What are you changing about your online dating routine for 2025?
SurfersMatch members weighed in on this question. Here’s what 1,081 people had to say.
The Winner
Top answer
I'll meet up with more of my matches in-person
45.1% of votes — 488 out of 1,081
Poll Results
Demographics: Gender Breakdown per Answer
I'll meet up with more of my matches in-person
Gender breakdown
I'll send the first message
Gender breakdown
I'll be less fussy
Gender breakdown
Nothing, it's going great!
Gender breakdown
Something else (tell us below!)
Gender breakdown
What the Data Shows
The biggest shift members plan for 2025 is meeting up in person more: 45.1% chose this, reflecting a post-pandemic recalibration that’s been building across the dating world. Too many connections stay digital too long, and the SurfersMatch community knows it. The screen is a start, not the destination.
Sending the first message more proactively came second at 21.6% — a sign that members recognize passive swiping has its limits. Being less fussy (14.1%) and trying something else entirely (8.2%) round out the active-change camp. Only 10.8% said nothing needs to change because it’s already going great.
Reading across the data, SurfersMatch members enter 2025 with a clear-eyed sense of what’s been holding them back: digital comfort zones, excessive selectivity, and waiting for the other person to reach out first. The data-driven resolution is to do more of the real thing — get off the app and into a conversation face to face.