After 25 hours of research evaluating 80 products, we picked AdultFriendFinder as our top choice. Dating apps have become a major game-changer in how we meet potential mates. But, if you are not using the best dating apps, you could be wasting your time. And you need to be even pickier if you are looking for the best free dating apps. When it comes to the most popular dating app out there, you may be surprised to see what's happening in your area. Because while there are some definite heavy hitters in the dating app world.
How solid is your dating app game on a scale of one to 10?
No matter what number you used as your answer to that question, allow me to do you a solid by using SCIENCE to multiply that by a million.
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That's right, science might have been boring in high school, but now, it's behind studies you can use to successfully get laid more often or EVEN — dare I say it — find love.
Wandera, a mobile security platform, looked at 100,000 different devices to find out anything and everything there is to know about the most popular times people use dating apps, like Match, OkCupid, Tinder and Grindr at work.
Now, let's see how we can use their findings to help you get some:
First, let's look into the best time to use your dating apps based on where you live.
The researchers looked into what times of day showed the heaviest dating app usage for users in the United States (green line) and the United Kingdom (blue line).
I mean, what's the point of wasting your time on apps when nobody else is even logged on?
Check out the most popular times for you and your friends across the pond to log on below:
OK, for starters, can I just go ahead and say those spikes at midnight and 10pm for British users makes me think a lot of drunk swiping is going on in Posh Spice's homeland.
That being said, those times are the most popular ones for Brits.
For US users, however, usage seems to spike around 6 pm and then again around 9 pm. What I get from that is a little swiping on your train ride home and right before bed are probably your best bets for actually matching with some solid people who are also online.
Now, let's look at the most popular time to go on each app.
If you're looking for a safe bet in terms of times to log on, the survey found that 11:23 am is the most popular time for users to log on during the daytime.
I KNOW, I KNOW... you're at work during that time. So I say just take a quick, little bathroom break for some swiping.
I mean, what's the point of wasting your time on apps when nobody else is even logged on?
Check out the most popular times for you and your friends across the pond to log on below:
OK, for starters, can I just go ahead and say those spikes at midnight and 10pm for British users makes me think a lot of drunk swiping is going on in Posh Spice's homeland.
That being said, those times are the most popular ones for Brits.
For US users, however, usage seems to spike around 6 pm and then again around 9 pm. What I get from that is a little swiping on your train ride home and right before bed are probably your best bets for actually matching with some solid people who are also online.
Now, let's look at the most popular time to go on each app.
If you're looking for a safe bet in terms of times to log on, the survey found that 11:23 am is the most popular time for users to log on during the daytime.
I KNOW, I KNOW... you're at work during that time. So I say just take a quick, little bathroom break for some swiping.
If you really, REALLY want to up your odds, go on your favorite app at 11:23 am during the week leading up to Valentine's Day, which Wandera concluded was the busiest week for dating apps.
But if you're trying to get super specific about what time to log on based on what your fav app is, Wandera found the most popular times to swipe on Tinder, Match and Grindr were 7:01 pm, 5:20 pm and 11:55 pm, respectively.
The graph below gives you an even deeper time breakdown, so you can perfect your swiping game:
All right, now that I've helped you up your game, can we take a second to talk about the fact that we spend an average of 47 minutes per weekon dating apps?!
That's insane, you guys. That's, like, an entire episode of 'Empire' sans commercials.
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We seriously need to cool it.
When it comes to the most popular dating app out there, you may be surprised to see what's happening in your area. Because while there are some definite heavy hitters in the dating app world, there's actually a huge amount of variation in what's popular around the country.
In fact, technology company Quantcast looked at over 480,000 searches from January 6, 2017 - February 5, 2017 to see what apps people are searching for and where they're using them for Bustle. Different states seem to go for different apps, though, interestingly, there are some definitely clusters where certain dating apps are popular in a group of states. And it's not always the ones you think — in fact, a relative underdog called Maple Match is getting some real love, but more on that later.
It's just useful information to have. Partially just for curiosity's sake, but also because it'll show you where to meet singles in your state. Now, it has its limits (just because Grindr is the most popular searched for app in Maine and California doesn't mean it's going to work for you if you're a straight woman), but you can still get a good idea of where to find folks.
So here's what the map looks like, so you can see exactly what's going on in your state.
And here were the highlights of what they found:
PlentyOfFish, a free app, came out as the highest indexed dating app. That sort of surprised me, because it's not one my friends use as much as Tinder or Hinge, but it's obviously getting a lot of use in other circles.
There it is: Tinder, the OG of dating apps, actually came in as the second highest indexed dating app.
Although it may not have won the most states, there are a sprinkling of states where Grindr was the most searched. As you can see from the map, the West Coast and New England were big fans.
Bumble, the female-led dating app, did really well in certain New England states. It came in at number one in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Maryland.
This was my favorite part. Washington and Oregon searched for Maple Match — a dating app to help you find Canadians — the most. Whether it's just because of their proximity to the border or because of the new presidency, it's hard to tell. But Canada is looking appealing.
Maybe it's because in big cities there are so many missed connections every day (and because we're all too lazy to travel more than three neighborhoods for a date), but Happn, which matches you with people you cross paths with, was the most popular search among New Yorkers.
Though Coffee Meets Bagel only got two percent of the searches around the country, it was the most searched for dating app in Hawaii and among men and those with a math science background. So if you've got a thing for science-y dudes with high incomes, you might want to give it a try.
You can take a look at the map to see exactly where your state fell. If you're having trouble meeting people, the most searched dating app in your area is a good place to start.
