In 2024, 22 percent of the adults in the United States reported using dating apps more often than the years before, when 18 percent of respondents stated having an increase in usage frequency. While, 45 percent of users said that they use dating apps as often as they used in previous years. In 2024, around 33 percent of users accounted to use these apps less frequently. The share of this opinion holders was 43 percent in 2021.
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Change in dating apps use frequency among adult consumers in the United States from 2021 to 2024
Characteristic
More often
About the same
Less often
2021
18%
39%
43%
2022
18%
44%
38%
2024
22%
45%
33%
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CivicScience. (May 29, 2024). Change in dating apps use frequency among adult consumers in the United States from 2021 to 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1548641/us-dating-apps-usage-frequency-change/
CivicScience. "Change in dating apps use frequency among adult consumers in the United States from 2021 to 2024." Chart. May 29, 2024. Statista. Accessed September 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1548641/us-dating-apps-usage-frequency-change/
CivicScience. (2024). Change in dating apps use frequency among adult consumers in the United States from 2021 to 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1548641/us-dating-apps-usage-frequency-change/
CivicScience. "Change in Dating Apps Use Frequency among Adult Consumers in The United States from 2021 to 2024." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 May 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1548641/us-dating-apps-usage-frequency-change/
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Change in dating apps use frequency among adult consumers in the United States from 2021 to 2024 [Graph], CivicScience, May 29, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1548641/us-dating-apps-usage-frequency-change/
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