Data & Research

Data-driven takes on dating and relationships.

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Data & Research5 min read

Age Gaps and Marriage Timing: What the Data Actually Shows

Americans now marry later than ever, and the research on age gaps is more nuanced than the headlines. Here's what Census data and a well-known Emory study really found.

September 3, 2026Read article →
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How Couples Actually Meet: What Stanford's Data Shows

Stanford's How Couples Meet and Stay Together study is the definitive dataset on relationship formation. Here's what it found — including the parts nobody quotes.

August 27, 2026Read article →
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What the Research Actually Says About Attachment Styles and Relationships

Attachment style content online is mostly recycled without citation. Here's what a large national survey and a 132-study meta-analysis actually found.

August 18, 2026Read article →
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What Pew Research Actually Found About Online Dating

Pew Research Center's 2023 survey of U.S. online daters is one of the few large, methodologically solid datasets on the subject. Here's what it actually shows.

August 8, 2026Read article →
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How Long NYC Daters Actually Talk Before Meeting Up

Data on time-to-first-date shows most matches either meet within a week or drift into an endless talking stage that never converts. Here's what the numbers say.

July 29, 2026Read article →
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What the Data Actually Says About First Message Response Rates

Most advice about opening lines is guesswork. Here's what response-rate data actually shows about what gets a reply — and why the whole premise may be the wrong question.

July 15, 2026Read article →
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How Many Dates Does It Actually Take to Find a Relationship?

People want a number. The honest answer is more useful than a number — here's what the data on dating volume and match quality actually shows.

July 8, 2026Read article →
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The Data Behind First Date Success Rates (And Why Most Numbers Are Misleading)

Everyone cites a "success rate" for dating apps and matchmaking, but the numbers rarely mean what people think. Here's what the data actually shows.

July 1, 2026Read article →
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What 250 Data Points Can and Cannot Tell You About Compatibility

Tenr evaluates potential matches across 250+ dimensions. Here's what that data actually captures, what it can predict, and where human judgment still has the edge.

May 22, 2026Read article →