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10Mar/071

Top 10 Web Dating Sites in the U.S. [HitWise]

According to HitWise, the current top 10 web dating sites in the U.S., are:

  1. True, with 11% of the market. 55.9% of site users are male, 44.1% female.
  2. SinglesNet, with 9.3% of the market. 51.5% of site users are male, 48.5% female.
  3. Yahoo! Personals, with 9.13% of the market. 51.4% male, 48.6% female.
  4. Match, with 8.22% of the market. 45% are male, 55.0% are female.
  5. PlentyOfFish, with5.68% of the online dating market (and the first of two free dating sites on the list), with 54.7% of users male and 45.3% female.
  6. eHarmony, with 5.51% of the online dating market. 68.6% of users are female, while only 31.4% are male.
  7. BlackPeopleMeet with 2.44% of the web dating market. 56.9% of users are female with the remainder being male.
  8. Mate1, with 2.33% of the web dating market and an almost evenly skewed male to female ratio. Like PlentyOfFish, it is also a free web dating site.
  9. ManHunt, with 1.90% of the online dating market. Since this is a gay dating site, it is of no surprise that most users are male (90.4%).
  10. Adam4Adam, with 1.86% of the online dating market. The site is predominantly gay, with 85.8% of its users male.