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OkCupid operates an online dating service with a data-driven approach to matchmaking. Founded in 2004, it uses questionnaires and algorithms to pair users based on shared interests and values. The platform supports diverse relationship types with various identity and orientation options.
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Reviewed March 1, 2026
The app constantly tells you that dozens if not hundreds of people genuinely like you. This is done in order to push you towards their premium option, which costs 40 dollars a month, which is not an insignificant amount of money to spend, but hell, I figured that I had to pay to play in order to find love. I genuinely wanted to find someone that I could have a real connection with, a real shot at finding my life partner.
Turns out that when you do place 40 dollars down, it turns out that the people who liked you are foreigners and that instead of having likes, you're just showed all the various people who have swiped left on your profile while a handful out of over a hundred people liked your profile. This is honestly a form of dishonesty and could potentially rise to the level of false advertising. I don't know, I'm not a lawyer. Avoid this site at all costs.
Reviewed Jan. 31, 2026
Dislike the site. I haven't been on it for that long. I paid for the basic membership package and I don't like it because first of all I feel like they played me. When I looked at my people you may like future. It didn't show locate I'll and then I open it up thinking all I got all these likes then I open it after paying for it it's all foreign woman. They should at least allow you to see the location then you can turn around and decide if you are actually going to pay for the membership and all the women who are in Massachusetts a lot of them are not even online and there's barely anybody from Rhode Island there. I feel like this site is more for people who live in more heavier populated areas like New York or if you live in New Hampshire. That is what it's more geared towards.
Sure is not working well for me in Rhode Island. So many people are changing their location that are foreigners just to like my s*** and it sucks. I think Plenty of fish is probably better. I had better luck on that site and I'm not even paid subscriber. There is also ** but I won't count that one because that is not a real dating site. It's more for casual encounters so I won't count that and yes I do get a lot way more communication there than on OkCupid. Okay Cupid sucks but it's better than hinge. They need to make it so somehow some way they stop these foreign women from messaging US citizens with false locations and I will be ending my account before the end of the month before they hit me with another charge.
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Reviewed Jan. 21, 2026
I would have to say it is very misleading and they'll say you have 19 likes but when you go into the box after you paid for it you really only got maybe five and it's overseas and sometimes it just seems like the site is dead but I'm a new subscriber so I'm going to give it to the rest of the month and see if I change my review.
Reviewed Nov. 23, 2025
OKC offers the space to post a meaningful opportunity to post a fleshed out profile and more- worked OK for a while. Recently (past 5 mos), very glitchy, can't see any photos and an entirely unresponsive staff - only automatic responses w/o any real effort to correct the situation. This is costly on a personal level in both time and money. Look elsewhere.
Reviewed Nov. 21, 2025
I joined for one month, to see how it works, after one week I was told I was banned. There is no way to contact anyone, now I'm out $40 and afraid my subscription will continue to be renewed. I would never recommend this site to anyone! No one will contact me no matter how many times I write them.

Reviewed Nov. 12, 2025
Said I had 75 likes and over 150 views, paid for the one-month membership and all my likes and views were from ppl in Kenya, Nigeria, Congo and other 3rd world countries. Everyone was a scam. No match in my area and when I search my area says no one is in it. Total bait and switch. Don't waste your money, just delete it as you will never get a real match, just scammers.
Reviewed Nov. 9, 2025
Scammers girls working for this dating site pretending like near you and want meet. Just want your $$$ for messaging, and never going to real dating. Nice girls working from computers and lying like they want be with you. Big SCAMMERS.
Reviewed Oct. 2, 2025
I picked this app because a friend had had great success with it. That was a while ago, and it shows. The app is unusable without paying. Almost none of the features work. It's not much better if you do pay. If they do offer you half price for a month, DO NOT DO IT. They will recharge the card a day early and then refuse to refund you (even though I sent a request in less than 24 hours). So you will end up spending a bunch of money on an app that is garbage. I should have looked at the reviews here because everyone has had the same experience. I'm sure that's why they are being ridiculous about refunds...Everyone knows the app is worthless now that it is owned by Match and they're not making enough money for their CEO. Also...they know their app is horrible, too.
You will get constant ads for other dating apps owned by Match whether you are on the free version or paid. "Not having any luck with this enshittified app? Try this other enshittified app!" Also, as others have said there are a lot of scammers that are never dealt with (cartoon character and AI profile pics are so obvious and yet those profiles remain up). Learn from my expensive mistake: Don't download this app, and if you must, don't give them any money. Try Hinge. 😉
Reviewed July 5, 2025
OkCupid was at one time my favorite dating app. I have been using it for about 20 years, essentially since it was founded. It was more fun than the other apps, with a far richer experience. The more questions people answered, and the deeper their responses, the better you were able to know them. To that end, I answered over 3,000 questions over the years. OkCupid also used to periodically release interesting posts about research conducted on the site. It was more devoted than any other dating app to fostering true connection beyond merely swiping an endless series of pictures.
That all ended a few years ago; I'm not completely sure when or why. I suppose it must have been a change in leadership. They started deleting questions, streamlining the app, and effectively neutralizing any advantage it had over competitors. They also began aggressively monetizing every possible interaction to the point that the free app became worthless. I continued to use it off and on, but with less satisfaction.
Then a few months ago, OkCupid tried to charge me for a premium membership I never asked for. They repeatedly charged my credit card, so I told my bank not to pay them. That caused OkCupid to delete my account. Decades of data gone in an instant for absolutely no reason. I have evidence that the mistake was theirs, not mine. Even if the dispute about a premium service were legitimate, what does that have to do with my free account? It is supposed to be free, so the bank should have nothing to do with that!
I tried vociferously to get my account reinstated, but nobody would respond beyond automated e-mails saying I needed to create a new account. OkCupid has effectively no support function at all. Not one human would explain to me what happened despite repeatedly asking to escalate the issue. I don't know why they tried to charge me for something I never asked for, why that would require deleting my free account, or why they refused to talk to me about it. Eventually, I gave up.
In short, don't use OkCupid. You might hear stories about how it was once good, but those days are long gone. The whole thing is basically just a scam now. They will randomly charge you for things, fail to provide useful services, and then delete your account without explanation. Mine is by no means the only horror story; just keep reading their reviews if you want more proof.
Reviewed May 15, 2025
Jackpot. The ** women are eager to talk. Real legit people who just want love. I spoke to several before finding the one. I found my wife in Vietnam. 4 months later I went to meet her. 4 months after that we were married online via Courtly online marriages. 4 months after that I went back to Vietnam and had the ceremony. Most wonderful experience of my life and I am 51 years old. If you're over 30, forget about American women. Seek one over seas. Be kind, and realistic. You'll find the one.
David

Reviewed Jan. 29, 2025
Once they get your money, in my case 89.99 they can do whatever they want. I would definitely not use this dating website. I personally was on it for less than a day, spent boatloads of time uploading photos, writing etc profile. No Chance on OKCupid.
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2025
This website is an absolute NIGHTMARE. It's like they're running a scam operation, not a legitimate dating site. They ban people left and right for NO REASON. You pay good money for a membership, and then BAM, you can't even log in! "Server issues," they say. What a joke! Their customer support is NON-EXISTENT. You send an email begging for help, and all you get is an automated response saying they received your ticket. Then... crickets. And to add insult to injury, they DELETED MY ENTIRE PROFILE without any warning or explanation. This site is a complete waste of time and money. It needs to be shut down IMMEDIATELY before they rip off more people. Don't even THINK about using it.
Reviewed Dec. 9, 2024
It's pretty bad because all I get are hits from gay men in the Philippines and I'm nowhere close to there. The people close don't hit me up and some of them look like horror-film extras. I'm not sure how OkC matches people up but so far NONE of the matches are plausible. You may as well vape and try to date the smoke you exhale.

Reviewed Nov. 18, 2024
Site takes your money but you can't message anyone. Tried reaching out to see what the problem is, and couldn't even find anyone to contact. Site is a total scam. Beware, beware, beware. Don't know what else to tell you. OkCupid ripped me off.
Reviewed Nov. 5, 2024
It's not worth any money you spend. You get a lot of repetition... The same people. And the filters don't work. For example, if you have "no smoking" as an absolute and list it as a deal breaker, you will still get matched with lots of smokers. They base matches on the questions you answer... Even though 90% of them are stupid like... Do you prefer coffee or tea? And they do not allow you to delete questions once you answered them to improve your matches.
The only reason I gave it 2 stars instead of one, is that the questions help me determine a potential match. If a man believes biological males should be allowed to shower in women's locker rooms and play on our sports teams I can determine we will not be a good match. However, I asked one guy to clarify his questions, and he said they were wrong. So maybe that filter is useless too. If you use the app, do not pay money. All it allows you to do is see likes, and I have discovered that 99% don't bother to read what you write, and like solely on photos.
Reviewed Oct. 15, 2024
The people that are supposed to change and you get new ones everyday.... They don't!!!! They are the same people. There isn't any people locally to view or message. I paid and you can't even see likes unless you pay more! This is garbage.
Reviewed Sept. 22, 2024
I've used the app several times before over the last 10 years. Now, in 2024, it is absolutely horrible. They've stripped out all the features so that now it's not much more than a place for fake profiles. The only one they left is the inclusivity for gender or sexual orientation, which is not helpful if you're CIS anyways. And you can write as much as you like. Before I even started my profile I had a dozen "likes" from Asia and Africa. To date, we're talking dozens of fake likes. You can't search by questions anymore. You can't comment or explain your questions anymore. Your daily matches don't refresh often and the worst part is you cannot reject them if you know you're not interested so you keep seeing them week after week. There's no way to search or browse members to proactively search. Their customer service does not respond to emails and there's no phone number to call anymore. FB dating offers more than this and is free.
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2024
OKCUPID has joined the ranks of what I think is corrupt and dishonest dating sites. Better known as scamming in my opinion!!! READ READ and READ again everything about your intended membership!!! They have free, which lets you see pictures of people who may or may not be active members. That's essentially what you get for free. The BASIC membership which is what I purchased at $70 for three months is VERY MISLEADING. First impressions lead one to think you see all pics, all profiles and can correspond with other basic members and premium members.
What you actually get, is to see pics and profiles of people who may or may not be active members, YOU CANNOT message them unless you upgrade!! You can like someone, yes, but unless they have premium membership, they will not see it nor be able to respond to you. Likewise; you CANNOT see who likes you unless YOU upgrade to a premium membership. $$$ Sooo friends, the basic membership buys you nothing more than supposed pics and profiles of alleged active members. You CANNOT see if a person is free, basic or a premium member. Just pictures and profiles!!!
I was not able to communicate with a live customer service representative and when I looked at disabling future auto-renewals, it appears that once you do this you are no longer a member, with no pic(s) and no profile, not even a free member any longer!!! AND they don't issue refunds! ALL they seem interested in, is taking your money!!! So OK CUPID appears to me, to have joined the ranks of the very unethical, corrupt dating sites, with no integrity whatsoever. I would stay far away from using their alleged "service."
Reviewed July 22, 2024
Dangerous low-quality site. It needs to be seriously investigated. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been asked for money. I’ve never been asked for cash or gifts on MyUkrLady since it’s a legit Ukrainian dating site. I should haven’t subscribed for OkCupid.com, but I was curious. As a result I just wasted money for the paid subscription. I haven’t met any genuine woman on OKCupid. But my subscription was renewed against my consent at a much increased rate.
Reviewed June 12, 2024
OKC is a woke dating site that allure men with fake and bot profiles in a hope that they will pay. Use Bumble instead--real, high quality people with real results. If OKC is 1 then Bumble on 0-10 scale is 11. It's that good. And it's totally free. There is an upgrade option available, but will yield the same results as a non-paying. After bad experience with OKC I tried other 'free' dating sites, they all been much better than OKC, but the crown goes to Bumble. I never looked back! :)
Reviewed June 4, 2024
I’ve been on OKC for about 3 weeks. Now this morning I try to sign in and can’t. It says being banned. I fill a complaint with okc and they cannot give me answer why. I have not done anything wrong on there. There is a lot of people got banned for no reason at all. It's a scam and fake website. Okc is full of scammers and fake profiles like ok fake. Okc should be shut down. Horrible website. FAKE.
Reviewed May 28, 2024
This site has a large percentage of false profiles. In addition, the matching algorithm seems to internationally ensures your likes and messages are undelivered. Once my subscription expired, the site flooded my email with matches and messages from 30 people. The catch is to review them, I have subscribe again. In my book, this is a scam.
Reviewed May 13, 2024
Get banned for no good reason, while there are half naked photo profiles that they allow. Most people I met were divorced with children. No matter the location, always I had a ton of them. Naively paid someone money on there and turned out to be fake, I’m glad and lucky apexchargeback did enough to recover my m0ni. Plus, I get permanently banned for unknown reason. This website/app has a big issue with "dead" profiles.
Reviewed May 13, 2024
I recently set up a profile page. I submitted a profile pic and I completed the profile prompts as thoroughly as I could via my computer. I was told after a couple of days I had 77 'likes'. I was on the verge of subscribing to their premium service and then I wasn't allowed to purchase their services. I was told by a customer service rep that my account was terminated for no specific reason given. I assumed they thought I was catfishing or was a bot. I am a real person and was 100% honest about everything I had in my account. To me, these services are a scam, and honest people like me who are looking for a serious relationship are given the short end of the stick. I'm 100% done with online dating forever.
Reviewed May 7, 2024
Honestly I wanted nothing and I mean nothing to do with this app. One of my friends who is now married met her husband on here and after getting out of a rough relationship she wanted to get back out there. I didn't have much information on my profile but I ended up going on one date with a guy who I am now married to and have been with for almost six years. Give it a chance. Not all the matches will be a hit but you have to have patience when you find a connection you know.

Reviewed May 4, 2024
I joined OkCupid not quite one month ago, and I did cancel future resubscription because of all the bad matches they sent me. I wonder if I am the only person in my town who signed up for it! So I wanted to see if anyone had messaged me the last few days of my membership, and I cannot get into my account. It says they want to "verify" my password, but they never send the code to my email until hours after! Then when I have finally received the code, it still doesn't work and I have to do the whole process all over. There is no phone number for customer service and I have not seen an email, but from the looks of it, they would not respond for days anyway. If you are an attractive, well spoken woman looking for a nice man to date, you will most likely receive a lot of mid 70-ish looking men with full scraggly beards! OR foreigners who I would not want to date. Look elsewhere, this app is nonsense.
Reviewed April 20, 2024
I have used OKC on and off for a few years and have gone on a few dates. My subscription was about to renew and I was going to cancel because I was running out of women in my area, which is fine, it happens. The day before I cancelled, I had zero likes. The day after my subscription expired, I suddenly had 27 likes. Now I get about 5 likes a week, where I used to get 1 every two weeks.
I have contacted their customer support and they either have talked around the issue with things like "if you aren't getting likes, try widening your search" or they have completely ignored me. I was told 5 days ago they were going to escalate my ticket but I haven't heard anything. I have to assume these are bots or fake likes designed to get me to pay again. I think they are just being dishonest.
Reviewed April 8, 2024
10 years ago this was one of the best dating apps out there, but since then it's seriously gone downhill. I've gotten well over 400+ likes in just a couple of months and 95% of them are all from overseas people in Nigeria, Philippines, etc. There's literally ZERO settings that allow you to block people of the nationality, age, race, etc. so my inbox gets flooded with 15+ likes a day. Also, when you do talk to these overseas people it's 95%++ of the time one way conversations that die out fast. They've also increased the cost of the premium to $45/month which is insane. You don't need premium on this website as a dude because you're just flooded with more likes than you can realistically manage.
Reviewed March 30, 2024
I would say if you get on these dating sites it's a total waste of time, the people you introduce yourself to never reply. I'd say it's all about the money. I'm sure if you pay for membership you may have a chance to talk to someone else but I'm not paying for something they advertise for free.
Reviewed March 15, 2024
It needs to be seriously investigated. There is no profile vetting, so scammers run rampant. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been asked for money. I’ve never been asked for cash or gifts on EasyFling4You since it’s a legit dating site. I should haven’t subscribed for OkCupid, but I was curious. As a result I just wasted money for the paid subscription. I haven’t met any genuine woman on OKCupid. But my subscription was renewed against my consent at a much increased rate.
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2024
They claim that they’re a free site. They do just like the rest who claim the same thing. Then after drawing you in taking your information and time, you find out that you have to pay to message and or see your likes. This is a gimmick. I don’t appreciate it. It could have been straightforward but no. Everything is a scam nowadays.
Reviewed Dec. 4, 2023
Yesterday I created an account with Okcupid. My matches were being created and was bumped out, so I signed back in and was informed I was banned from their site. I have never done anything wrong on their site. I didn’t even get to go into my account. I supplied my number and email then automatically was banned. I even uploaded my photos to the site. When I emailed the company asking why they stated it was for the safety of the community. When I asked what the complaint was they pretty much told me due to privacy I could not know why! This site should be shut down and banned from being allowed to have the site up.
Reviewed Oct. 27, 2023
Fraud alert! This app allows Fraud. I tried to contact the company that someone else is trying to use my profile and my phone number for their account and they said they can't do anything about it. Fraud! Stay away!!!

Reviewed Sept. 27, 2023
This site claims to have good algorithms but they stink. I got some men in the first few days but now I have zero people in the “stacks”. They must not have enough members. You also can’t filter people based on what they are looking for, you can say “long term dating” but if the peopke also say “hookups” you still see them. About 50% are looking for hookups… The “Cupid’s picks” are supposed to be better matches for you and refresh daily. I have had the same two men for 4 days who are not even the ethnicity that I’ve stated I’m looking for. I have sent 3 emails asking for help and have had ZERO response.
Reviewed July 1, 2023
Only messaged like ten female profiles in my area, got banned for no reason. In the past I've learned how rude, mean and hostile female profiles are. Females can lie and then you're gone. Also Okcupid is really bad with privacy using your phone number to login in.
Reviewed April 3, 2023
A lot of people recommended this site, when I first signed up I got a lot of likes, of course you have to pay to see who they are. So I paid the lowest price in Canadian dollars and what happens? All of them live outside of my location, turns out you have to keep paying just for the people outside of you're location can't like you. And so many people don't even bother uploading a photo, they always just have 1 picture of flowers or their pet, so they are telling me they are flowers or an animal? Why is there no rule for dating sites to you HAVE to upload pictures of YOU or they delete your account. I get a like I go and check and it's a blurry random Google Image. I know it's not just OKCupid that does this but they are the only ones to make it so you have to keep paying to only get likes in your location, the minute you stop you get flooded with likes mostly in the Philippines.
Reviewed March 15, 2023
I paid 45 dollars to find out that 95% of my likes are coming from possibly fake profiles from all over the world. Even if they're not fake I'm sick of "swiping left" on people because they live 8000 miles away. Bumble allows you to pay for a day pass to check out your likes which is nice and cheap and everyone is within your preset geographical specifications. OkC doesn't have a day pass. What they do have are hundreds of profiles that like your profile and when you finally give in and pay for the month because you have 112 likes you find out that the VAST majority of these people aren't even within driving distance. I will be deleting my account when my subscription is up.
Reviewed March 5, 2023
Awful site. Absolutely ridiculous. A total waste of time. Lots of obviously fake profiles and stolen pics and endless foreign scammers. In the event you do manage to start a conversation, the person disappears. I suspect that the employees of OKC are behind many of the fake profiles and they engage in fake conversations to get people to stay and pay. I really HATE OKC because it has wasted so much of my time. Despicable.
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2023
Do not use this company. They're a scam and full of bots and scammers. They need to shut this company down. I'm tired of it. This and being scammed. The company has out of country bots who send fake emails then scam you for money.
Reviewed Jan. 7, 2023
To put it bluntly - Okcupid.com is the cesspool of all dating apps/websites. There are no redeeming values about it anymore. It has become flooded with fake profiles of people who swipe right on you, to feed the urge for you to pay and find out who "liked" you. Strangely, in the event you do swipe right on these people and start a normal conversation, they suddenly disappear from your feed. I do believe that there is some sort of collusion with profiles under okcupid to get people to pay. Not to mention the swarm of profiles from outside of the US randomly setting their location as somewhere local, only to find out they live halfway across the world. There's nothing wrong with meeting someone from abroad, however it can be frustrating for those who want to meet someone nearby. I could go on, but to put it simply- don't waste your time and money on this trash excuse of a "dating" site/app.
OkCupid author review by Mark Brooks
OKCupid.com is a free site that offers members the ability to upgrade their experience by subscribing to a premium membership. Created in 2004, the site serves millions of members through a unique profile format and optional question and answer section.
Unique profile format: Many dating sites only ask members to tell a little bit about themselves and who they are looking for. OKCupid makes it easier to learn more about prospective dates through open ended profile questions including six things you can't live without, what you are good at, what you are doing with your life, what you like to do on a friday night and more.
Thousands of optional questions: OKCupid has a unique feature that allows you to answer as many or as few multiple questions on topics ranging from values and relationship goals to personal hygiene and basic math skills. You can then compare your answers to those of people whose profiles you are viewing.
Advanced search algorithm: Users can choose both physical and value-based attributes to search for, improving the quality of the matches they find. Some criteria are only available via upgraded membership.
Anonymous email network: Users can email potential matches through OKCupid.com's own messaging service, allowing them to keep their identities and contact info private until they are ready to share it.
Profiles are screened before being posted: OKCupid.com staff screens profiles and photos before posting to ensure only appropriate information makes it onto the site.
Harvard Business School graduate, Mark Brooks, has been an expert in the Internet dating business since 1998. He is currently the CEO of Courtland Brooks, a consultancy agency for the Internet dating industry, and runs OnlinePersonalsWatch.com. He prides himself on being a New Media Futurist and can be reached at LinkedIn.
OkCupid Company Information
- Company Name:
- OkCupid
- Year Founded:
- 2003
- Website:
- www.okcupid.com




