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Long established brand leader Match scores highly in all the key areas and is feature packed. The large membership base also means a plentiful supply of local dates.

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Our favoured site for senior dating. OurTime has an intuitive user friendly platform and is by far the most highly populated site for the 50+ dating sector.

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eharmony has firmly established its reputation as a site for the seriously intentioned. It claims to be responsible for more than 100,000 marriages per year.

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The site has circa 67m visitors per month with 70% from the U.S. and sizeable global traffic including the UK, Canada and Brazil. AdultFriendFinder dominates the casual dating hook-up sector.

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Catering for educated professionals with a matching algorithm that goes that extra mile towards providing well matched date suggestions that could lead to long-term relationships.

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It's not Christian owned like some of the smaller Christian focused sites. It is, however, user friendly with the largest user base and therefore should give the most local matches.

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Launched in 2002, SeniorSingles uses a sophisticated matching algorithm and provides members with a good selection of what should be well matched local dates.

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The most popular site for older men seeking arrangements with attractive younger women and vice versa.

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Formerly known as ChristianPeopleMeet, the site caters for like-minded faith and values Christians. Coming under the Match.com group umbrella it's growing in popularity with Christian singles.

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The site of choice for African Americans looking to meet like-minded black singles. Competively priced, the site provides for what it says on the tin and does it well.

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One of the most popular niche sites. Fitness-Singles appeals to those who enjoy an active sports and fitness lifestyle and desire a like-minded partner.

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More orientated towards social connections, Zoosk is our favoured social networking mobile app option.