was the most popular dating app in Hong Kong with almost half of dating app users reporting to have used the app. Coffee Meets Bagel, Goodnight, and BUmble were the most-used dating apps among the respondents in the survey.
This statistic shows the share of respondents who met their partner on the internet in the Netherlands in 2017, by age group. As of 2017, roughly 15 percent of the Dutch respondents aged 50 to 59 years old indicated they met their partner online.
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According to a survey by Rakuten Insight on the usage of dating apps in South Korea in August 2024, around ** percent of the survey participants answered that they used the dating app called Noon Date. Another popular dating app among South Koreans was Tinder, as around ** percent of respondents stated that they used it.
According to a survey on dating apps conducted by Rakuten Insight in August 2024, Tinder was the most used dating application for both male and female respondents in the Philippines. Bumble was also used equally across genders, while Grindr was more popular among male respondents than their female counterparts.
According to a survey conducted by Rakuten Insight in August 2024, the majority of respondents of both genders stated that they used Tinder. Furthermore, ** percent of female respondents stated that they used Bumble to meet new people.
In 2017 Dutch men, on average, had more sexual encounters via Tinder than women who used the dating app. According to numbers from a survey among heterosexual Tinder users, female users in the Netherlands found two sex partners via the app whilst their male counterparts found more than three. The source, however, does not provide a clear explanation why this is. It does refer to a larger development in the Netherlands, namely that singles, especially men between 18 and 39 years old, were more likely to use a dating app.
Tinder is the most used online dating method among singles in the Netherlands
There are no absolute numbers available in the Netherlands on how many people use online dating or which app or website they prefer for this. However, according to a 2018 panel survey, Tinder was used by 50 percent of singles in the Netherlands who were actively looking for a relationship on an online dating website or app. This was ahead of Badoo (25 percent) and the website Lexa.nl (18 percent). The Tinder app was downloaded more than 500,000 times on smartphones in the Netherlands in 2018.
Unclear if Tinder leads to increase in number of sex partners in the Netherlands
Roughly 25 percent of both male and female respondents in 2017 said they had between three to five sex partners in their lives. Whether online dating apps are directly adding to the number of sex partners, the survey does not mention. Instead, it mentions that apps, internet and social media “add opportunities” for sexual behavior. In 2018, for example, 34 percent of Dutch people aged 16 to 34 years said they had experience with sexting.