Comparison of online dating websites

This is a partial, non-exhaustive list of online dating websites.

Online Dating Services

Name	Description/Focus	Registered users	Alexa ranking	Free	Premium	Supports same-sex connections	Supports non-monogamous connections	Messaging other users
Adam4Adam	Connects men with men "for friendship, romance, or a hot hookup".		8,492[1]	Partial	Yes	Yes (exclusively)	?	Non-free
Adult FriendFinder	Members can connect with other adult members based on profiles.	30,000,000, as of 2006[2]	1,508[3]	Partial	Yes/No; Free users can respond to contact but cannot initiate contact. Paid users have added benefits.	Yes	Yes	Non-free
AnastasiaDate	Connects Western men with women from Russia and former Soviet Republics – CIS.	4,000,000, as of 2013[4]	8,492[5]	Non-free	Yes	Yes	?	Non-free
Ashley Madison	Members are matched up with other married adult members based on profiles.	17,815,000, as of 2013[6]	3,873[7]	Partial	Yes/No; Free users can view profiles and respond to contact but cannot initiate contact. Paid users have added benefits.	Yes	Yes	Non-free
Badoo	Badoo enable users to meet new people in their area for chat, dating or to make new friends. Available in 44 languages on the web and on 12 different mobile platforms.	244,494,412 as of 2015[8]	352[9]	Non-free	Yes/No; Charge for higher prominence, higher limits, invisibility, etc.	Yes	?	Partial
BeautifulPeople.com	Dating website where membership is based on a vote, in which existing members rate how attractive they perceive prospective members to be.	800,000 as of 2015[10]	130,827[11]	Partial	Yes; free profile but subscription required for most features including messaging.	Yes	?	Non-free
Bernie Singles	Dating website for users who share an interest in American politician Bernie Sanders.	9,000 as of February 2016[12]		Free	No	Yes	Yes	Free
BusyMatch	A popular global adult dating site based in Hong Kong.	1,200,000 as of 2016	880,892[13]	Partial	Yes/No; Only free female users can respond the messages, but can't initiate a chat. Paid users have added benefits.	Yes	?	Partial
Compatible Partners	eHarmony's service for same-sex relationships		321,393[14]	Non-free	Yes	Yes (exclusively)	?	Non-free
Cupid.com	Dating website for people who are looking for romantic relationships. Cupid.com is owned by NSI Holdings Ltd.	8,000,000 as of 2016[15]	85,477[16]	Partial	Yes/No; Free: registration, profile, search, pictures uploading, send and receive winks, chat rooms, promo activities. VIP users can send and reply to mails, view full-size personal photos	Yes	No	Non-free
DateMySchool	Dedicated to verified college students and alumni (via education database). Strong emphasis on privacy and safety. Can block by departments and schools. Members only see intersection of what they are looking for and what other members are looking for.	179,000 as of 2013[17]	96,998[18]	Partial	Yes/No; All users can view profiles. Free messaging and status posting for undergraduates (5 messages/day limit). Alumni cannot initiate or respond to contact or post status updates. All Paid users can message and post and they also have added benefits.	Yes	?	Partial
Dattch (HER)[19]	Geosocial networking application based on Android and iOs with Facebook integration. Men are not allowed to create profiles on the platform.		218,696[20]	Free	Free	Yes (exclusively)	?
eHarmony	Dating site based upon pre-screening using personality tests.		5,075[21]	Partial	Yes; free profile but subscription required for most features including messaging.	No; redirects gay and lesbian visitors to Compatible Partners, their same-sex dating service.[22]	?	Non-free
Elenasmodels	connects Russian and Ukrainian women with men in other countries.	2 Million Registered member ; Science 1999[23]	24,883[24]	Yes	Yes	No	?	Free
Gaydar	Profile-based dating website for gay and bisexual men, women, and couples.		1,106,477[25]	Free: chat and search.	Yes/No	Yes (exclusively)	?	Free
GayRomeo / PlanetRomeo	Worldwide social network, instant messaging and dating community for gay, bisexual and transgender men.	6,740,000 registered and 1,107,000 active (last 6 weeks)[26]	612,657[27]	Free: communication, profile and picture views, search engine	Yes/No: video downloads, higher database limits, deactivation of advertising	Yes (exclusively)	?	Free
Gleeden	Social network, instant messaging and dating community for extra-marital relationships.		29,473[25]	Non-free: Costs credits to send and read messages unlimited about of times to one user	Yes/No: Premium gives higher database limits, deactivation of advertising	Yes	?	Non-free
Lavalife	One of the oldest dating companies in the world.[28]		23,965[29]	Non-free	Yes	Yes	Yes
Lovestruck.com	Online dating for single professionals in UK, Hong Kong and Singapore	300,000 registered as of 2012[30]	79,965[31]	Non-free	Yes	Yes	?	Non-free
Mamba	Social-network-like dating site, primarily CIS/former Soviet Union, but some international presence. Primary language is Russian, but all languages welcome (and searchable). Caters to all audiences.	11,673,451 as of 2012[32]	1,325[33] for named portal; also 3-5% of mail.ru (#31) and rambler.ru (#191), which offer access to the same services and communication with the entire user pool through love.mail.ru and love.rambler.ru subdomains	Free: communication, profile and picture views, simpler engine, blogs	Yes: Premium content like additional search criteria and double appearances in others' relevant searches for "VIP membership". Single payments for regional advertising of profile (one-time appearance in scrolling banner for $1 – user picture, link, short text for mouseover; bidding war for stationary second banner + cost of $1/minute).	Yes	?	Free
Manhunt	Profile-based dating website for men seeking men.		4,374[34]	Free: Messaging, search, 20 profile views per day, video chat.	Yes/No: Manhunt VIP includes unlimited profile views, view full-sized profile photos, unlimited buddies, unlimited blocks, saved searches	Yes (exclusively)	?	Free
Match.com	One of the biggest online singles meeting sites	96,000,000 registered; as of 2010[35] 1,377,000 active (2009)[36]	412[37]	Non-free	Yes	Yes	?	Non-free
Matchmaker.com	Dating service founded in 1986, making it the oldest of the current online dating sites.		245,448[38]			Yes	?
Meetic	One of the biggest online singles meeting sites; N.1 in Europe (in June 2009, Meetic acquired Match.com's European activities)	42,000,000 registered as of 2011[39]	18,791[40]	Non-free	Yes	Yes
Moonit	Offers compatibility match according to user' birthdate.	2,000,000 registered; as of 2014[41]	438,804[42]	Partial	Yes	Yes	?	Partial
OkCupid (OKC)	Uses answers from user-generated questions to find matches that conform to a user's stated preferences.	30,000,000+ active as of 2013[43]	619[44]	Free	Yes/No; Free to join, search, messaging, and chat. Non essential features like sponsored profile promotion available for paid "A-List" members.[45][46]	Yes	Yes	Free
Parship	Dating site for people looking for a long-term relationship, using a personality test. Available in Europe and Mexico.		440,756[47]	Partial	Yes; free profile but subscription required for most features including messaging.	Yes		Non-free
Passions Network	A free personalized dating and social networking website, consisting of over 200 niche sites.	2,700,000 as of 2012[48]	765,249[49]	Free	No	Yes		Free
Perfectmatch.com	This dating website is using complex heuristic algorithms for finding matches.		80,785[50]	Non-free	Yes	Yes		Non-free
PlentyofFish (POF)	One of the most popular dating sites United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Brazil	40,000,000 registered as of 2012[51]	447[52]	Free	Yes/No; While it is free to use, POF offers premium services as part of their upgraded membership, such as seeing the date and time a user viewed your profile and allowing you to see whether a user read and/or deleted your message.[53]	Yes		Free
Right Stuff	Dating site for graduates and faculty of Ivy League, Seven Sisters, and about 50 similar colleges and universities and medical schools	4900	2,333,537[54]	No	$50 Fee for 6 month membership, plus $3 for profile of members of interest	?	?	Free
RocknRollDating	Dating site for musical compatible couples. Supports heterosexual, same sex and polyamorous relationships.	6,000 as of 2011	12,187,853[55]	Free	No	Yes	?	Free
ShakeMyWorld	Swedish. Listed as one of the top 100 Swedish web sites of 2008.[56]		1,941,084 as of 2011[57]	Non-free	Non-free based on user creating activities.	Yes
SpeedDate.com	Online speed dating site, where users meet via text, audio, and video chat	9,000,000 registered as of 2010[35]	249,971[58]	Partial	Premium users can continue communicating after unlimited free speed dates	Yes
Spray Date	Run by Spray Network AB			Partial	Premium users can see larger images and have more search options	Yes
SwoonXO	Online dating website with Facebook integration[59]			Free	Partial			No
Tastebuds.fm	Utilizes tastes in music		192,677[60]	Non-free (As of 2014)	Yes; Subscription required to send or receive messages.	Yes		Used to be free and is free for users that joined before it became non-free. Not free for new users
Tawkify	Has human matchmakers instead of computer algorithms to select matches.[61]		64,842[62]	Non-free	Non-free based on user creating activities.	Yes		Non-free
Tinder	One of the biggest mobile singles dating sites	50,000,000 registered; as of 2015[63]	21,673[64]	Free	Yes - premium users get unlimited swipes, can undo a no-swipe, can browse in other locations, in addition to some other preferences and features	Yes	?	Free
Zoosk	Has an integration with Facebook community.[65]	50,000,000 as of 2011[66]	2,958[67]	Non-free	Yes/No; Searching and viewing partial profiles is included with free account like most dating sites, fee or monthly subscription for full communication with other members.[68]	Yes		Non-free

Defunct sites

• Yahoo! Personals

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