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Teens are using dating apps more than you’d think. It may not be a bad thing.

First to track teen dating app use through real-time smartphone data versus self-reports Over six months, 23.5% of teens used dating apps, higher than previous estimates Apps may provide valuable ... Read More

How to Take Care of Your Mental Health While Using Dating Apps

De-Andrea Blaylock-Solar of Olivette, Missouri, decided to try dating apps after she became a widow. She started on one app and eventually used a handful of them. As a sexuality and relationship ... Read More

Here’s why teens don’t belong on dating apps

Kara Alaimo is an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can Take It Back” was ... Read More

Are You Being Dommed by Your Dating App?

Several new dating apps are founded on the idea that what daters really want is to hand over control. By Gina Cherelus In the Third Wheel column, Gina Cherelus explores the delights and horrors of sex ... Read More

Dating app categories could be shaping you more than you know

Kevin Guyan does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ... Read More

Unlucky in love? AI dating apps promise to help you up your game.

While online dating apps makes searching for love more convenient, finding that special person is as difficult as ever. A cute photo and simple "hello" may not be enough to help you break through the ... Read More

The best dating apps aren’t even dating apps

It’s no longer taboo to meet your partner on the internet. The evidence is everywhere: It’s on your refrigerator door, where you’ve hung up the wedding invitations of friends who met on Tinder. It’s ... Read More

You Don’t Need to Swipe Right. A.I. Is Transforming Dating Apps.

Meet your artificial intelligence matchmakers. These A.I. tools are changing dating apps, so users don’t have to swipe through an endless scroll of profiles. Meet your artificial intelligence ... Read More

More than just a bad date: Navigating harms on LGBTQ+ dating apps

Christopher Dietzel receives funding from Le Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture (FRQSC). André Matar does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ... Read More

The Real Reason Everyone’s Leaving Dating Apps Behind

Have you ever found yourself lying in bed with a sore, cramped thumb, exhausted from swiping through a sea of identical facial expressions and unanswered messages? Another “hey :)” and you might throw ... Read More

Teens are using dating apps more than you'd think—research suggests it may not be a bad thing

Nearly one in four teenagers are using dating apps—and it may not be hurting their mental health, suggests a new Northwestern Medicine study that monitored adolescents over six months. The findings ... Read More