Comparison of online dating services

This is a partial, non-exhaustive list of notable online dating websites and mobile apps.

Online dating services

Defunct sites

  • Craigslist (personal ads were removed)
  • Find Your FaceMate
  • Matchmaker.com (Dating service founded in 1986 which had users[36])
  • Nerds at Heart
  • SpeedDate.com
  • Spoonr
  • Spray Date
  • Tastebuds.fm
  • Travel Companion Exchange
  • True
  • WhiteDate (white supremacist dating website)
  • Yahoo! Personals

See also

  • Timeline of online dating services

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