{"id":732,"date":"2017-08-23T08:11:42","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T08:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/blog\/?p=732"},"modified":"2017-08-23T08:33:18","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T08:33:18","slug":"okcupid-statistics-may-suggest-hookup-culture-on-their-siteapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/blog\/732\/okcupid-statistics-may-suggest-hookup-culture-on-their-siteapp\/","title":{"rendered":"OkCupid statistics may suggest &#8220;hookup&#8221; culture on their site\/app"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-734 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/poll.jpg\" alt=\"poll\" width=\"628\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/poll.jpg 628w, https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/poll-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/blog\/355\/okcupid-lies-to-members-about-matches-compatibility\/\">OkCupid<\/a>\u00a0routinely gathers member answers to quiz questions and publicizes their statistics. \u00a0One of the latest findings they share is on first date hookups:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);\">46% of OkCupid users say they\u2019d consider sleeping with someone on the first date, as opposed to the 40% who say they wouldn\u2019t. (14% skipped the question).<br \/>\n(via OkCupid blog post, &#8220;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/theblog.okcupid.com\/why-more-people-are-having-sex-on-the-first-date-7330ddbea30f\" target=\"_blank\">Why More People Are Having Sex on the First\u00a0Date<\/a>&#8221; on July 5, 2017)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This might imply that OkCupid is a &#8220;hookup&#8221; dating app, or one may argue that perhaps it just means that their members are open minded as to what they may be open to given certain circumstances. \u00a0Rewind though a few more months back, and OkCupid provides some clarity with more of these insights:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>today only <strong>43% of men and 17% of women say they enjoy meaningless sex<\/strong>; that\u2019s compared to 48% of men and 27% of women in 2008. We also looked at the <strong>willingness of men and women to date someone just for the sex<\/strong>. In 2008, 55% of men and 29% of women would; nowadays, those numbers have dropped to <strong>40% and 19%<\/strong> respectively.<br \/>\n(via OkCupid blog post, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/theblog.okcupid.com\/https-theblog-okcupid-com-casual-sex-and-politics-in-2017-eadbeaee0c4d\" target=\"_blank\">In 2017, Substance Is In. Casual Sex Is\u00a0Out.<\/a>&#8220;, on February 7, 2017)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What do you think about those statistics on OkCupid members, directly from OkCupid?<\/p>\n<p>Besides comparing quiz answers, members on OkCupid can know if a fellow member is in it just for &#8220;casual sex&#8221;, as that is a profile option to mark, for types of relationships you are looking for. \u00a0So, in any case, OkCupid is a good site to try if that is your aim.<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking for more substantive relationships, Friends Match Me is a good choice for you, and unlike OkCupid, it is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/blog\/36\/are-there-any-totally-free-dating-sites-yes-friends-match-me-facebook-dating-app\/\">totally free<\/a>. (OkCupid used to be totally free.) \u00a0Friends Match Me provides the profile question\u00a0&#8220;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Type(s) of Relationships looking for:&#8221;, with the answers: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Date, A Long Term Relationship, Marriage, Marriage &amp; Children, Friend, Actvity Partner<\/span>. \u00a0Join now at <a href=\"Friends%20Match Me provides the profile question &quot;Type(s) of Relationships looking for:&quot;, with the answers: Date, A Long Term Relationship, Marriage, Marriage &amp; Children, Friend, Actvity Partner.  Join now at www.friendsmatchme.com, or download our free dating app on Google Play or the \">www.friendsmatchme.com<\/a>, or download our free dating app on <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.friendsmatchme\" target=\"_blank\">Google Play<\/a> or the <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/friends-match-me-dating-app\/id1225430256\" target=\"_blank\">App Store<\/a> &#8211; just search for &#8220;friendsmatchme&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OkCupid\u00a0routinely gathers member answers to quiz questions and publicizes their statistics. \u00a0One of the latest findings they share is on first date hookups: 46% of OkCupid users say they\u2019d consider sleeping with someone on the first date, as opposed to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/blog\/732\/okcupid-statistics-may-suggest-hookup-culture-on-their-siteapp\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,251],"tags":[446,84,445],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=732"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":739,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732\/revisions\/739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}