This statistic displays the results of a survey of reasons to use dating sites and/or apps in the Netherlands in 2019. The survey results suggest that as of 2019, the majority of people in the Netherlands who used online dating sites and dating apps did so in search of a relationship. Just over 70 percent of people surveyed indicated that they were in search of a relationship, while just over ten percent of respondents indicated that they were looking for sexual partners.
Do you use dating sites and apps to search for relationships or sexual partners?*
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* The statement was phrased by the source as follows: "Via deze datingsites en / of -apps ben ik vooral op zoek naar..." (English: "Via these dating sites and/or apps I am mainly searching for...")
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NPO 1 (EenVandaag). (May 8, 2019). Do you use dating sites and apps to search for relationships or sexual partners?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 16, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1019784/reasons-to-use-dating-sites-and-apps-in-the-netherlands/
NPO 1 (EenVandaag). "Do you use dating sites and apps to search for relationships or sexual partners?*." Chart. May 8, 2019. Statista. Accessed May 16, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1019784/reasons-to-use-dating-sites-and-apps-in-the-netherlands/
NPO 1 (EenVandaag). (2019). Do you use dating sites and apps to search for relationships or sexual partners?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 16, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1019784/reasons-to-use-dating-sites-and-apps-in-the-netherlands/
NPO 1 (EenVandaag). "Do You Use Dating Sites and Apps to Search for Relationships or Sexual Partners?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 May 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1019784/reasons-to-use-dating-sites-and-apps-in-the-netherlands/
NPO 1 (EenVandaag), Do you use dating sites and apps to search for relationships or sexual partners?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1019784/reasons-to-use-dating-sites-and-apps-in-the-netherlands/ (last visited May 16, 2025)
Do you use dating sites and apps to search for relationships or sexual partners?* [Graph], NPO 1 (EenVandaag), May 8, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1019784/reasons-to-use-dating-sites-and-apps-in-the-netherlands/
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