In recent years, the statistics of online dating have simply amazed the imagination. Every third Internet user has used dating sites and applications at least once. About one and a half million people in the world spend 4 or more hours on such sites every day. And the Match resource even claims that today every fifth couple appears thanks to the Internet.

A few years ago, British psychologist Jeffrey Gavin conducted an interesting study. He gathered a group of people aged 19-26, ready for a serious relationship, asked them to register on dating sites and try to find a partner. The results were very revealing - 72% of the participants found potential partners and continued communicating in real life.

Modern users have access to many formats of online communication. We suggest considering the main ones and paying special attention to online video chats. After all, they became something really new in the world of the Internet in the early 2000s.

Popular Online Dating Formats

In fact, there are dozens of ways to meet someone online. But we will focus on the most accessible and effective ones. Namely, those that have proven themselves well and remain the most popular. For example:

1. Dating sites and apps like Cams VibraGame. These platforms are specially created for finding interesting people. It is easy to find new friends or even a soulmate here. The main thing is to pay enough attention to it.
2. Social networks. They experienced a real boom in the early 2000s and have not lost popularity to this day. In social networks, you can easily find people from your city or region, communicate, arrange a meeting, and much more.
3. Video chats. These are webcam chats that connect you with random users. A very unusual way to meet, but the surprise effect and excitement do their job. Millions of people use web chats every day.
4. Thematic forums. If you are looking for like-minded people, then forums can be a real find. And it doesn’t matter what exactly you are interested in. It can be science and technology, books by a certain author or a whole genre, painting, cinema, music, anime – whatever.

Don't limit yourself to just one format of communication. Try, experiment, discover something new. Believe me, the world is full of interesting people who are also looking for good interlocutors. And in the age of the Internet, finding them has become easier than ever. The only important advice is to remember the rules of online safety and take care of your privacy.

The Explosive Growth of Online Video Chats

Video chats made a real revolution in online dating back in 2009, when Omegle and Chatroulette appeared. They "shot" almost immediately. There was nothing like this before. You go to the site, and it immediately connects you with a random user. This person may live in another country or be your neighbor.

It is not surprising that after 2009-2010, analogues of the mentioned resources began to appear. Some of them managed not only to repeat the success of their predecessors, but also to bypass them. And not only in functionality, but also in the number of active users. Thus, among the most famous analogues of Omegle and

Chatroulette, we can name the following:

• KuMeet is a popular video chat that allows you to communicate with users all over the world. The site provides anonymity and security. For girls, it is completely free and even gives the opportunity to earn money. Men have access to a free trial period, after which you can get paid access.
• Chatspin — allows you to set the parameters for searching for an interlocutor: gender and country of residence. This is convenient, since you can find those people with whom there is a chance to meet in real life. And although the site is not as popular as its analogues, it has great prospects.
• Shagle is one of the first video chats that started working in 2010. It has a simple and clear interface, loads quickly and provides high quality communication. There are thousands of users online at almost any time of the day.
• Chatrandom is a site with a really large and active audience. Almost always there are about 20,000 users online. And since 2013 you can choose to search for people only by your country. Plus you can tell the site to search only for those users who have a webcam turned on.
• Tinychat is a little different from its analogues. First of all, it is focused on group chats. There are special "rooms" for this, which other users can join. But if necessary, you can also communicate one-on-one.

An important advantage of video chats is that almost all of them are free. Or at least provide a trial period. Thus, you can try this communication format at any time and decide whether it suits you or not.

Reasons for the popularity of webcam chats

Freedom of communication without territorial restrictions is one of the most important factors. But it is no less important that classic dialogue formats have simply outlived their usefulness. Correspondence takes too much time, and regular calls do not give the desired effect of the presence of the interlocutor next to you.

A video call with a stranger is emotionally very similar to real communication. The person is literally in front of you, you can see their emotions, gestures, hear intonation, and so on. In just a couple of minutes of conversation, you can get to know them much better than after several days and weeks of active correspondence.

Video chats have already helped millions of people find new friends or even true love. And thanks to the rapid development of Internet technologies, their number will only increase every year. And if for some reason you still haven’t discovered online video chats, we recommend you try it. But don’t forget about other communication formats. All of them together open up a huge new world for a modern person, full of the most extraordinary people.