Online Dating sites: Which portal is best for you?

Our recommendations in the above list pool more than 75% of registered singles in Australia, who are seriously looking for a partner. All portals fulfil the following conditions:

  • A more than sufficient amount of active members
  • A similar amount of men and women
  • Personally vetted profiles
  • Secure environment
  • Fair contract terms

You can try out all these online dating sites in peace, without having to pay any money!


Keep 2 things in mind:

1. What exactly do you want?

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  • Are you looking specifically for a new life partner?
  • Or do you want to flirt and arrange casual dates?
  • Or perhaps an intimate encounter?

Pay attention to the test winners above, to check whether they really do suit your intentions!

2. Suitable for your age?

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  • Some online dating sites are especially popular with younger people.
  • With most the focus is between 25 and 50 years of age.
  • There are fewer portals with a large amount of singles of 50 plus!

Make sure that the dating site of your choice has sufficient members of a suitable age group!


Online Dating sites: How to find your provider....

Simply register with 2-3 dating sites - FREE OF CHARGE - and see what happens:

  • What kind of singles are active in your area?
  • How many are online right now?
  • Who is writing you an email?

After a few days you will know which dating site you feel most comfortable with.

You can find out completely free of charge. And it only takes a few minutes!


What about all the other online dating sites?

Are you young? Do you have above average looks? Or are you rich? Then you could also try a free flirt-app like Tinder.

For most singles, though, it can be very frustrating:

  • Men receive very few answers to emails, because with free flirt-apps many more men than women are registered.
  • Women are stressed out because the men have no class or only want to play around.

The premium dating sites are much better:

  • More or less the same amount of men and women
  • Everybody has paid, so they are all genuinely interested
  • No hard-bitten rivalry
  • Virtually no fakes and non-active members
  • Support in getting to know each other

That’s why you should opt for one of the dating sites recommended above.


Online Dating sites: Examples of less auspicious services

There are simply not that many really good dating websites these days. Here are a few examples of services that are not recommended by us:

Match.com Online Dating sites

Well, the old classic match.com is a little outdated. Nowadays, our test winners listed above, quite simply, offer a smarter dating service for the same money.

rsvp Online Dating sites

rsvp claims to be "Australia's most trusted dating site". And it was a real local hero for a decade. But now it definitely requires an update for the 2020's.

Badoo.com Online Dating sites

Among flirt-apps, Badoo is the best for me! It has a lot of members (but also a lot of fakes) and anyone who wants to use the app correctly has to pay.

Tinder App Online Dating sites

Tinder is used by many young people to arrange casual dates. However, a lot of idiots are out and about and you know as good as nothing about the other person before the encounter.

That’s why 8 out of 10 dates are a complete flop. And that’s if you ever do get anything arranged...

Bumble Online Dating sites

Bumble was set up by an employee of Tinder to make online-dating female-friendly. The outcome of that, though, has not been well received by men…

Happn Online Dating sites

The French app Happn shows users who is where and when. That’s a blatant invasion of your privacy!

We advise against trying these portals out.
You’ll probably not only waste your time, but also your money!


Petra F.
Petra F.
Petra has been monitoring the Australian world of online dating sites since 2003. In the media it is considered the leading expert on the topic of "Online Dating sites".