How Couples Meet in the US

HOW COUPLES MEET IN THE US 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Through friends Online Through family Work Bar Grade school College Neighbors 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Source: "How Couples Meet and Stay Together": a longitudinal study of social life in the US by M. J. Rosenfeld, Reuben J. Thomas, and Sonia Hausen. Analysis of original survey data (n=6,519); "bars & restaurants" category cleaned not to double count couples who first met online.

A line chart shows how couples in the United States met from 1950 to 2020. Meeting through friends was once the most common path, while online dating rises sharply and becomes dominant by the 2020s. The joke is that the uploader’s caption, “The internet and its consequences,” frames the social shift toward online relationships as a major consequence of the internet, often used ironically when discussing how technology changed dating. EN: A line chart shows how couples in the United States met from 1950 to 2020. Meeting through friends was once the most common path, while online dating rises sharply and becomes dominant by the 2020s. The joke is that the uploader’s caption, “The internet and its consequences,” frames the social shift toward online relationships as a major consequence of the internet, often used ironically when discussing how technology changed dating.

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