Can Matchmaking Platforms Save Us From Dating App Fatigue?

One might assume, with good reason, that a romantic recession is underway. That's the story the numbers tell, at least. Forty-seven percent of US adults say dating is more difficult today than it was a decade ago, according to a Pew Research Center analysis. Even as singledom is on a downward slope--in 2023, 42 percent of adults were unpartnered compared to 44 percent in 2019, a different Pew survey found--it doesn't feel that way. The dating landscape is in the throes of another tectonic shift.