Lily James feels too “self-conscious” to use dating apps.The 36-year-old Cinderella star plays Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd in new movie Swiped so Lily tried out the app using a friend’s account just to get the hang of it, but she admits she wouldn’t put a profile online in her search for love would be…
When Match Group released its latest earnings this week, its CEO Spencer Rascoff boasted that Hinge, one of its flagship dating apps, was “crushing it,” with growth accelerating despite reports that young users are breaking up with dating apps. Revenue was up 25% compared to the same quarter the prior year, and users had flocked…
Good news for bookworms: you’re about to dominate the dating pool. Shocked? Honestly, as a book lover and author myself, I agree. Back in the day, readers were labeled as “nerds” or “awkward,” two things that don’t necessarily equate to bombshells in the dating scene. However, today, the narrative has shifted (pun intended). In fact,…
Christie Brinkley and her look-alike youngest daughter, Sailor Brinkley Cook, attract the same men despite their 44-year age difference. The 71-year-old supermodel revealed that her 27-year-old daughter once put her on dating app for an hour without her knowing — and to both their surprise, they had mutual matches. The tidbit came out during Brinkley’s…
On Tuesday, I published a column about a toxic app called The Tea that allows women to anonymously defame their dates without recourse. One must apply and prove their identity to get onto the females-only app. Despite being promised my application would be processed in mere “hours,” I spent weeks waiting. Then suddenly, mere hours after dropping…
A new study has confirmed something most dating app users already suspected. Men are swiping way out of their league—and it’s not going well. Researchers analyzed nearly 3,000 heterosexual users on a Czech dating app and found a pattern. Men consistently pursued women who ranked higher in overall desirability, while women generally matched with men…
Tea, a provocative dating app designed to let women anonymously ask or warn each other about men they’d encountered, rocketed to the top spot on the U.S. Apple App Store this week. On Friday, the company behind the app confirmed it had been hacked: Thousands of images, including selfies, were leaked online. “We have engaged third-party cybersecurity experts…
There’s long been a theory that, on dating apps, 80% of women are pursuing the top 20% of men — but new research reveals it’s actually fellas who are aiming too high when swiping for love. International researchers analyzed the behaviors of almost 3,000 heterosexual users of a Czech dating app, with their findings published…
[Kalé Carey] A CALIFORNIA MAN HAS BEEN INDICTED ON 14 FEDERAL CHARGES FOR A SCHEME PROSECUTORS ALLEGE USED MULTIPLE DATING APPS TO LURE VICTIMS WITH FALSE PROMISES OF ROMANCE, ONLY TO BE DEFRAUDED. THE U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ANNOUNCED THE INDICTMENT ON THURSDAY, JULY 24, IDENTIFYING 39-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER EARL LLOYD OF WHITTIER AS THE MAN BEHIND…
(© Kaspars Grinvalds – stock.adobe.com) In a Nutshell Men often pursue women who receive far more swipes than they do, a pattern called “aspirational pursuit.” Women, who receive significantly more attention on dating apps, tend to be more selective and swipe on slightly less desirable partners. Only 27% to 38% of swipes result in mutual…