whether you're after guys with bushy berries a partner who has a passion for classical music or you want to find love for you and your peach there's a dating app to meet your needs in 1995 match.com became the first major online dating site today there are hundreds of sites and apps it's gone from taboo to the thing to do but what impact is this having on society Whitney Wolfe could lay claim to being the 21st century's most prolific Cupid as co-founder of dating app tinder and CEO of bumble her digital dating devices have generated 20
billion matches some people might say app dating has completely revolutionized their life they now found the love of their life and they would have never in a hundred years ever run into that person today around 295 million people use online dating services all around the world the Netherlands tops the list with 12.5 percent of the population dating online South Korea follows closely behind with twelve point four percent in China one app alone Momo has a hundred and eighty million registered users you have to think about what dating was before it was limited to your social
network to the people you knew and the funny thing about the way we act as people we don't always branch out we don't always expand our networks but online dating has enabled people to meet potential partners can further a few I really do think it expands horizons and gives you access to being with people that you traditionally would have never had the chance to really grow close to one study by researchers at MIT suggests that online dating in America has led to more interracial marriages the technology has also made it much easier for people in
minority groups to meet each other 70% of gay couples in America now meet online dating apps are also popular with single middle-aged people looking for love some argue the apps are breaking down barriers' and changing social norms Whitney Wolfe launched Bumble because she wanted an app where women make the first move traditionally speaking in real life women wouldn't have made the first move they generally don't make the first move because society says that's not the right way to do it society judges them for that for that and often times blames and shames them for behaving
in a confident fashion despite the benefits of online dating there are concerns to meeting total strangers is risky fake profiles are common and sexual predators can exploit the site in Britain the increase in online dating has gone hand in hand with a rise in dating related crime although the numbers are small despite the growing popularity of online dating the majority of straight couples in America still meet new friends but according to the projections of some online dating companies 30 percent of all relationships will start online by 2026 online dating is big and set to get
bigger maybe online love will conquer all you
