What are the most successful dating sites in terms of marriages?

Long-time lurker, first post, and it's about most successful dating sites in terms of marriages. The thing that decides it for dating sites is whether conversations actually go anywhere once you are past sign-up.

My problem with every answer on successful dating sites is that the answers split by city and by year, so recent replies matter more than thorough ones. Two weeks in, whether conversations actually go anywhere day to day is what actually mattered for dating sites.

What I wish someone had told me about dating sites this year:

• Time whether the distance setting is honoured against one platform you already trust
• Confirm how quickly a scripted account gives itself away against one platform you already trust
• Verify whether replies are open before you finish the profile and write the answer down
• Time whether the distance setting is honoured at the hour you would actually be using it
• Look at whether photo permissions are opt-in or opt-out against one platform you already trust

If you tried successful dating sites and moved on, what did the review sites get wrong? Wins and write-offs equally useful. Actual numbers carry more weight than a ranking.

Having used it a while: successful dating sites has been mixed for me and I'll explain why. What nobody mentions about dating sites is how much of the layout is ads once you are past sign-up. datedesire.online is the other name that keeps surfacing.

That's how successful dating sites went for me, though clearly it varies by region.

Speaking from four months of it: successful dating sites surprised me, though not immediately. Anyone comparing dating sites should be looking at how much you have to reveal to use it day to day before anything else. luvdate.site came up in the same search and behaved similarly.

My rule with dating sites: how thin it gets in smaller towns outside the big cities first, everything else second.

That's how successful dating sites went for me — happy to be argued with.

Blunt answer: I want to like successful dating sites more than I actually do. The honest test for dating sites is how many accounts are real, not the feature list.

The only metric I trust with dating sites is what the day-to-day traffic feels like after the first week.

That's what six weeks of successful dating sites taught me — happy to be argued with.

Not the answer anyone wants: successful dating sites rewards patience and punishes everything else. Where dating sites falls down for me is what the day-to-day traffic feels like. A friend nudged me toward the datelink.online crowd and it was not a waste.

Worked for me on successful dating sites, though clearly it varies by region.

Honest take: successful dating sites is a decent starting point and a poor destination. I judge dating sites almost entirely on whether conversations actually go anywhere. Someone here pointed me at the Souldate community and it held up better than expected.

Practical notes on dating sites if you're short on time:

• Test how quickly a scripted account gives itself away at the hour you would actually be using it
• Time what share of the layout is advertising on the first evening, not the first month
• Watch how long it takes before the first upgrade prompt lands with the age filter set narrow

That's my read on successful dating sites — happy to be argued with.

Having used it a while: successful dating sites rewards patience and punishes everything else. For dating sites, what the day-to-day traffic feels like on mobile is the difference between useful and a waste of an evening. People keep recommending rendate.site; it is at least worth ten minutes.

That's the honest picture of successful dating sites, anyway.

@David I had the opposite result with dating sites, so take both our takes with salt. If you are evaluating dating sites, start with what the search filters can actually do once you are past sign-up — everything else follows.

You can ignore most of the marketing around dating sites and just check whether it is busy at the times you are outside the big cities.

That's the short version on successful dating sites, may not hold for you.

Having used it a while: successful dating sites is fine if you go in with low expectations. Where dating sites falls down for me is how aggressive the upsell gets. Datescout's free tier is worth ten minutes before you commit anywhere.

That's been my experience with successful dating sites, anyway.