More and more singles every day are turning to the internet for online dating sites as a way to meet someone and even find true love. There are dating websites for any taste, lifestyle, age, and background. There are free sites, paid sites, speed dating, senior dating, Christian dating, gay dating, Asian dating, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. There are thousands of online dating websites where one can look for love. In fact, there are so many of these websites it can be really quite overwhelming. Which one should you use? Well, it depends. What or who are you looking for? A ‘hookup’ or something more long term? Someone just like you, or something completely different? After all, the old saying says “opposites attract”.

Well, we can’t tell you which service to use. But we can give you a list of the most popular dating sites, and you can start there. Regardless of what type of relationship you are seeking, one or more of these dating sites is sure to provide you with more than enough choices in your search for a mate. So, let’s start with some of the biggest, most well-known online dating websites.

  1. The first one is called Match.com, where you can browse available singles for free. You’ll have to pay if you want to become a member, though. There are lots of people that will say that this is one of the best dating sites out there. It was set up in 1995 and has great services for its customers. Most of the profiles on this site are verified and real. This way someone will not waste their time seeing bogus profiles. 
  2. Next up is Eharmony, and it is also a paid internet dating site, with monthly membership fees. This site offers quite a few services that a person can enjoy if they are a part of it. All of the singles that want to sign up are screened first. Getting signed up though is very fast and easy. After a person does this they can jump right in by looking at potential mates. 
  3. Another big internet dating site is called True.com. This site lets people look for free for matches, but of course, as with most of the sites nowadays, it does have a fee to use the full services. Most of the subscribers are from the United States, but they have singles from a few other countries as well.
  4. The next of these internet dating sites is called Date.com, which also has many great features for its users. There are many types of relationships that a person can look for on this site, from a serious relationship to a more casual one. It lets you browse for someone by the characteristics you are looking for in a partner.

Along with these websites, many dating apps are also getting popular these days. There are dating apps like Bumble that are completely free to use and browse for singles in your area. The main reason for the increasing popularity of these dating apps like Bumble is that you can find your matching partner just by creating an online profile on your smartphones. We will delve further into the depths of mobile internet dating in future posts. What has your experience been with online dating? Do you have a favorite site or sites that you use? Do you have any online dating tips that would be helpful to other readers? Leave a comment and tell us!