Although 15% of Americans have used online dating themselves, a larger share report that they are familiar with online dating from the experiences of people they know.

Some 41% of American adults say they know someone who uses online dating, while 29% indicate they know someone who has married or entered into a long-term partnership with someone they met via online dating.

In October 2015, on the verge of taking a break from dating, I met someone who would change my life forever in the most wonderful way.

After many messages on Oasis, we exchanged phone numbers and talked for 2 hours a day every day for a week before he had the courage to ask me out for a coffee.

By comparison, just 25% of those with a high school diploma or less know someone who uses online dating – and just 18% know someone who has entered into a long-term relationship with someone they met this way.

Users of online dating are generally positive – but far from universally so – about the pros and cons of dating digitally.

These young adults are now more likely than any other age group to use mobile dating apps.

On one hand, a majority of online dating users agree that dating digitally has distinct advantages over other ways of meeting romantic partners: But despite these reservations, those who have personally used online dating themselves – or know someone who does – tend to have much more positive attitudes compared to those with little direct exposure to online dating or online daters.