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===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size:24px; font-weight: normal;">Meeting online is now the primary way relationships are formed</span>=== | ===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size:24px; font-weight: normal;">Meeting online is now the primary way relationships are formed</span>=== | ||
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According to data from the How Couples Meet and Stay Together survey, a comprehensive national survey on romantic [[relationship]]s in the US, 39% of couples | According to data from the How Couples Meet and Stay Together survey (2017), a comprehensive national survey on romantic [[relationship]]s in the US, 39% of couples met and started [[relationship]]s online in 2017. Thus, this has now become the leading way for [[relationship]]s to start. The share of couples meeting online has almost doubled since 2009, and is currently exponentially increasing. Between 1995 to 2017, meeting through friends saw the largest decline, with 40% fewer people meeting this way. 23% of that is couples that explicitly met on online dating services, with the number of couples that met through online dating platforms, continuing to exponentially increase. | ||
This is likely the most transformative change that has occurred in the dating sphere in the past 20 years. This change coincides clearly with many of the other trends discussed on this page, such as the overall increase in male celibacy during this time frame and greater amount of sex being consolidated to the top 5-20% of men. | This is likely the most transformative change that has occurred in the dating sphere in the past 20 years. This change coincides clearly with many of the other trends discussed on this page, such as the overall increase in male celibacy during this time frame and greater amount of sex being consolidated to the top 5-20% of men. | ||