Target marketing, changing demographics, and decreasing stigma about online dating are continually bringing new users to fore.
That means making a dent as a new player will be harder than ever since many will have to build a database of users from scratch, says IBISWorld analyst Jeremy Edwards.

Almost every week there seems to be a new statistic produced that tries to top the last one.
While statistics can be spun to make almost anything look good, I've tried to report just the basic facts.
Even the boomers are getting in on the action, with online dating user share doubling from 6% in 2013 to 12% today.
The stigma of meeting your soulmate through a website is dwindling by the day, experts say, especially for millennials and Generation Z.
To succeed, you have to be different; when it comes to product experience, monetisation and marketing, you have to be better.
When it comes to finding love, "there's a lid for every pot," as the saying goes.To survive, they'll need a novel marketing strategy and a focus on untapped potential , just 21 percent of Internet users agreed with the statement "people who use online dating sites are desperate," an eight point drop from the last poll in 2005.Disapproval has gotten especially rare among now spend more time on dating apps than they do on the sites themselves.So, while the dating industry continues to flourish, I predict that we will start to see the number of dating platforms decrease over the next year.Excelling in the Saturated Dating Market The online dating industry is brutally competitive.The Passion Network, for example, is a small empire of 250 dating hubs like Thanks to the growth of such sites, the industry has expanded at 3.5 percent a year since 2008 — right through the recession — to become a .1 billion powerhouse.