EU Dating Market Size

by David Evans on February 9, 2009   in Finance, Research

Eric Klaassen of Datingfacts, a dating blog in the Neterhlands, has written about the size of the EU dating market.

I’ve translated the following from his original post, not perfect but you get the idea.

Number of users is growing fast in Europe

Volgens Jupiter groeit het gebruik van datingsites onder Europese consumenten geleidelijk sinds 2003. According to Jupiter growing use of network sites among European consumers gradually since 2003. In 2006 gebruikte 6 procent van de internetgebruikers in Europa een datingsite. In 2006, 6 percent of Internet users in Europe is a dating site. Dat komt neer op totaal 2,8 miljoen betalende gebruikers. That equates to total 2.8 million paying users. Naar verwachting stijgt dit tot 6,0 miljoen in 2011. Expected to increase this to 6.0 million in 2011.

Overigens groeit het aantal gebruikers in de VS een stuk langzamer. In a growing number of users in the U.S. a lot slower. Amerikanen ‘ontdekten’ internet dating eerder dan de Europeanen en de markt is daar bijna verzadigd . Americans’ discovered ‘internet dating earlier than the Europeans and the market is nearly saturated.

Totale inkomsten datingsites blijven groeien Total revenues continue to grow network sites

In 2007 was de omzet van alle datingsites in Europa bij elkaar 317 miljoen euro. In 2007, the turnover of all network sites in Europe between 317 million euros. Dit jaar komen de gezamenlijke inkomsten op ongeveer 393 miljoen euro. This year the combined revenues of around 393 million euros. In 2011 loopt dit op tot 549 miljoen. In 2011 this is for 549 million.

De datingmarkt in Europa groeit dus snel, maar nog niets zo snel als in China. The dating market in Europe is growing so fast, but not as rapidly as in China. De Chinese markt is in 2008 goed voor 63,4 miljoen euro, een stijging van maar liefst 60%! The Chinese market in 2008 accounted for 63.4 million euros, an increase of no less than 60%!

Snelstgroeiende sites in Europa en VS Fastest growing sites in Europe and U.S.

Onderzoeksbureau Nielsen – in de persoon van Alex Burmaster – vergelijkt de groei van datingsites onderling. Research firm Nielsen – in the person of Alex Burma Star – compares the growth of network sites themselves. De laatste meting was in februari 2008. The last measurement was in February 2008. De snelstgroeiende Amerikaanse sites waren toen eHarmony (+49%) en MSN Dating (+38%). The fastest-growing U.S. sites were eHarmony (49%) and MSN Personals (38%). In Europa timmert Be2 behoorlijk aan de weg. In Europe timmert BE2 good on the road. Zij groeiden naar schatting 224% naar 1,63 miljoen leden. They grew 224% to an estimated 1.63 million members. Concurrent Parship verwelkomde in een jaar 141% gebruikers erbij, in totaal 1,43 miljoen. Competitor PARSHIP welcomed in one year 141% user benefits, totaling 1.43 million.

Great information, thanks Eric!

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February 10, 2009 at 4:38 am

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1 Eric Klaassen February 10, 2009 at 4:28 am

You’re welcome, David. You (and Google Translate ;-) ) translated the text quite well.

The growth figures of Be2 and Parship are about “unique audience”, according to Nielsen researcher Alex Burmaster. Probably, “unique audience” is differs from the number of members on the site. As you know, it is always hard to compare sizes of dating sites. Webmasters use different ways of counting their members. Therefore I would only use these numbers as an estimation of the size of the European sites.

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2 Tony February 10, 2009 at 9:32 am

Eric,

Great article :-) I own and run a free online dating community for single europeans, EuropeanKiss.org

How can I get in contact with you to discuss marketing in Europe. I would be very grateful if you could review my site and maybe feature my site on your blog.

Thanks
Tony

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3 Eric Klaassen February 10, 2009 at 1:43 pm

Thanks, Tony.
Feel free to contact me anytime at info [ at ] start2date .nl.
You can also add me on LinkedIn if you wish.

Eric

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