Who said only people in big cities will date online?

CHENNAI:

Online dating

apps have seen an increase in the number of subscribers as well as a rise in online activity during the Covid-19

pandemic

. But if you think the majority of subscribers are from big metros, then you are in for a surprise.

QuackQuack

, a dating app, has found from analysis of their data that more people from smaller cities are now signing up.

The sign-up ratio for new users for the month of August was 30% in metros cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Chennai, while 70% were from tier-2 cities like Agra, Indore, Jammu and Bhopal, among others.

Some of the top tier-2 cities like Jaipur, Jammu, Agra, Indore, Surat, Bhopal and Ludhiana among others have also seen major growth in online dating users. Even smaller towns like Kendrapara (Odisha), Haldia (West Bengal), Chittorgarh (Rajasthan), and Nadiad (Gujarat) have found a place in the 'dating map'.

“What we’ve seen from the ratio is that online dating has made its place in smaller cities and towns of our country as well. And for good it has been accepted too, whereas earlier people from bigger cities would mostly indulge in online dating and smaller towns were lagging behind. That’s not the case anymore. Smaller cities are rocking now for good,” said Ravi Mittal, CEO of QuackQuack.


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