This statistic presents information on the openness of users in the United States with other people about their using online dating sites and apps. During an April 2017 survey, it was found that 62 percent of responding current or former dating website or app users let their friends know that they were using or had used dating websites and apps.
Which of the following people know that you use or have used dating websites and apps?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Friends
62%
My partner
34%
Colleagues
19%
My siblings
17%
My parents
16%
My relatives
15%
My children
10%
No one
15%
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Statista Survey. (May 5, 2017). Which of the following people know that you use or have used dating websites and apps? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 19, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/711033/us-openness-about-dating-website-and-app-usage/
Statista Survey. "Which of the following people know that you use or have used dating websites and apps?." Chart. May 5, 2017. Statista. Accessed May 19, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/711033/us-openness-about-dating-website-and-app-usage/
Statista Survey. (2017). Which of the following people know that you use or have used dating websites and apps?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 19, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/711033/us-openness-about-dating-website-and-app-usage/
Statista Survey. "Which of The following People Know That You Use or Have Used Dating Websites and Apps?." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 May 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/711033/us-openness-about-dating-website-and-app-usage/
Statista Survey, Which of the following people know that you use or have used dating websites and apps? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/711033/us-openness-about-dating-website-and-app-usage/ (last visited May 19, 2025)
Which of the following people know that you use or have used dating websites and apps? [Graph], Statista Survey, May 5, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/711033/us-openness-about-dating-website-and-app-usage/
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