** percent of Danish men, aged between 25 and 34 years, reported to have looked for sexual partners online in 2017 and 2018. The corresponding figure for women of the same age group was ** percent. In fact, Denmark was the Nordic country with the largest share of adults trying out online dating, whereas Norway seemed to have the smallest representation rate.
Who is looking for intimate relations in Denmark?
  
Overall, looking for sexual partners on the internet was most common among adults aged between 25 and 44 years and, furthermore, more common among homosexual and bisexual people compared to heterosexual. Although online dating was most common among single and divorced or separated Danes, more than percent of the respondents were married or in a registered partnership.
Leading dating apps globally
  
Dating apps have been a hit not only in the Nordics, but on a worldwide level. Tinder led the ranking of most downloaded Android dating appsas of May 2020. The networking and dating application was founded in 2012 and has gained huge popularity in recent years. Badoo came in second, followed by OkCubid and happn.
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