| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 5/14/2009 2:58:27 AM | oh I found it. top 10
But is for week ending february '07
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True.com
55.9%M
44.1%F
2
Singlesnet
51.5%M
48.5%F
3
Yahoo! Personals
51.4%M
48.6%F
4
Match.com
45.0%M
55.0%F
5
Plentyoffish.com
54.7%M
45.3%F
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eHarmony
31.4%M
68.6%F
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BlackPeopleMeet.com
43.1%M
56.9%F
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Mate 1
50.8%M
49.2%F
9
ManHunt.net
90.4%M
9.7%F
10
Adam4Adam
85.8%M
14.2%F
Make of it what you will but that's the facts.
Truth however is a different story! | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 5/14/2009 4:08:19 AM | Thundercloud111 you nailed it on the head. No matter how old the men get, many have not moved on in mentaliy......they still are looking for the "cheerleader" that wouldn't look twice at them in highschool.....but now that they are old, bald, belly hanging over belt, but have money and drive a hot red car....now they think all those sweet young things are going to thrilled to date them Wish these guys would get a reality check.
I think most women are more forgiving on how guys look, and are willing to over look the baldness and the little pot belly.....they look deeper for the man they want. They look at the total picture...inside and out. And the inner person will last longer then the the good looks on the outside. | |
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Posted: 5/14/2009 7:44:26 AM | | Look lady have you seen the women out there??? Not a very pretty picture in GENERAL.. talk about the ORCA WINFREY SYNDROM!!!! What is it with WOMEN and FOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!! They look like German TANKS. Obesity is the HIGHEST in the WORLD and that is in North America. !!!!!!!!!!!! This doesnt seem to be a problem in any other country in the WORLD!!!!!!!!!!! North American WOMEN in general are like the Big three Auto companies in America JUST cant compete on the WORLD market sister. Eastern Europe the women are WAIFER THIN.. Dam are they SMOKING HOT!!!!!!!! And by LOOKING at your picture you are LUCKY to be in North America were the MEN are desperate and WILL settle for anything. Have a NICE day. I will HONK my horn at you as I drive past MacDonalds. | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 5/14/2009 10:02:02 AM |
I think most women are more forgiving on how guys look, and are willing to over look the baldness and the little pot belly.....they look deeper for the man they want. They look at the total picture...inside and out. And the inner person will last longer then the the good looks on the outside.
I disagree. I think women in general care about looks / physical attraction just as much as men do. Regardless of gender, there will be some people who are very picky about looks. While other people will be more flexible. | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 5/14/2009 3:46:50 PM | | Kgal55 If women REALLY care about their LOOKS in America WHy are they SOOOOOOOO FAT then!!!!!!! Physical attraction my ass... Men are JUST excepting these LARD ASS FAT WOMEN , Because its the Norm thats WHY!!!!! I have MORE disrespect for the MALES in North America than the women.. Because they are CHEATING themselves!!!!! Settling for FAT unattractive women.. And the WOMEN that are in GOOD SHAPE think they are Gods gift to men. hahahhhahaha Women in the Eastern Block countries,Russia ,Ukraine, baltics states Put the NORTH AMERICAN women to SHAME!!!!!!!!! An AVERAGE looking woman in the EE is a 10+++++ here in North America. There LOOKS and the BODY!!!!!!!!! Best of ALL NO NAZI FEMINIST ATTITUDE..... As ORCA WINFREY SAYS, Yeah Go girl, all the way to the refridgerator...I HOPE ALL the WOMEN read what I WRITE because its the TRUTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And the TRUTH HURTS ... I GET a KICK out of North American women .. ha ha ha Us gals are PICKY.. Have you LOOK in the Frigging mirror?????? Like whats that???? ROLLS and ROLLS of FAT.. And in the LOOKS department she MAYBE a 5 at best.. Once a WOMAN in North America gets MARRIED (hook a sucker in) and after a FEW years she LETS herself go to HELL!!! Then they WONDER why her HUSBAND CHEATS!!!!! I HOPE every woman READS what I WRITE .. Instead of HATING ME.. (which 90%of you ORCA types will) You SHOULD be THANKING ME for setting the picture STRAIGHT... And further more I have been on this PLANET for 52 years now.. I have actually gone out on a few dates from women on POF.. I DONT look my age and stay in FANTASTIC SHAPE!!! speaking of TRUTH I can handle the TRUTH!!!! I am SHORT in height 5 feet 5 inches .. I found out in LIFE at the age of 17 most WOMEN dont care for SHORT MEN... It HURTS but thats the WAY it is. The TRUTH is the TRUTH No matter how UGLY it is. At least I dont TRY to FOOL myself.. I have met a few women that didnt mind my height But they all said you have a nice body I was a body builder for 25 years. I competed in many competitions, they also said they Dont like a SHORT guy that is WIMPY... All my girl friends in Russia are 5 feet 9 inches or taller. Life is good. | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 5/14/2009 8:07:13 PM |
I disagree. I think women in general care about looks / physical attraction just as much as men do. Regardless of gender, there will be some people who are very picky about looks. While other people will be more flexible.
Not only are women just as shallow as men, but they also want the guy to have money and/or power. The only time women are flexible about looks are when the guy has a lot of money. Eg. Donald Trump.
But back to the OP. I think one reason why men dominate the Internet dating world is because most women can have full dating lives without ever asking a man out. They don't need an additional venue to find men. Men have difficulty finding available women and approaching them so we need all the help we can get. | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 5/14/2009 8:13:34 PM | seems the truth is looks really are a big deal when it comes to dating
It's such a big issue for a lot of people of both genders.
"It's the inside that counts" having respect for ourselves to stay healthy and in shape and being good to ourselves.
"Charms can be misleading and beauty fades" Respect to others -because truly money and materials do not buy everything, and we will all get old, and wrinklier.
"Beauty is only skin deep" The cosmetics industry knows this very well
"Beautiful is not always good, but good is always beautiful"
Mother Terrisa- and she is beautiful | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 5/14/2009 8:34:07 PM | I did a little experiment. First I logged out, so my search criteria don't affect anything. Then I did an open search with no restrictions. I reduced the radius until both males and females were under 600 (the maximum that will be shown). I also tried limiting by age, then by age and what they're seeking. Here's my results:
Within 15 miles - no restrictions: 36% female / 63% male.
Within 15 miles - between 30-40: 36% female / 63% male.
Within 25 miles - long-term, 30-40: 43% female / 57% male.
Within 25 miles - dating, 30-40: 31% female / 69% male.
Within 25 miles - intimate, 30-40: 4% female / 96% male.
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 5/14/2009 9:06:24 PM | CountIbi.
For it's good intentions and sometimes not so good intentions it seems guys are more pro-active when it comes to trying to find a partner.
Yeah you're right! People are people. Women can be just as shallow as Men.(though there seems to be quite a bit of denial)
However I like to think that there are both some men and women who do not have their head in the clouds and go after those who are very much like themselves.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29918403/
That's where I can see where women can be more hessitant, due to fears, safety, and bad experiences. It takes quite a bit of confidence to email, contact people, ask and even show interest.
the bad side is Men will also face a greater amount of rejection.
Men often do make the first moves and initiations that's a fact and men always have.
However, this may change in time when women are are seen with a more assertive and authoritive role in soceity.
Often then not women are placed more in the role of rejecting Men's advances.
the downside is: It's having to wait for the right man to come along for them and ask them. | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 5/15/2009 2:01:02 AM | hello every 1,,,
I think the stats men to women is at least one to one but not only on dating sites but also in real life and bars etc it feels there is more single men than women for:
A- Men generally tend to be always "looking" even if they already have one
B- Quite "a number" of women tend to be attracted to the ones already taken.
Just my take!! | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 5/15/2009 5:31:34 AM | | Even where men seem to slightly outnumber women on dating sites I'm not always sure it means that women are always at an advantage. Clearly there is a larger pool of men wanting to date young attractive women than there is of young attractive women. But many of those men would never be considered by the young attractive women because they are too old or perceived as unattractive. So the pool of men who would actually be considered by young attractive women may be no larger than the pool of young attractive women. And when it comes to older women, or women not perceived as attractive, the pool of men interested in dating them may be much smaller because so many of the older, or less attractive men, are only interested in the young attractive women. | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 8/10/2009 12:49:45 AM | Men definitely outnumber women by about 10 to 1, give or take some.
However, if you look in the fora of dating sites, you'll see about the same number of members of both sexes.
To me, this indicates that there are a lot of men just fooling around.
Evidence from the women I know on dating sites confirms this. They get a lot of mail, by 90% of it is simply ludicrous. | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 8/10/2009 2:10:44 AM |
I think that 20:1 ratio represents the number of fat, bald, short, old, and broke men who want thin, long haired, tall, young, and rich women.
Bwahahahahahahahahaha! .....
^T^ | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 8/10/2009 7:35:05 AM | So faithful sailor:
I guess for women it's good to be here (or True.com), while us men should be heading over to eHarmony or Match?
Market Data is a good weapon to have in this war called Dating. | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 8/10/2009 9:46:57 AM |
...while us men should be heading over to eHarmony
Q: Why do you think their ad marketing targets almost exclusively male audiences?
(ESPN, the business news channels, and the nature/science/sci-fi channels are all carpet-bombed continually with their ads, trying to scare up some more omega males.)
A: Because they couldn't pay most guys enough to go that route. If women fall for it so readily, it must be bad, really bad. | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 8/10/2009 4:04:42 PM | I used to check the ratios for fun whenever my luck wasn't running so high. To get an accurate ratio you should only check the numbers of who's been online today. People doing searches and counting all pages that come up are counting people who are no longer here.
What I recall is that guys "online today" outnumbered women "online today" by a three to five-to-one ratio at any given time. Even more telling was that if you looked at "online now" the ratio would be anywhere from 10 to 15-to-1 or even higher.
Those numbers can be deceptively discouraging on their face. But when you take a look at the profiles of the competition you realize that you should not really be discouraged. If you're crafty with your profile and emails and have decent photos, you can easily cut through the seemingly daunting numbers, without exactly being Valentino or Hemingway. | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 8/10/2009 4:47:27 PM | | I'm just going to take a wild stab at this one. I believe there are more women due to the fact that many dating sites allow them free memberships to try and get men to pay for theirs. As liberated as our world may be men are still doing the chasing and a lot of these sites know that. Some even advertise "Free for women." | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 8/10/2009 4:55:58 PM | | I would imagine that some of these statistics could be skewed. Although it represents an overall average, location will definitely play a big role in the percentages. Some locations have higher ratios of women to men and vice versa. | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 8/10/2009 6:27:25 PM | I did a search on every age level in a 25 mile radius of myself for both genders. If I remember correctly there was approximately 1 girl for every 1.4 guys. The number of people increase slightly at the same proportion for every year up till about 1 girl for every 1.6 guys up till the age of 35 or so. Then the number of people start decreasing but stay in the same 1-1.5 proportion or so.
That's for me personally, but I cant see anywhere else being too much different. Try this yourself in the search feature, set your age range to whatever your lowest is, check that for guys and girls and compare the number, do it for 1 year older, and keep going to find out for yourself. The number will be at the top " X number of profiles found" and just use that number. | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 8/10/2009 9:31:45 PM | | I don't know if there's more men than women or if women are just more reluctant to initiate messages... but the ratio of initial emails is definitely a lot more favorable for the ladies, so I've been told by several friends of both sexes. | |
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| men outnumber women on dating sites Fact? or Myth?
Posted: 8/10/2009 9:33:18 PM | | THey may have more numbers as in more accounts than the number of women users, but more women check their accounts regularly. So its kind of misleading. Sure the men are "there" but they're not "there" if that makes sense. | |
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