Dating App Users Seek Agreeable, Emotionally Stable, and Introverted Partners

People on dating apps tend to prefer potential partners who have similar levels of agreeableness, conscientiousness, and extraversion. Participants in a study evaluated 100 different online dating profiles and showed a preference for profiles that were perceived as more agreeable, emotionally stable, and introverted. However, there were no significant effects for perceived conscientiousness or openness, suggesting that these traits did not strongly influence the number of matches a profile received. The study supports the idea that people display assortative preferences in the context of online dating, particularly for the personality traits agreeableness and openness.