Mainstream Dating Sites
32 active mainstream platforms, ranked by our editorial rating.
Bumble
Women make the first move
Tinder
The swipe app that defined a decade of dating
OkCupid
Question-driven matching with a progressive streak
happn
Match with people you’ve actually crossed paths with
Badoo
The global social-dating network, huge outside the US
Zoosk
Behavioral matchmaking with a 40-million member base
Plenty of Fish
Massive, free-first dating with live streams
Tantan
“China’s Tinder,” hundreds of millions of swipes deep
Thursday
The app that only works one day a week
Boo
Personality-type matching for the MBTI generation
LOVOO
German swipe-and-stream dating app
Momo
China’s social-dating giant
Adopte (AdopteUnMec)
France’s “adopt a guy” - women shop, men wait
LoveScout24
Germany’s veteran mainstream dating site
Finya
Germany’s big completely-free dating site
Soul
China’s avatar-first social matching phenomenon
Hily
Data-driven matching for Gen Z
MySingleFriend
Your friends write your profile, and they’re ruder than you
Lexa
The Netherlands’ big mainstream dating site
Clover
On-demand dating with mixers and date scheduling
Jaumo
German-built flirt app with a global footprint
HappyPancake
Scandinavia’s free dating staple
Mamba
The Russian-speaking world’s dating giant
Paktor
Southeast Asia’s homegrown swipe app
Iris
AI that learns your type from your swipes
Filteroff
Speed dating over video, no texting purgatory
Wingman
Your friends swipe for you, with your blessing
RAW
BeReal-style dual-camera dating, no filters allowed
FirstMet
The Facebook-era survivor (born AreYouInterested)
Mingle2
The scrappy free dating survivor
Lavalife
Canada’s phone-lines-to-web dating veteran
FriendFinder
The 1996 original that spawned an empire
No longer available
5Ship
The app where friends swiped for you
Yahoo! Personals
The portal era’s biggest dating section
Hater
Matched by what you both can’t stand
uDate
The early consolidation-era contender
Kiss.com
Arguably the first dating site on the web