Market Highlights: Online dating is an online web service which enables people to find their connections and introduce themselves to the new person over the Internet. The connections normally build their personal, romantic, or sexual relationships with each other. The users can become members by creating a profile and uploading personal information which includes age, gender, sexual orientation, location, and appearance. The market of the online dating services is increasing due to increasing preferences of searching partners through online portal The market study is being classified by Type (Marriage, Socializing and Casual Relationship), by Application (Ordinary and LGBT) and major geographies with country level break-up that includes South America (Brazil, Argentina, Rest of South America), Asia Pacific (China, Japan, India, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, Rest of Asia-Pacific), Europe (Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Rest of Europe), MEA (Middle East, Africa), North America (United States, Canada, Mexico).
Key Players: The prominent players in the Online Dating Services are Match (United States), PlentyofFish (Canada), OkCupid (United States), Zoosk (United States), eHarmony (United States), JiaYuan (China), BaiHe (China), ZheNai (China), YouYuan (United States), NetEase (China) and Tinder (United States).
Major Market Development Highlights Match Group continues to swallow up the online dating market and The company is also embroiled in litigation with dating app, Bumble, which alleges Match Group launched a lawsuit against it in part to help drive down the price of a possible acquisition a claim Match Group disputes
Key Questions Answered in the Report What will the Online Dating Services Market size and the growth rate be in Future? What are the key factors driving the Online Dating Services Market? What are the key market trends and macro-economic impacting the growth of the Online Dating Services Market? What are the challenges to market growth? Who are the key vendors in the Online Dating Services Market? What are the market opportunities and threats faced by the vendors in the Online Dating Services Market? Trending factors influencing the market shares of the Vendors. What are the key outcomes of the five forces analysis of the Online Dating Services Market?
Research Methodology: The top-down and bottom-up approaches are used to estimate and validate the size of the Global Online Dating Services market. In order to reach an exhaustive list of functional and relevant players various industry classification standards are closely followed such as NAICS, ICB, SIC to penetrate deep in important geographies by players and a thorough validation test is conducted to reach most relevant players for survey in Online Dating Services market. In order to make priority list sorting is done based on revenue generated based on latest reporting with the help of paid databases such as Factiva, Bloomberg etc. Finally the questionnaire is set and specifically designed to address all the necessities for primary data collection after getting prior appointment by targeting key target audience that includes Developer, Sub component Developer, Channel partners, Industry association, Downstream vendors, Government and investment communities and Research organisation and associations. This helps us to gather the data for the players revenue, operating cycle and expense, profit along with product or service growth etc. Almost 70-80% of data is collected through primary medium and further validation is done through various secondary sources that includes Regulators, World Bank, Association, Company Website, SEC filings, OTC BB, Annual reports, press releases etc.