Serious Dating Dating Sites
13 active serious dating platforms, ranked by our editorial rating.
Hinge
“Designed to be deleted” — prompts over swipes
Pairs
Japan’s leading marriage-minded dating app
eharmony
The compatibility-quiz marriage machine
Match.com
The original 1995 dating site, still serious about it
Coffee Meets Bagel
A few curated “bagels” a day instead of endless swiping
Meetic
Europe’s Match.com, dominant in France
Parship
Germany’s scientific matchmaking standard
Shaadi.com
The world’s biggest matrimonial service
EliteSingles
Personality-tested dating for professionals
BharatMatrimony
Shaadi’s great rival, strong in South India
Breeze
Skip the chat — the app books you a date
eDarling
European personality-based matchmaking
Once
One curated match a day — slow dating
No longer available
3Chemistry.com
Match’s personality-test spin-off of the 2000s
HowAboutWe
Date-idea-first dating ahead of its time
Siren
Women-controlled visibility, before Bumble scaled it