Dating Apps May Not be as Reliable as You Think

We wanted to find out how many teenagers in the Nelson region have a dating app account and for what reason. We first planned to survey students from NCG and Nelson College but only managed to get responses from NCG. The larger percentage of girls surveyed said that they do not have a dating app account, however, six out of 106 students surveyed said that they do have a dating app account. Those six students shared some experiences with us. One student said they felt uncomfortable on the site as she knew most of the people who were appearing on her suggested. This may be because we have a small population meaning there will be less eligible people in a nearby location that she doesn't know. 

We wanted to get a different perspective on the subject so we interviewed a 27-year-old male who had a dating app account from the age of 14. When he was 19 he traveled abroad and met someone on Grinder and they have been in a relationship for nine years. This suggests that you are more likely to meet someone from a dating app in a bigger area and out of your normal environment. Most dating apps are meant for people to find a connection no matter where they are, but our results prove otherwise. 

The demographic on the left proves that our hypothesis that teenage boys use Tinder more than teenage girls is correct.  However, we were not able to gather results to prove this over the Nelson region. To answer our question if dating apps are reliable we have concluded that it depends on where you live and population size as discussed earlier in the blog. Studies show that online dating is the most common way to meet people in 2019. However, consider the possibility of knowing many of the users and your matches if you live in a small place.