Dating via video is now just as important as personal dates

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Long conversations, candlelight, and a glass of wine: romantic dates for singles no longer take place exclusively in person during the lockdown. Getting to know each other virtually via video call is now just as important. 38 percent of users of online dating services say that they have arranged to meet potential partners via video call during the corona pandemic . But just as many have also met an interesting person on a personal date. This is the result of a representative survey commissioned by the digital association Bitkom among 1,005 people in Germany aged 16 and over. According to the survey, video dates take place much more frequently than personal meetings: singles who are active on online dating exchanges such as Verliebt-im-Norden.de had an average of 11 meetings via video call during the pandemic - and 5 personal meetings. australia gambling data "Getting to know other people or a partner is more difficult than usual during the corona pandemic when cafés and restaurants are closed. Creativity is required here. Getting to know each other virtually via online dating platforms and video calls can be a good alternative,” says Linda van Rennings, Head of Online Communication at Bitkom.

Anyone who has had video dates once will continue to do so in the future: 78 percent want to have more video dates even after the pandemic. 14 percent have even fallen in love this way. And getting to know each other virtually has a few other effects: 66 percent of video daters feel safer doing so than when meeting in real life - 76 percent of women say this, and 51 percent of men. For men, video dates also seem to help with nervousness: 50 percent say they are less nervous this way. For women, the figure is 29 percent. Direct eye contact, no distractions: One in five (19 percent) even finds video dates more personal than real meetings.