DateTruth
Insights
Short explainers about the numbers behind the dating pool: who counts as single, how height and income shrink a pool, how countries compare. Every table is generated by the same model as the calculator.
- 01 Singles in Switzerland: numbers by age and sex A table by age group and sex, the definition behind it and what Swiss official statistics count instead. Read
- 02 Singles in Germany: numbers and definitions The same table for Germany, and why Mikrozensus, census and household statistics each give a different answer. Read
- 03 How much do height and income shrink the dating pool? Step tables for Germany, Switzerland and the US, why the filters are not simply multiplied, and how sensitive the result is to a few centimetres. Read
- 04 Single, unmarried and living alone: the differences Never married, unmarried, without partner, living alone: six people, four yardsticks, and what the calculator counts. Read
- 05 Dating pool by country: a comparison of the largest countries A standard search compared across the most populous countries, with data year and confidence for every row. Read