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OkCupid has a rating of 1.8 stars from 647 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about OkCupid most frequently mention fake profiles, customer service, and phone number problems. OkCupid ranks 685th among Dating sites.

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Top Positive Review

“Great website!”

JONATHAN J.
1/2/13

Great website! Cool approach to the online dating world. Mostly clean well managed, Free! There are obviously things that could be improved, like server speed or conversation approaching style option expansion, but again it's free.

Top Critical Review

“Low grade, no preferences, quantity over quality with few good options”

Ghostwriter t.
10/4/24

I came onto this site twice, each time paid the monthly fee and each time my preferences were totally ignored. I am specific about what I want so that I do not have to go through 100's of men's profiles to weed out the men who smoke or want children. I find this website did absolutely nothing for me. They say no particular pictures are allowed to be posted yet they are constantly posted and low quality people are here to choose from because no one is checking the sites for quality assurance. This is the worst site as far as low level for the price, is should always be free if the site isn't doing what it claims its doing for you.

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Thumbnail of user cindyj25
Texas
3 reviews
36 helpful votes
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May 6th, 2015

The responses I received were overwhelming when I first joined even before I had completed my profile. I thought in the beginning there was just some outrageous flirtation going on. The most in depth conversations I had were between four men all of whom were most insistent on getting my email address or phone number within the hour of speaking to them. These four claimed to be successful businessmen, three living abroad who would be willing to relocate, two of these men were interestingly in the gold/diamond import/export business. Despite their claims of being English speakers, they very quickly exposed themselves as very poor English speakers.

I closed my account after two days because it was too exhausting trying to determine who was real and who was attempting to scam me.

Thumbnail of user ajj4
New York
1 review
8 helpful votes
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July 26th, 2014

I met my girlfriend on here on January 5th, 2014. We went out a week later after chatting for a week. We knew we were a match since the first date. I had a few other dates planned but never ended up going out on them.

It takes trial and error to meet the right person on here. It's kind of like playing the lotto, it's the luck of the draw. You'll meet other members that will respond to your messages at a snails pace. You have to be patient and eventually you'll meet someone compatible. I went on a few dates on here and they never ended up working out until I went out with my future wife. We are getting married on August 5th 2017.

UPDATE: We got married on August 5th, 2017 and recently bought our first house. We get along great and never fight. Thanks to OKCupid for making this possible.

Thumbnail of user berniec83
Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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March 11th, 2023
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I purchased upgrade and my matches that they sent were not even close it's a joke not even worth 1 star I cancelled after one day and they really sent garbage the matches were not even in distance specified by me don't waste your time and money on this you got a better chance on a street corner than this site

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Thumbnail of user daves119
GB
4 reviews
29 helpful votes
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November 21st, 2014

I'd heard good things about this site from a mate. It is easy to use and free, which is great, although you have to answer a lot of seemingly pointless questions. I signed up and made the mistake of saying that I was just looking for something casual. Clearly if you are a guy and this is what you are really looking for, then this might not be the site for you, unless you have very thick skin. Probably better to lie (as my mate did) and claim that you are looking for a "short-term relationship" if you want to avoid the inevitable abusive responses to emails in which you have written something grossly offensive like "Hi, I like your profile, please have a look at mine and let me know if you are interested". Time for me to give up on internet dating I think...

Tip for consumers:
If you're looking for something "casual" then instead you should say that you are looking for a "short-term relationship". As the site is free I have no real complaints. Easy-to-use interface and good search options.

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Thumbnail of user annel25
Oklahoma
1 review
4 helpful votes
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June 22nd, 2014

From all the comments I've been reading I can see not a lot of people are having luck in this site. A lot of people on this site are not looking for something real. I was lucky enough to find my boyfriend on there after 3 weeks of being on there we started talking then we decided to go out now we're living together and plan on getting married soon :)

Thumbnail of user josephl251
Virginia
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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June 26th, 2018

For gay men, not too many options. But the UI I am not fond of. It's all over the place and hard to find what you want. The search engine also need to be improved. Otherwise I think good to have in the rotation of apps as it is popular.

Thumbnail of user johns697
Florida
1 review
11 helpful votes
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June 16th, 2014

I have been on OKC and POF. Nothing so far from OKC and obviously some only look at pictures and write as if they read the profile. POF was a bust because the women on it were not honest or sincere More like a bunch of sour old cows been put out to pasture and got bored so they put their pics, if the pics were really theirs, on a web site to wait for replies and break the monotony. One was really criminally offensive. I am sure she / he / they have placed a phony complaint. OKC is up in the air. I live in Florida and plan to bicycle to PA. I want to meet a woman there. I definitely am completely on the level. Nothing but some answers or "We are not a match."

Thumbnail of user kylaw4
California
1 review
11 helpful votes
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February 8th, 2016

In a matter of less than two days I had received about twenty messages... 18 were scammers, one wanted pictures of me naked and one was just not my type at all. I quickly deleted my info and the app. It was the worst site I have ever been on!

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GB
31 reviews
73 helpful votes
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May 25th, 2017

I pay for it, and regret it. No work properly. Plenty of fake profiles
Poor support and is not easy get a reply.
Use but please do not pay.
After first day, i remove my subscription. The app is just Meh.
Does not deserve to put a cent on it. Sucks as hell.

Thumbnail of user conand1
Illinois
1 review
26 helpful votes
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April 23rd, 2020

After 6 days on this site i feel embarrassed for paying them and have my picture up. It's a leftover site with fake accounts and the lowest level of humanity. And google had them rated one of the best sites, Google is giving 5 stars to every company who pays them disgusting. Save your money and do a research before you sing up for any of this sites.

Thumbnail of user pattyr15
Florida
1 review
4 helpful votes
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April 2nd, 2016

I was with the site for few years, and I'm here to tell you that really works
Have up and downs, but you never to be patient!
Well I meet someone, now we are engaged
Thank you for bringing happiness in my life

Thumbnail of user kendral6
California
1 review
19 helpful votes
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November 19th, 2015

I've been on this site before but as of late it truly has gone down in the dumps.
The site is filled with a bunch of unattractive low lives.
Truthfully the messages I got a fifth grader would probably have more conversation than these men did.
I also have to mention the young early 20's looking to have fun with someone older. Oh please go away.
My last straw was when a guy called me very demeaning racial name. I had to get off that site and I WILL NEVER RETURN!

Thumbnail of user kayc12
Macao
2 reviews
24 helpful votes
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August 30th, 2013

I had the okcupid account for a while and always got bullying message from crazy people. So yesterday when I got another bullying message from a stranger who got infuriated after he read my profile and noticed that he might not be someone that I'm looking for, I decided to take a screenshot of what he wrote me and I posted what he wrote on my profile picture and I reported that to okcupid. But instead okcupid tried to protect me as a victim, they right away deleted my account. I wrote them at least three emails with this incident and also attached the screenshot of this crazy stranger's nasty message but they did not reply at all and just ignored me. Okcupid is letting those bullies barking like rabid dogs on other innocent users and let them run free while blocking the innocent ones. If anyone who want to sue this website, I'll be joining!

Thumbnail of user louisef11
Pennsylvania
1 review
4 helpful votes
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July 17th, 2013

I was a member on this site for 2 weeks before I was locked out of my account. I have written to customer service repeatedly with absolutely no reply. They have no phone contact info. Now my info is floating out there somewhere and I can't access it or delete it. I've read numerous complaints of the same kind and have come to the conclusion that OKCupid is bad news.

Thumbnail of user mikek87
Kentucky
1 review
1 helpful vote
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June 6th, 2015

I've found that out of all of the online dating sites, this is the only one that gets it right. They provide free members with all of the necessary functionality to meet an individual. You see someone interesting, you send them a message. After using the site for awhile, I started meeting people quite frequently. I don't expect to immediately be paired with someone (as no one should) but I have to say OKC gave me the quantity necessary to find the quality I desired. I've made a lot of good friends and have even had a few relationships from the site. Since I have gotten so much out of it, I have paid into it mainly to support them. The paid features are nice as well^_^

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Thumbnail of user roberts5234
California
7 reviews
22 helpful votes
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February 14th, 2022

OkCupid is a dating app worth checking out. For the most part I have been disappointed with my dating app experiences. I have been pleasantly surprised with the results from OkCupid. There seems to be an endless supply of genuine women interested in a relationship. After several weeks of using the app for free, I decided to become a subscriber. I have been satisfied with my decision.

Tip for consumers:
If you want genuine potential matches and not scammers and catfish, give this app a try.

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Thumbnail of user markg1541
Canada
1 review
8 helpful votes
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July 12th, 2020

Signed up for this site and only used my account for a couple days. Then the glitches started to set in. Cant adjust my profile, cant sign out etc. They want you to sign up for paid features of this crap-o-la site yet they cant even get their free features to work. I sent a report to their 'operations' - they apparently fixed my account and it only worked for one day. Hey tech guys/gals at OK cupid. Sort yourself out and stop asking for money when you cant get the free stuff sorted.

Thumbnail of user stanleys293
Michigan
1 review
1 helpful vote
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November 29th, 2021

Almost every single woman I have been in contact with is a scammer looking for money. Regardless of whether I contact them first or vice versa, they ultimately are a scam. Hint: They immediately want to chat via phone or e-mail, and their site disappears once you are in contact. Grammar mistakes in the profile are common, similar to mistakes made by eastern European people. (Russian?). In two cases, they had the same e-mail handle with a different number. Numbers nearing 100? Means they are operating nearly 100 scams at a time, just through that handle. It's not that it isn't obvious that it's a scam, it's just tedious.

Thumbnail of user hinatah1
Maryland
1 review
11 helpful votes
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August 21st, 2019

Save your money and stay away! This site has become terrible and money grubbing! They will delete your profile after you've payed for a subscription... with no reason why!
Its time a new dating site comes along. One that has absolutely nothing to do with match!

Thumbnail of user kurtb164
Switzerland
4 reviews
17 helpful votes
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May 14th, 2022

I put in many efforts to find a gem (I mean a real and adequate woman) on OkCupid. When I upgraded to premium, my account was suspended and I lost her. Customer service was unresponsive. I switched to
http://J4Dating.com
And I have a feeling that I finally found my favorite site with top-notch women, so far I really like it. But I'm really mad at OkCupid - it's clunky and phony site. Banning and shadow banning of premium accounts for absolutely no reason is a common "business practice" there. It sucks when you lose your contacts all of a sudden.

Thumbnail of user colina12
France
1 review
1 helpful vote
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August 16th, 2016

Id say most of the girls on this site are genuine. Probably 60% of those ive spoken with. Maybe not as high a number as on wejustfit (my personal favorite dating site) but still better than most of these kinda sites. Not sure what else matters im not looking for a nice design, im looking for girls. And there are a good amount here so im content at that.

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Thumbnail of user yovanm
Canada
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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December 21st, 2016

I wonder why so many people complain about scammers. I mean, there is literally no site on the web without any scammer. It's impossible since we can use fake proxy, make sense? So for me i tried it and it was fine. I am enough smart to guess a fake profile, it's easy to guess but there is like many other site, very good people and the system is good as well :)

Thumbnail of user kf33
Connecticut
1 review
11 helpful votes
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March 6th, 2016

Sigh... if you put the right stuff in your profile... If you really read the other profiles. You will meet nice people. If you are "nice" then there is a "nice" counterpart for you. It just takes a little weeding. I have met several kind, decent men. Just try to ignore any weirdo's as best you can.

Thumbnail of user carriem29
California
1 review
10 helpful votes
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September 12th, 2014

Believe it or not, I met my husband on this site! We have almost been married a year and have a newborn baby girl. I honestly never thought I would meet my husband on a dating website, but I got a surprise when everything fell in place. I have referred 2 good friends to the website and they both are happily dating someone they met on okcupid. I think it all matters on what you put in... Me and my husband took time to answer all the questions and write a decent amount in our profiles, so our compatibility percentage was on point. You'll have to read through some perverts and D-bags messages buying the end you might just find Mr. Right. (-: it's hard to believe my husband lived 20 minutes from me and I would have never met him if it weren't for okcupid.

Tip for consumers:
Fill out your profile and answer ALL the questions.

Thumbnail of user tonyf64
Tennessee
31 reviews
79 helpful votes
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April 17th, 2018

OkCupid is a joke! I have used both the browser & phone app versions & all I ever get is bot scripts messaging me. I clearly state in my profile that I will not be paying ever, and that if someone is interested in me to write not add me to liked because I will never see that they liked me so its pointless. This site is mostly bot scrips, fake profiles, and garbage. I have never talked to a real person on this site other then the site admin.

If you like talking to bot scripts & don't mind filling out 100's of pointless questions that lead no where. Sign up!

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