Increasing numbers of UK singles are turning to online dating to find their ideal partner. There are over 14 million single Brits, making online dating and dating events in the UK big business during the last few years, with plenty of online dating sites around and thousands of dating events held each year. Many of the UK dating sites offer message boards, UK chat, discussion forums and bulletin boards to help you to connect with a fellow Brit whether in the UK or abroad. Take some time to find a friend, date or soul mate. These UK personals sites offer you unlimited opportunities to find that special someone.

DatingDirect.com - The UK's largest dating service, they provide a fun and secure dating environment where quality single adults, who share common goals, can make friends, date, form relationships and find life partners. Established 5 years ago as a place for singles serious about finding a partner, they do away with gimmicks such as nicknames and un-moderated chat rooms. They have succeeded in their goal to serve its members needs with the best possible online dating service with the highest quality of support. It's FREE to register so get in there and get your profile listed - you'll love the site!

Match.com - Make Love Happen! Match.com, the UK's largest online dating site with over 1.4 milion members in it's database and 60,000 new singles joining each month. Once registered with Match members gain excellent value, including the ability to search our extensive Database of members Send free "Winks" to other members to break the ice Our free updated weekly Happen singles magazine

ParShip-UK  - It's all in the details and this is the UK's first compatibility-based online dating service, specifically for people who want to form a lasting relationship. It is the British branch of Europe's largest and most successful serious online dating service, which now has nearly 2 million members - predominantly affluent, educated men and women between 28 and 55 years old. Their unique psychometric test is about finding a real relationship for the real you. It takes about 20 minutes to do the test, but it really could help you find the love of your life.

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UK Singles From Around The World - They have over 100,000 profiles from United Kingdom singles looking for UK dating opportunities. Their  UK Chat Room is popular if you're looking for online chat for Brits.

UK Singles Connection is a singles online community dedicated to helping men and women meet other singles from the United Kingdom are across the globe, in a comfortable online environment. This first rate personals community is a source for creating relationships ranging from companionship to friendship, romance to marriage. UK singles enjoy chat rooms, message boards, photo personals, a photo gallery, anonymous private mailboxes, and much more. Get your profile listed for FREE!

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Adult UK Singles  AFF has 2 million profiles from British singles from towns, cities and villages. They are the largest UK dating site for adults.

UK Chat Rooms There were over 100 United Kingdom members chatting on the morning we visited the site. This is one of the busiest UK chat facilities anywhere.

UK Chat Hosts  The chat hosts come from every corner of the globe and are willing to chat on everything from pets, careers to travel.

UK Adult Dating - Adult Romance  Free registration and you'll find access to 1,000's of ads from the UK,  a specialized UK chat room and a number of great forums for the Brits. This is a great way to meet new friends & "hook up".

OutPersonals  You'll find nearly 138,000 gay UK profiles from the best gay personals site on the net.  Over 80 chat areas including a UK chat room.

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Meeting Place is the local online dating and friendship agency that now covers the whole of the British Isles. People join their local Meeting Place because they know they will find other single people who live or work near them. They are also attracted to the site by our unique and extensive event listings aimed at singles in their area. This, together with our email communication introducing new members and events, makes Meeting Place a ‘sticky’ site! We have a growing membership database which attracts men and women in roughly equal numbers, perhaps because our brand is friendly and sociable and our sign-up process quick and easy to use.

 

Antipodate is an online and speed dating site for 'Antipodeans' or more generally anyone from the Southern Hemisphere - Australians, New Zealanders, South Africans, Zimbabweans - living in the UK and Ireland. Free to join and contact members, Antipodate is growing quickly amongst the UK expat community. Our membership fees are nominal.

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About Online Dating

Online dating allows individuals, couples and groups to meet online and possibly develop a romantic or sexual relationship. Net dating services provide un-moderated matchmaking through the use of personal computers, the Internet, or even cell phones.

Such services generally allow people to provide personal information, then search for other individuals using criteria such as age range, gender and location. Most sites allow members to upload photos of themselves and browse the photos of others. Sites may offer additional services, such as webcasts, online chat, and message boards. Sites sometimes allow people to register for free but may offer services which require a monthly fee.

Many sites are broad-based, with members from a variety of backgrounds looking for different types of relationships. Other sites are more specific, based on the type of members, interests, location, or relationship desired.

Trends

U.S. residents spent $469.5 million on online dating and personals in 2004, the largest segment of “paid content” on the web, according to a study conducted by the Online Publishers Association (OPA) and comScore Networks.

At the end of November 2004, there were 844 lifestyle and dating sites, a 38 percent increase since the start of the year, according to Hitwise Inc. However, market share was increasingly being dominated by several large commercial services, including Yahoo! Personals, Match.com, American Singles, and eHarmony. eHarmony CEO Greg Forgatch noted that despite the growing number of sites catering to specific niches, "to become a major player, it still takes a large number of people."

In 2002, a Wired magazine article forecast that, "Twenty years from now, the idea that someone looking for love without looking for it online will be silly, akin to skipping the card catalog to instead wander the stacks because 'the right books are found only by accident.' Serendipity is the hallmark of inefficient markets, and the marketplace of love, like it or not, is becoming more efficient".

The online dating trend has also become very successful in Europe in the past decade. Not only has match.com opened local branches in European countries to cater to their particular culture and language, but also some companies like Meetic and Easyflirt have become top sites. Their success has encouraged new start-ups and niche sites to come on board.

Mobile dating websites are gaining popularity. According to The San Francisco Chronicle in 2005, "Mobile dating is the next big leap in online socializing." [2] Some experts believe that the rise in mobile dating is due to the growing popularity of online dating. Analyst Brent Iadarola of Frost & Sullivan said, "I think people are more comfortable with online dating, and it's generally been accepted, the comfort people have with online dating in the wired world is now translating to the mobile world." [3] Others believe it is all about choice, as Joe Brennan Jr., vice president of Webdate [4] says, "It's about giving people a choice. They don't have to date on their computer. They can date on their handset, it's all about letting people decide what path is best for them." [5]

 

Matrimonials Sites are a variant of online dating sites, and these are geared towards meeting people for the purpose of getting married. Gross misrepresentation is less likely on these sites than on 'casual dating' sites. Casual dating sites are often geared more towards short term (and implicitly sexual) relationships.

Pop culture

• You've Got Mail, a 1998 film in which the two protagonists conduct a relationship entirely over email before meeting each other.
• Napoleon Dynamite, a 2003 film in a which one subplot involves a central character's online (and later physical) relationship.
• Must Love Dogs, a 2005 film about two people trying to find love through online dating.
• Another Gay Movie, a 2006 film where a student finds his high school English teacher online.