{"id":119,"date":"2024-02-14T06:08:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T06:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2024.pre-dating.com\/singles-magazine\/?p=119"},"modified":"2025-09-04T19:41:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T19:41:21","slug":"pre-dating-featured-on-cnn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pre-dating.com\/singles-magazine\/pre-dating-featured-on-cnn\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-Dating featured on CNN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Singles are sick of dating apps. Here\u2019s what they\u2019re doing instead<\/h2>\n\n\n
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By Nathaniel Meyersohn<\/a>, CNN
Wed February 14, 2024 www.cnn.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Many singles are tired of swiping on dating apps<\/a>. They\u2019re going old school to find romance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speed dating, singles mixers and other group dating parties have made a comeback since the Covid-19 pandemic ended as singles look to get off their screens and meet potential partners in person. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attendance at dating events in the United States grew 42% in 2023 from 2022, according to ticketing platform Eventbrite, and was higher than pre-pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A speed dating event in California last year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blindfolded, athletic and board-game dating events have grown on Eventbrite. Game-based dating events grew 163% in 2023 and athletic dating events like pickleball and spin classes saw a 135% rise on the platform. Even dating app companies themselves are throwing singles mixers to adapt to the trend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Valentine\u2019s Day is a popular day for singles meetups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of Sunday, singles events listed for Valentine\u2019s Day increased 41% this year from a year ago, according to Eventbrite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe number one complaint I hear is that people are experiencing dating app fatigue,\u201d … \u201cWe have to go back to dating like it\u2019s 1988.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Attendees participate in a speed dating event inspired By Prime Video’s “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” in Atlanta, Georgia. Paras Griffin\/Getty Images for Prime Video<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meetups and other in-person dating events are ways to recreate \u201cthird spaces\u201d that existed before apps where people could spontaneously get to know each other, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forty-five percent of Baby Boomers met their partners through a set-up or at work, compared to 26% of Millennials and Gen Z, according to Ipsos polling<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In-person events are \u201cmimicking as if you met through a friend. It\u2019s really hard to catch a vibe via text, and a lot of pressure on first dates when you have eliminated the time together before.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Linda de Lucca, who runs Pre-Dating<\/a>, a speed dating and singles events service in more than 50 cities, said business was slow before and during the pandemic. But it has bounced back.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNowadays, and especially after the pandemic, our business is booming,\u201d de Lucca said. \u201cWe\u2019ve added second events every night almost to cover the demand.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s something called chemistry,\u201d she said. \u201cBillions of dollars have been spent trying to replicate the experience of meeting face to face. And it\u2019s never been replicated.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mixed feelings about dating apps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Online dating was stigmatized for years, but it\u2019s now a primary form of dating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Match, 25% met their most recent first date online, compared to 20% who met through a friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, online dating users are divided over whether their experiences on dating apps have been positive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fifty-three percent of people say their personal experiences have been very or somewhat positive on dating apps, according to Pew<\/a>. Forty-six say they have been very or somewhat negative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Match Group \u2014 the owner of Tinder, Hinge and other dating apps \u2014 and Bumble boomed during the height of the pandemic in 2020 and 2021 and saw millions of new users and rising stock prices. But they have been slumping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dating app market is saturated. Yu Chun Christopher Wong\/S3studio\/Getty Images<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since Match Group\u2019s peak in 2021, shares have lost nearly 80% of their value. Bumble has also dropped around 80% since going public in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hinge CEO Justin McLeod acknowledged dating app fatigue among some singles in an interview in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou are overwhelmed: there\u2019s so much activity, and so many people, and everyone starts to look the same, and conversations are dying,\u201d he told the Financial Times.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dating apps are also shifting to try to facilitate in-person events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere has been a trend to getting back in person and getting into real life experiences,\u201d said Rachel DeAlto, the chief dating expert at Match Group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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