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The surprising demographic that’s warming up to online dating

February 11, 2016 at 11:58 a.m. EST
Everyone from college-aged kids to seniors seems to be turning to online dating. (iStock)

Looking for love? In what will be no surprise to anyone on the dating scene today, a new report from Pew shows that "online," is increasingly the answer to that that age-old question "How did you two meet?"

The study published Thursday from the Pew Research Center found that 15 percent of all Americans have used some form of online dating — up from the 11 percent in a Pew study conducted in 2013. The face of online dating itself is also changing: Nine percent of Americans now use dating apps, up from three percent over the same time period. Score one for the Tinders, Hinges and Bumbles of the world.