Single in your fifties, explained plainly.

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20%
of adults ages 50 to 64 have ever used a dating site or app.
Pew Research Center, 2023. 6,034 U.S. adults, July 2022.
24%
of Gen X singles have used AI in their dating lives.
Kinsey Institute and Match, Singles in America, 2026. About 5,000 U.S. singles.
Half
of single U.S. adults are not looking for a relationship or dates right now.
Pew Research Center, 2020. U.S. adults, 2019 survey.
78%
of recent dating app users have felt burned out by the apps at least sometimes.
Forbes Health and OnePoll, reported by Deseret News, 2024. 1,000 U.S. adults who used a dating app in the past year.

Single in your 50sPew Research Center, 2023
5 facts about single Americans for Valentine's Day (opens pewresearch.org)
Quick, reliable numbers on single adults, including how many in midlife are not looking to date.
Post-breakup lonelinessGreater Good Science Center, UC Berkeley
What to Do When Love Breaks Your Heart (opens greatergood.berkeley.edu)
Research-backed ways to ease heartbreak, from reducing stress to leaning on social connection.
What you want nextGreater Good Science Center, UC Berkeley
Four Reasons to Stay Single (opens greatergood.berkeley.edu)
Makes the evidence-based case that a single life can be full, which helps clarify what you actually want.

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