How Couples Meet? Data from 1930 to 2024

The timeline of trends in how couples first met and got to know one another, from 1930 to 2024, is based on a nationally representative survey of American adults. The historical methods of meeting through family, church, neighborhood, and primary or secondary school have all been declining sharply since 1940. The rapid rise of couples meeting online corresponds with the introduction of the World Wide Web after 1995 and the adoption of smartphones after 2007. The core of the data is based on a paper from Stanford University’s Social Science Data and Software Social Science Data Collection. Your feedback is always welcome. Got topic suggestions? Drop me a message! ***** Hello everyone! I’m into number crunching, data, and cool visuals. If you like my stuff, support my channel, it can buy me another cup of coffee and a cookie for my baby girl Eva.