Heterosexual couples only. Stanford’s survey weights are applied to make the sample nationally representative; the lines are smoothed, because per-year samples are small.
Source: Stanford How Couples Meet and Stay Together survey ([https://data.stanford.edu/hcmst]())
Tools: Python, matplotlib
rogomatic on
Yeah, I call bull on a graph that specifically excludes college.
Prostberg on
Curious about those couples meeting online in the 60’s
Loki-L on
Fun fact: About 4% of married Americans live in arranged marriages.
Silly-Resist8306 on
My wife and I are so typical. We met at a high school football game in 1967. We’ve now been married for 53 years.
scene_missing on
Ok, what’s that tiny bump in Online in the 60s and 70s?? Was someone picking up your memaw on the ARPANet?
mobyte on
I think I’d rather be alone than subject myself to dating apps. Fuck those abominations.
YayzTheInsane on
Neat, I’m in the 4% since we met via mail
JeffreyElonSkilling on
This data is so stale! I bet online is over 75% now.
ejp1082 on
Per your data source, 0.0265% of couples met online in 1961.
I’m gonna say that’s a little suspect.
mistere213 on
What if we met at work, years ago while both married then matched, post divorce, online? So we did know each other, just didn’t know about the other’s relationship status.
PM_THE_GUY_BELOW_ME on
Shout out to that couple who hooked up on ARPANET
staatsclaas on
Shooting your shot at the workplace took a huge HR “it ain’t worth the smoke” step back through the 90’s.
Rowing_Lawyer on
Where’s the category for a multi-year series of misadventures and near misses that you later tell your kids about? There’s at least one of those
Benji_Suite on
If I don’t use online apps am I screwed?
neo_sporin on
Unsure how to answer. I met my wife in K-12 school at an event, but our mutual friend told her ‘this is kevin, he’s the worst. Keep your distance’
So did we meet through friends or via school?
jodi_knight on
This always makes me wonder which method leads to the highest success rate. Or if they are the same when it comes to producing long term relationships.
fr0z3nf1r3 on
People really underestimate the power of filtering out everyone you AREN’T interested in and just doing your best with what remains. Efficient as hell.
Measure76 on
I feel like I’m seeing the death of platonic friendship over time on this graph.
Esternaefil on
2012/online is exactly when/how I met my wife.
ivanbanan on
Thats quite obvious. Besides dating apps, there are many ways to meet people online: comment threads, forums, messenger groups, etc. Online chatting is the most intensive exposure a person can get, unless they work in busy retail or such.
Electronic-Tooth-455 on
I read ‘How Americans met their parents’ and was very confused when the first thing I saw after the title was: ‘50% met online’
dchung97 on
This data is only up to 2021 so during the pandemic. I sort of think that this has peaked and now is going in the reverse direction.
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Heterosexual couples only. Stanford’s survey weights are applied to make the sample nationally representative; the lines are smoothed, because per-year samples are small.
Source: Stanford How Couples Meet and Stay Together survey ([https://data.stanford.edu/hcmst]())
Tools: Python, matplotlib
Yeah, I call bull on a graph that specifically excludes college.
Curious about those couples meeting online in the 60’s
Fun fact: About 4% of married Americans live in arranged marriages.
My wife and I are so typical. We met at a high school football game in 1967. We’ve now been married for 53 years.
Ok, what’s that tiny bump in Online in the 60s and 70s?? Was someone picking up your memaw on the ARPANet?
I think I’d rather be alone than subject myself to dating apps. Fuck those abominations.
Neat, I’m in the 4% since we met via mail
This data is so stale! I bet online is over 75% now.
Per your data source, 0.0265% of couples met online in 1961.
I’m gonna say that’s a little suspect.
What if we met at work, years ago while both married then matched, post divorce, online? So we did know each other, just didn’t know about the other’s relationship status.
Shout out to that couple who hooked up on ARPANET
Shooting your shot at the workplace took a huge HR “it ain’t worth the smoke” step back through the 90’s.
Where’s the category for a multi-year series of misadventures and near misses that you later tell your kids about? There’s at least one of those
If I don’t use online apps am I screwed?
Unsure how to answer. I met my wife in K-12 school at an event, but our mutual friend told her ‘this is kevin, he’s the worst. Keep your distance’
So did we meet through friends or via school?
This always makes me wonder which method leads to the highest success rate. Or if they are the same when it comes to producing long term relationships.
People really underestimate the power of filtering out everyone you AREN’T interested in and just doing your best with what remains. Efficient as hell.
I feel like I’m seeing the death of platonic friendship over time on this graph.
2012/online is exactly when/how I met my wife.
Thats quite obvious. Besides dating apps, there are many ways to meet people online: comment threads, forums, messenger groups, etc. Online chatting is the most intensive exposure a person can get, unless they work in busy retail or such.
I read ‘How Americans met their parents’ and was very confused when the first thing I saw after the title was: ‘50% met online’
This data is only up to 2021 so during the pandemic. I sort of think that this has peaked and now is going in the reverse direction.