21 people reveal why they don’t use dating apps — and how they meet people instead

Zhang Xiaojing is a year-old accountant for a foreign trade company in Beijing who has been spending time scrolling through her dating apps since the novel coronavirus outbreak. Cinemas and bars were shut down to curb the spread of the deadly virus. I have to remain indoors to avoid getting infected. Zhang lives alone and feels very bored so she downloaded several online dating apps.

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While dating apps still aren’t the most popular way to meet someone , they’re not too far behind traditional methods of finding love. Dating apps have become so popular that a survey from earlier this year found that millennials spend roughly 10 hours a week on dating apps. Dating app Badoo surveyed its million users worldwide to discover that when it comes to finding a match, millennials are either really dedicated or just love to swipe , because 10 hours is a lot.

While men spend more time on dating apps than women, with 85 minutes a day and each session lasting 9. But while those numbers speak volumes to the fact that dating apps are being used and used quite a bit, after a while, it can become exhausting. Doing the same thing over and over again, to the same result, can make dating feel soul-sucking instead of exciting. In addition to getting bored using the same apps, when you do want to branch out, it can get overwhelming — there are just so many of them to try.