The Best Time of Year for Online Dating

There are over 125 million single men and women in the United States and many of them are looking for a relationship. A big question people have is when is it the best time to go out dating? It turns out that the very best day of the year for online dating is New Years Day!

This reason this is a big deal is because many singles declare their New Year Resolutions and singles say: "This is the year I find love!". The first things they do is search for online dating sites and browse through profiles and also post their own profiles up for others to view. Many singles don't realize that just about everyone else does the same thing at the same time! In fact, this is the perfect time of year to find brand new profiles for singles new to the dating game, even if you've already been searching for months or years already.

What Specifically Is The Best Time and Day Of The Year For Online Dating?

The best day is typically on the first Sunday after New Year Day as many folks are winding down and kicking off for the first week of the new year. Specifically, Sunday evening between 5PM and 9PM is the peak hours for new sign ups and activity. This year for 2017, Sunday will actually fall on New Years Day itself and Monday January 2nd is a Federal holiday. This means men and women get a free day off for resting, exploring hobbies and browsing dating sites.

Many big dating sites like PlentyOfFish, OkCupid and Match are expecting it to be a very active day. Traffic and membership signup volume is expected to be up to 50% higher than normal. In general, the best time of year for online dating is between the Christmas Holiday up through Valentine's Day. If you are single, Christmas is the time of year when your family gets together and brings up the topic of "finding the right person" or "you will get a boyfriend/girlfriend soon enough". Many people would guess Valentine's Day to be the best day for dating online, but this is actually the happiest day of the year for couples (not for singles)!

Kelly, a member at LetsHangOut.com says "Singles have time off on the holidays to ponder the idea and come up with their goals for the following year. We talk about going out to the gym, going on vacations and trips, finding a new hobby, we got Super Bowl Week going on. At the same time, these are all perfectly good excuses to go out and meet people." Online dating sites would logically be the place to seek out these new social partners. On average, it takes 10 weeks for a man to get a date, and 8 weeks for a woman to get a date. The best overall month for dating is in January when New Years resolutions are strongest and big parties and activities are happening, like Super Bowl festivities.

The Best Day of the Week For Online Dating?

If you miss out on New Year dating trend, it turns out that Sunday is actually the best day of every week in the year for online dating. It tends to be the best day of week for a peak in traffic volume and signups for men and women looking to hang out. Again, folks are usually winding down on Sunday and getting ready for the next week, making it the ideal day.

The Best Hour of the Day For Online Dating?

It is interesting to study the trends of various online dating apps. There is a consistent peak hour for online dating on any given day and typically this is around 9PM. The entire range of 8PM to 10PM are the best hours to be online. The second best time of the day is in the morning. These are the times of day when people are checking their messages when they just wake up in the morning or before bed time. Check out the graph below to see activity throughout each hour.

Picking the Right Dating Site

The biggest ones are Plenty of Fish, OkCupid, Tinder and Match. Unfortunately, all of these services cost quite a bit of money (sometimes up to $60/mo or more). Some are free, but you have to pay money to get all the site features. For example, Plenty of Fish used to be completely free, but they got new owners recently and this is no longer the case. The high costs are the number one reason why online dating members give up so early in the year. For a completely 100% free online dating site with all the features at no cost, you can sign up with us at LetsHangOut.com or click the button below. Put your credit card away and have a happy, cost-free New Year!

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