New year, new luck! Are you single and ready to start dating again this year? A survey provides insights into the desires and values ​​of those looking for a partner.

Being single these days is probably more stressful than ever – thanks to countless dating apps like Tinder, Hinge, or Bumble. The choices seem endless, and with them, FOMO (fear of missing out) increases. After all, the next swipe could reveal Mr. or Miss Perfect!

But what will be the focus of partner searches in 2025, and what can singles happily live without? The online dating agency Parship conducted a survey to find out. In September 2024, 1,018 singles and couples aged 18 and over were surveyed online. The results show, among other things: Dating is allowed!

Before you learn more about the results, answer one question: What is your opinion on online dating?

Dating trends for 2025: What singles value

According to the representative survey, the focus in dating in the future will clearly be on exclusivity . According to the results, dating multiple people at the same time or engaging in an ambiguous relationship is a thing of the past for the majority of respondents .

A full 80 percent of participants want to focus on one person while dating, and 78 percent expect the same from the other person. Only 22 percent thought it was okay for their date to meet other people at the same time.

Dates don’t always have to happen online . Eight out of ten respondents would also like to be approached in real life. Whether in the supermarket, on the train, or in the park – apparently, more people are planning to keep their eyes open in public.

This spontaneity also extends to planning a date . More than two-thirds (69 percent) of the respondents don’t believe in long-term planning and prefer to arrange dates at short notice.

No-Gos: These behaviors are a thing of the past

However, there are also behaviors that apparently haven’t proven successful. This includes sex on the first or even second date. This is precisely what is taboo for 79 percent of the women surveyed. Among men, however, almost two-thirds (59 percent) would turn down an offer of sex in the early stages of getting to know each other.

Intimacy takes time in 2025, as evidenced by the fact that survey participants prefer to wait some time to get to know their date’s family and friends. They want to wait until “the type of relationship” has been defined. Getting to know each other early on is not a problem for only 30 percent of women and 42 percent of men.

Dates, however , can be more personal – at least in terms of the number of people. The report states: “60 percent of men and even 71 percent of women prefer a one-on-one first date.” A first meeting with several people, on the other hand, would be no problem for only 35 percent of respondents.