Men who have online dated in the past five years are more likely than women to say they didn't get enough messages Among those who have used online dating sites or apps in the past five years, % who say they received
When asked if they received too many, not enough or just about the right amount of messages on dating sites or apps, 43% of Americans who online dated in the past five years say they did not receive enough messages, while 17% say they received too many messages. Another 40% think the amount of messages they received was just about right.
There are substantial gender differences in the amount of attention online daters say they received on dating sites or apps. Men who have online dated in the past five years are far more likely than women to feel as if they did not get enough messages (57% vs. 24%). On the other hand, women who have online dated in this time period are five times as likely as men to think they were sent too many messages (30% vs. 6%).
Men who have online dated in the past  | five years are more likely than women to  | say they didn't get enough messages  | Among those who have used online dating sites or apps  | in the past five years, % who say they received  | 6%  | 17%  | Too many  | 30%  | messages  | 36  | 40  | Just about the  | right amount of  | 45  | messages  | 57  | 43  | Not enough  | 24  | messages  | Online  | Men  | Women  | dating users  | Note: Those who did not give an answer are not shown.  | Source: Survey of U.S. adults conducted Oct. 16- 28, 2019.  | "The Virtues fand Downsides of Online Dating  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 