Compared with eight years ago, online daters in 2013 are more likely to actually go out on dates with the people they meet on these sites.

People can eventually choose to reveal pictures when they’re comfortable.

The app feeds off of information in users’ Facebook profiles, and then creates matches through a combination of GPS proximity and interests in common – without revealing pictures of either side of the match.

Billed by developers as an intellectual flirting and dating app, Twine has less than 50,000 downloads in the Google Play store and has not yet cracked the top 50 social/dating apps in the Apple App Store.‘Every other dating app is trying to show you a photo and pick people who are good looking,’ Mr Singal told the Daily Beast, explaining that the idea of pairing people based on similar interests was borne from seeing everyday couples interacting.

We refer to these individuals throughout this report as “online daters,” and we define them in the following way: Taken together, 11% of all American adults have done one or both of these activities and are classified as “online daters.” In terms of demographics, online dating is most common among Americans in their mid-20’s through mid-40’s.

Some 22% of 25-34 year olds and 17% of 35-44 year olds are online daters.