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The busiest day of the year for online dating is approaching — are you ready?
According to a study conducted by Tinder, singles flock to the dating app on the first Sunday of every year (January 7 in 2024), circling the sun with new hopes and new goals for their love lives. There is a tendency to start a new journey.
“The first week of the year, and January in general, is the busiest time for couples and people working in relationships,” says social psychologist and author of the forthcoming book Love by Design: 6 Elements. One Dr. Sara Nasserzadeh says: “To build a lifelong love,” he told the Post.
“Right after the holidays is a time when people have a chance to think about what they’re missing and what they want next year,” she says.
Whether you’re logging into a dating app for the first time on “Date Sunday” or jumping back into the dating pool after a break, there’s a good chance you’ll need to edit your profile, and you’re not alone.
According to the dating app’s data, you’re more likely to get more matches if your profile includes at least five photos. If you want to push it further, check yourself if the app allows it. Being verified with a photo could increase his chances of matching for Tinder users between the ages of 18 and 25 by 10%.
This Sunday, Tinder users are expected to edit their profiles at a rate of 519 and add 2,263 photos per minute, the matching service told the Post.
Anna Hint, dating expert and marketing lead at Pure, shares her tips for choosing photos:
- Group photos can be confusing — which one are you? Keep your photos simple and focused.
- Avoid generic photos like gym photos (doesn’t have to be shirtless), car photos, fishing photos, etc.
- Be careful when using dogs or cats, especially if they are not your own. Dogfishing (when someone uses a dog to get more likes or matches) is a fad.
- We love seeing faces. A nice photo of you smiling goes a long way.
- Pay attention to the background! A dirty background can ruin your selfie.
A picture is worth a thousand words, but Tinder data shows that the best number of words to express who you are is between 15 and 45. At the same time, you can make them want to reach out and get to know you better.
“Your introduction should be such that people want to start a conversation without giving away too much. It doesn’t have to be a full Wikipedia page. You don’t need to cite sources. All it takes is a few witty lines,” Devin Simone, Tinder’s resident relationship expert, told the Post.
Once you start chatting, don’t play games. More than two in five (45%) single people between the ages of 18 and 24 who use Tinder are clear on what potential matches are looking for in a dating app. I like being.
“Young singles value time and reliability above all else, so it’s important to eliminate games and mixed signals from dating,” Simone said.
People value authenticity so much that Merriam-Webster has designated “authenticity” as the word of the year for 2023.
“we [saw] 2023 is kind of an authenticity crisis,” editor-in-chief Peter Sokolowski told The Associated Press.
“What we’re finding is that when we question authenticity, we value it even more,” he said.
A good way to check if your profile is an honest representation of who you really are is to have someone close to you look at your profile.
“Often we over-analyze or ignore information that could lead to potential match insights. To make sure your page is as authentic to you as possible. “Friends and close relatives can help,” Wednesday “Wednesday” Tosca, an urban millennial dating and compatibility expert at Eye of Love, told the Post.
Once your profile is complete, sit on your couch, perhaps with the Golden Globes in the background, and start swiping.
On “Date Sunday,” the number of messages sent on Tinder increases by 22%, users respond 19.4 minutes faster than on any other Sunday of the year, and the number of likes on the app increases by 18.2% That’s what Tinder research has revealed. .
This could result in approximately 58.7 million more likes and 11.4 million more messages being sent on the app compared to the rest of the year.
So even if perfecting your profile seems like a lot of work, at least try opening a dating app.
“You’re much more likely to find love by just continuing to…interact with other profiles,” said Tinder’s Simone.
“There are so many possibilities to explore what you’re looking for,” she added.
“I encourage all single people to have fun and put themselves out there. You never know what it will lead to.”
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