# OkCupid 29 Hacker News commenters recommended OkCupid and 25 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months; owners who said how long report a median of 12 years (3 owners). **Verdict:** People recommend its early data-driven matching and the many couples it produced. Most common caveat: critics say the Match Group era made matching worse. ## Why people recommend it - Led to marriages and long relationships (6 comments): "My wife and I met on OkCupid. I wouldn’t have my kids without it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47918156)) "I met my wife on the zombified corpse of cupid." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49582865)) "I met my wife there, been married 15 years now." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49593575)) - Good matching algorithm, especially early (5 comments): "OkC was the best at finding people I'd at the very least be friends with" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47019427)) "The only platform having a useful approach here was OKC years ago." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45796546)) "I can confirm that their algorithm was amazing back in the day." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49918685)) - Best dating site overall (4 comments): "The original OKCupid was the best dating site and the only one that I enjoyed using." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49933397)) "I met many wonderful people via that site, and I never went on a bad date with OKC" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49933963)) "OkC was the best at finding people I'd at the very least be friends with" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47019427)) - Shared data and insightful analysis (2 comments): "I did like that they shared a lot of hard data with insightful analysis." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47578232)) "it was nonetheless nice to have objective, data-based, non-pua advice" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47577645)) ## What people warn about - Worse after Match Group acquisition (7 comments): "OkCupid’s algorithms used to be really good, then they deliberately made them worse when acquired by Match Group." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46013213)) "once they were acquired by Match Group they deleted their old blog and stopped talking about things like that" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45794654)) "Do you realize how much work that OkCupid has put into their product to make matching intentionally worse" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47592081)) - Matching poorly predictive or gamed (4 comments): "It was good until they tried to game it like it was the SAT" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49610748)) "One of the problems with OKCupid was that they never got the tests to be very predictive in matchmaking" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49593878)) "those stats were flawed in numerous ways. this is expected, they were never subject to peer review." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49593830)) - Deceived users and shared data (2 comments): "You realize that you're responding in a thread about OkCupid deceiving users and sharing data with 3rd parties right?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47581964)) "OkCupid gave users different prices based on whether they selected male or female for their profile." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47576013)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Tinder](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tinder.md): 7 recommend - [Bumble](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bumble.md): 6 recommend - [Singapore government dating service](https://hackerapproved.com/p/singapore-government-run-dating-service.md): 6 recommend - [Facebook Dating](https://hackerapproved.com/p/facebook-dating.md): 5 recommend ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://www.okcupid.com/) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "OkCupid", https://hackerapproved.com/p/okcupid/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).