Worldwide mobile app use for meeting romantic partner 2021

According to a survey conducted in August 2021,16 percent of mobile app users in Indonesia met their current romantic partner via a mobile app, ranking first among all surveyed countries. The UAE followed closely in second place with 14 percent of respondents having met their partner via app and India ranking third with 12 percent. Germany and Hong Kong surveyed the lowest rate at five percent.

Share of mobile app users from selected countries who met their current romantic partner via their mobile device 2021

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Indonesia	16%
UAE	14%
India	12%
China	9%
France	8%
US	8%
Mexico	8%
Australia	8%
Italy	7%
Sweden	7%
Spain	7%
Singapore	7%
UK	6%
Denmark	6%
Poland	6%
Germany	5%
Hong Kong	5%

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Release date

September 2021

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

August 2021

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

adults who said through an app on their mobile device

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

How did you meet your current romantic partner?

According to the source: "The data is based on the interviews of adults aged 18 and over in 17 markets with sample sizes varying between 509 and 2,124 for each market. All interviews were conducted online in August 2021. Data from each market uses a nationally representative sample apart from Mexico and India, which use urban representative samples, and Indonesia and Hong Kong, which use online representative samples."

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