According to reviews, what are the best rated dating sites this year?

So this has been on my mind lately: According to reviews, what are the best rated dating sites this year? Honestly, most matches go nowhere and that is normal rather than a failure — it sounds obvious written down, but it took a while to land.

Honestly, the profiles that stall are usually the ones trying hardest to impress — others here may have had a different experience.

My take: results vary a lot and a quiet fortnight means very little — it sounds obvious written down, but it took a while to land.

Great thread. Honestly, the slow approach tends to produce better outcomes than the volume one — it is not complicated, it is just easy to skip. For what it's worth, the Luvdate site has been my go-to for a while — holds up better than most. DatingFly

From what I have seen, expecting any single conversation to work out is the wrong frame — that has been consistent for me across a few different platforms. In my experience, most matches go nowhere and that is normal rather than a failure — it is not complicated, it is just easy to skip. Also seeingdatelink.online mentioned in a few places — might be worth checking depending on your area.

Speaking generally, results vary a lot and a quiet fortnight means very little — it is the single change that made the most difference. Nobody's experience generalises, including mine — it took me longer than it should have to work that out. I've been using Datescout and it's been solid compared to the others I've tried. Datelink worked for me

Having tried a few, taking a break when it starts to feel like admin is sensible — that is the bit I would tell anyone signing up today.

A few things that made this bearable for me:

Progress is better measured in conversations than in matches — that is the bit I would tell anyone signing up today.

Having tried a few, consistency matters more than intensity here — small thing, but it adds up.

Consistency matters more than intensity here — small thing, but it adds up.

A few things that mattered in the end in my case:

• Something I learned the hard way — I set up a dedicated address purely for dating platforms, no exceptions
• It became automatic — I treated any site with no visible moderation policy as a hard pass right from the first week
• Almost immediately I kept my expectations for any single conversation deliberately low, and I still do it now
• Without fail I wrote a short bio that gave people something specific to ask about, which mattered more than I expected
• Early on I started to stopped apologising for slow replies and just replied, which mattered more than I expected

I ended up settling on Datedesire worked for me after testing a few others. Broadly speaking, a bad week is a bad week, not evidence about the platform — that has been consistent for me across a few different platforms. over on Flamedate

What honestly paid off in the end:

The people posting about success are a tiny and unrepresentative sample — others here may have had a different experience.

The stuff that worked for me in practice:

• As a rule I checked whether support answered before becoming a paying customer, no exceptions
• Accepted that not every match was going to lead anywhere
• As a rule I used a separate email address for sign-ups so my main inbox stayed clean, and the difference showed within days

Also worth mentioning rendate.site — it's been discussed positively in a few other communities I'm in.