In recent years many more people have begun to use the internet and mobile applications for dating. Do you think this has made life better or worse for single people?

In recent years many more people have begun to use the internet and mobile applications for dating. Do you think this has made life better or worse for single people? Published on 12 August 2015 → Survey conducted on 12 August 2015 on 16754 GB adults

All adults

Region

Gender

Politics

Age

Better – this has enabled millions of people who would never have met to get together

34%

Worse – there is too much choice and a focus on superficial, short-term relationships

18%

No difference – dating is fundamentally the same as it has always been, only the medium has changed

26%

Don't know

22%

Better – this has enabled millions of people who would never have met to get together

34%

Worse – there is too much choice and a focus on superficial, short-term relationships

18%

No difference – dating is fundamentally the same as it has always been, only the medium has changed

26%

Don't know

22%

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