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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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    96
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    100
  • Quality
    97
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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 jeffreyp25
Maryland
1 review
41 helpful votes
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February 9th, 2015

Part 2 on OKcupid date site I tell you i seen some scam before but they got a good one gone their
I decided to play a game i talk to 3 different women on the site on hangout and yhaoo chat they send these really nice pictures to you and ask to talk to you on yhaoo or hangout what with not talking on the phone any way i spend 4 around 4 hours on each one they tell you how great you are how they think you could be their soulmate they talk about how great they think you are and they ask you questions like what would like to do when you hook and how special you could be to them and then guest what here come the boom can you help out with some money one said she like to get a birthdate gift for herself and so on now mind you i only been talking to these women for a little more than 4 hours. I really think the site is just a place for women with a large ego. Now i could name name but what the point i really feel sorry for these women they really beautiful but beautiful can hide an evil heart.

Thumbnail of user ryanr66
Illinois
1 review
56 helpful votes
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August 8th, 2014

Total waste of time at least for men. I have other guy friends that have tried okcupid as well and im the only one that hasnt given up yet and thats just because its free and I got time to waste. The girls virtually never reply and when they do its basically just to mess with you. Of the few that even do theyll message you once maybe 3 times then never again. Ive tried everything I could think of to get them to reply too. It doesnt matter what your profile says, what kind of pics you post, what kind of message you sent, or how high of a match you are they simply will not message you will not reply to yours. I have been on this site for the last 5 years whenever I was single and of the time i wasnt it was never any thanks to okcupid. I think this may be because it's free a lot of girl might figure theyll sign up just too mess around (not cool some of us are actually on there looking for someone). Maybe I got something maybe I dont but whatever the case is no matter what you do it is not likely you will have any luck whatsoever with this site.

Thumbnail of user kristac1
New Hampshire
1 review
13 helpful votes
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April 21st, 2015

Deleted my account because someone was HARRASSING me. Won't get ANYONE to respond to me I'm posting it all over social media. What a joke the website is. The messages I sent I received, the message I sent to the website and no respi se to reopen my account. I'd advise EVERYONE to STAY AWAY. Total joke of a site.

Thumbnail of user deet20
California
1 review
6 helpful votes
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June 2nd, 2014

I was notified of 17 people who "LIKED" my profile and if I wanted to communicate with the 17 interested clients I had to pay a fee. How is this a free site?

Thumbnail of user djd21
Indiana
1 review
9 helpful votes
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June 10th, 2018

TL; DR Mid 30s. Male. New messaging system is geared towards inflating a meaningless metric instead of genuinely connecting its users.

I've used OKC off and on over the last year and a half with modest results. I used to get responses with humor and thoughtfully timing my messages when the person I'm interested comes online to increase the chances of them seeing my messages. For those that have used the new messaging system since around December 2017, surely you've noticed that the timeliness and quality of the messages you've gotten have progressively gotten worse. Also, 'Like' inflation is the result of the new system REQUIRING mutual likes before allowing you to respond with a message?... huh?!? Oh, that's right. OKC is either positioning themselves for higher 'perceived' valuation to sell-off -OR- to sell-out. This may be a 'catch-and-kill' tactic to for Match Group to buy the competition, then ruin it under the guise of 'making it better', so they don't cannibalize their revenues from Tinder, match.com, and PoF. I will admit OKC has a good idea to ensure potential connections are essentially vaporware by preventing users from even SEEING the profile of anybody they've messaged before without a response. I've gotten one-word conversation starters like 'hey' and 'sup' from female users and I assure you the lack of effort makes me never want to hear from them again. OKC makes sure of that, even if they've upped their game since that first message, they will be blocked from even seeing me. WIN-WIN or LOSE-LOSE. It's a matter of perspective.

Tip for consumers:
Under the new system, if you don't see many matches, you need to modify your age up and down in 5 year increments to see previously hidden users.

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Thumbnail of user robertad188
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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August 8th, 2023

The worst dating site. Full of married men and scammers. Don't waste your time on that site. It's nothing but dumpster diving.

Thumbnail of user ryanh65
Australia
2 reviews
36 helpful votes
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April 26th, 2015

Not a single response... Makes me wonder if the site is "real" or just an information gathering melting pot for others to try and make a buck.

Thumbnail of user davidt200
Virginia
7 reviews
2 helpful votes
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January 18th, 2021

I was on okcupid during several month, but did not find someone for relationship. I can't tell anything bad about this service.

Thumbnail of user manuelai2
MK
20 reviews
17 helpful votes
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July 4th, 2023

Low quality trash men
No offence but that's what they are i chatted with many
Thanks god i didn't met any

Thumbnail of user daphneyg
Texas
1 review
11 helpful votes
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February 11th, 2016

My son visited your site and had someone try to scam him for money. I recommend no one use this site.

Thumbnail of user ujirik
Nigeria
3 reviews
4 helpful votes
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May 20th, 2019

There's nothing really special with the site just like a regular dating sites, plus am always having issues with my account

Thumbnail of user brittq
California
2 reviews
19 helpful votes
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July 27th, 2015

My experience on ok cupid was ok no pun intended when you get past the stuck up people and potential stalkers its a pretty good place to meet people

Thumbnail of user terip5
Philippines
34 reviews
22 helpful votes
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February 29th, 2016

I'm new here, and hopefully can find a good friend/partner. I hope that I read wrong from the negative reviews.

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Thumbnail of user rokop
Croatia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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November 25th, 2021

Whoever decided to add a payment to see who liked you can be ashamed, atleast keep that thing free..

Thumbnail of user laharld
Canada
20 reviews
69 helpful votes
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February 22nd, 2016

Bunch of people with unrealistic views on what they're looking for, yeah keep waiting for your prince charming, forever!

Thumbnail of user jaccov
Netherlands
2 reviews
10 helpful votes
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January 15th, 2018

This site does not do wonders, if you are in a bad spot on the dating market, this site won't improve it, but more likely point out that you are in a bad spot.
On this kind of sites there are always scammers. I saw them usually being removed within 24 hours.
The site is basically free which gives enough options to communicate with people. Be aware nothing is really free so to use the best features you need to pay. That cannot be a surprise.
The match questions can be very usefull or very silly or too complicated to answer with a multiple choice action. Don't answer queries you do not want to answer, there are thousands so just skip these.
Also many questions are USA-based. The company is USA-based, so the obvious questions about Trump, gun control, mansplaining, micro-cheating are popping up like popcorn.
However the questions have been set up very broadly. If you are a devout christian, you can answer that you want to keep chaste till the wedding, intelligent design is science and are against abortion.
If you are a heteroflexible polyamorous atheist, who loves annilungus, who thinks capitalism is bad and trees have souls you also might find your match.

Thumbnail of user ts190
Ohio
3 reviews
20 helpful votes
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October 19th, 2016

The site is functional, easy to message, and fun to see who's viewed you. I reviewed message and responses to my messages, which is what the site is for!

MY LOW RATING IS FOR A WARNING TO DO YOUR RESEARCH LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!

I started messaging with a man who is charming, handsome, fun, and very interesting. We chatted for a bit, exchanged phone numbers, texted but he would never respond to my requests to actually talk over the phone. He found me on Facebook without knowing my last name, and was strangely always available even though he supposedly had a job.

Looking through his Facebook I noticed a lapse in time and pictures of his children suddenly changing from young to drastically older.

So I Googled his name. Two hits with his mug shot in the Ohio prison system and a convicted felon at least once, maybe twice and a guilty charge for domestic violence! He said he was in prison after I had the proof but did not then disclose that he has 5 records over different times ranging from one thing going to another.

I was shocked and scared of this because I had to ask questions rather than him freely telling me that he lives in the hotel he works in, and no car. I'm thinking maybe he is still in prison? And if not still living the life of incarceration so why would he not lie and try to romance me? That's what cons do and most importantly he does not realize that he is not an honest man and has used what he learned in prison to manipulate and create a cover.

I stopped communicating with him immediately. His initials are JTO 44 yrs old white male from MA.

Thumbnail of user amyb40
Arizona
3 reviews
68 helpful votes
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October 10th, 2014

For those who want to find a partner, this site is absolutely the most reliable one. It is free and useful, but not really for adults.

Thumbnail of user mikeo79
New Jersey
1 review
1 helpful vote
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September 18th, 2017

Not sure I get all the gd reviews. Yes their are tunnes of people but the site isnt as fun as wejustfit.com or even tinder + ive not had as many dates as I thot I was gonna get.

Thumbnail of user larsk4
RU
1 review
0 helpful votes
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February 20th, 2017

The site is like many others, many fake profiles so need to be careful while looking for that special one. But it's easy to use, and why not to try?

Thumbnail of user chiragd
India
2 reviews
54 helpful votes
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January 2nd, 2014

Its worthless. Wastage of time for guys. It wants to show to girls if we can't spend few money to became a paid members then we are fake and poor.

Thumbnail of user lisam315
California
1 review
13 helpful votes
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June 27th, 2016

For every 10 guys that messaged me only one was reaI. I recently got a message from lovestick1 and IJK04 one said his name was Michael the other was Bryan and they were using the same pictures!

Thumbnail of user dr479
Pennsylvania
8 reviews
19 helpful votes
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October 14th, 2023

It amazes me the number of people that are still coming on to review sites and complaining about losing money to the scam organizations. Never ever pay any money to any dating site whether it be okay Cupid or match or Tinder or Bumble etc. You do not have to pay money to get the same bad experience. Paying money only means you are giving your money away for nothing. They will scam you out of your money. Never ever pay money to these sites. You do not have to pay money to find a date on these sites. Paying money does not increase your chances of finding a date. Read all of the hundreds and hundreds of reviews here and on other review sites to see that paying money is a scam and if you are willing to give up your money then do so but do not come back on here and complain. Never ever pay money to any of these sites.

If you read the reviews you will notice that the match group purchased okCupid and destroyed it. It is now only a shell of its former self completely filled with fake and scammer profiles. It's only reason for being is to scam unsuspecting new people and to get money for the match group or OKCupid. You will not find a match on OKCupid. You will just lose your money. If you have already lost your money, coming on and complaining is not going to help anyone. Just don't ever spend your money again on any dating site. When you stop paying for these dating sites they will go away. When they go away they will hopefully make room for legitimate sites. Any site run by the match group is not going to be a legitimate site. I am not saying you will not find a match on these sites but it will be difficult. Paying money will not increase your chances of a match and will only give your money away to these scam organizations.

I stopped using this site months ago. It became a 100% waste of time. There's no value in this site. If you look through the reviews you will see the percentage of negative reviews. Any five star or positive review read with caution because it is most likely fake and provided by a scammer or the company itself.

Tip for consumers:
Please know that this is a dead site. It is no longer being used by real people or real daters. It is completely filled with scam and fake profiles. The only real people are new unsuspecting users and that is it. Beware, never give money or pay money to this site or any match group site.

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Thumbnail of user crystalachamba
India
1 review
0 helpful votes
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November 1st, 2023

Excellent service and expert knowledge of the best company.Very helpful professional very well experienced and qualified

Thumbnail of user billyb114
Pennsylvania
3 reviews
25 helpful votes
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August 14th, 2017

Don't waste your time. Women with baggage will report you for nothing and they will delete your account because a woman complained I guess

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