After a year that includes dating trends like “Rizz-Colored Glasses” and “Canon-Bailing,” new research from Plenty of Fish gives us a peek at what will be big with singles in 2025. The dating app’s eighth annual survey reveals the top trends in dating for 2025 and the new lingo to describe them.
According to the poll of 6-thousand U.S. Plenty of Fish members, here’s what singles can look forward to in the year ahead:
- “Smutten” - It’s when singles fantasize about the storylines of romantic movies, shows or books turning into their reality. A third (33%) admit they’ve fantasized about this, but it’s even higher for women at 40%.
- “Freak Matching” - This means connecting with someone over shared quirks, unique interests, eccentricities and general “weirdness,” something 39% of singles have done.
- “Yap-trapping” - Plenty of Fish says this is when someone only talks about themselves and doesn’t make the effort to balance the conversation with give and take - “completely inun-dating their partners (pun intended!)” Half of singles say they’ve dated someone who never asked them personal questions.
- “StICK” - It turns out, seeing “icks” as deal breakers is so last year. Looking past an initial “ick” and overlooking those superficial things to pursue someone romantically is in, as “36% of daters have chosen to stICK instead of running from the ick.”
- “Grim Keeping” - This is bonding over your darker side or shared dislikes and 28% have done it over being grim and things that “rub them the wrong way.”
Source: Plenty of Fish