Popular Facebook Dating Groups to Try

Are you wondering how to meet people over Facebook Dating? The easiest method is to focus on your interests and start joining groups through the dating app – you can connect with people who share those interests, and hopefully make a better match.

Facebook Dating offers groups for its users to join once they begin searching, making it a bit easier to find someone compatible with you. There’s no limit to the number of groups you can join, or how specific you want to be in your search. There are also a number of groups that offer tips and dating advice if you feel stuck or want to commiserate. If you want to find like-minded singles you can join niche groups like vegan daters, or if you’re not interested in narrowing your options too much, you can connect with others based on location.

Here are some popular groups that you might want to check out:

American Singles Dating and Friendship (private group). If you don’t know where to start and want a wide range of options, begin here. You can meet over 585,000 members and see hundreds of posts per day, but the location is open so choose another group if you want to narrow it down.

Relationship & Dating Advice. If you’re looking for dating tips, this group has 1.5 million members offering stories and advice – so you’ll probably find someone going through a similar challenge. This group is monitored by its administrators, so there’s no tolerance for abusive or harmful language and no posting fake profiles. If you have a burning question, this is the place!

Vegan Singles. This group has 12,000 members, and models itself after OkCupid where people are encouraged to introduce themselves and post a selfie to get the conversations started.

Single Hikers/Backpackers/Kayakers for dating. If you are the outdoorsy type and want to find a kindred spirit, check out this group where anyone can post as long as they keep it respectful and within outdoor topics. 

Single Mom Single Dad Dating Group. If you’re looking for someone who understands your busy life and schedule as a single parent, check out this Facebook Dating group. It’s a very active group with 335,000 members and multiple posts per day. The big requirement is that you can’t post pictures of your kids (this is a smart move to help people join the group who might be hesitant to share). This group is also monitored, and posts are approved individually.

The rules of groups differ - some have moderators who approve posts and content while others don’t, and all have basic rules for members to follow, mostly adhering to decency like not using offensive language, not posting lude video or graphic photos, and not posting fake profiles.

To get started, sign up for Facebook Dating by choosing the menu button on the app and then select “Dating,” which is kept totally separate from your Facebook profile. From there, you can create a profile and then start choosing groups to join.