Online Dating Industry Snapshot 2012

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  • Tuesday, September 18 2012 @ 05:22 pm
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Are you looking for a snapshot of dating services in the United States? Besides our own data of online dating and relationship statistics that you can review for free, IBISWorld has released a [staticpage:www.ibisworld.com/industry/default.aspx?indid=1723 report] that covers online dating, mobile dating, matchmakers and singles events. It includes industry statistics, market size, industry analysis and a forecast of trends. To purchase the report it will cost you $825 USD. (hmmm maybe I should write my own report if that is what you can charge 😉)

As an enticement for visitors to buy the full report they have released a few interesting statistics. IBIS World notes that revenues for the online dating industry in 2012 is expected to be $2 billion and that in previous years (2007 to 2012) the online dating industry revenues have grown on average of 3.5 percent. Currently there are 7,085 people employed in the dating industry made up of 3,745 businesses.

If you are interested in other facts broken out by year please read our own Online Dating Statistics page. You will also find links to statistics and facts of individual companies that own popular online dating sites.