Dating calculator determines if your match is out there — or you’re just delusional
Does your romance need a reality check?
With over 117 million singles in the US alone, according to last year’s census, there has to be a match out there for you somewhere — but your date dealbreakers could be holding you back.
Keeper, a matchmaking service, created a dating calculator that shows you “what percent of men/women in the United States meet your standards” — and your chances of finding Mr. or Mrs. Right may be slimmer than you think, especially if you’re picky.
The dating company released the calculator in July 2023 but updated the tool last week, Jake Kozloski, the founder and CEO of Keeper, told The Post.
Kozloski explained how the calculations “shows you how rare your perfect person is.”
“Most of us fall in love with someone who isn’t an exact picture of our ideal,” Kozloski added. “When you discover new things to love about someone, some of the things you can search for on the standards calculator may seem less important.”
The “Standards calculator” allows participants to select 14 traits they desire in a partner, including gender, age, height, minimum income, family plans and habits.
Keeper compiled data from the 2022 Census Bureau and the 2017-2020 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to determine how many eligible partners are available per the calculator user’s preferences
Example: If you’re seeking a male partner, who doesn’t want kids, age range between 22 to 42 years old, over six feet tall, has a minimum income of $100,000, white ethnicity with blonde hair, blue eyes, has a master’s degree, believes in Christianity, doesn’t smoke or drink and is not married or obese, results show there are 0.001% of men who hit the mark.
“That’s 1,650 of 164,977,341 American men,” the site reads.
Many people refer to the calculator as the “Preferences Calculator, the Delusion Calculator, the Reality Calculator, the Build-A-Man Calculator, or the Build-A-Woman Calculator,” according to Keeper’s website.
While the calculator “can help you to understand the probability of finding your ideal man or woman,” by revealing the percentage of the population who meets your standards, it’s not going to help you figure out who exactly that person is.
Conversations amongst users on the social media platform X revealed a range of percentages from people in search of their one and only.
One user, @fallinotes, posted her results from the site, revealing that “0.022% of all men in the United States meet your standards. That’s 35,295 of 164, 977,341 American Men.”
Another person, who goes by @verdobe_ on X, claims “Y’alls standards are too high,” with their results showing “78% of all women in the United States meet your standards.”
Meanwhile, a single woman who runs @lolmisslindsey on TikTok posted a clip showing how she used the calculator to determine what a “catch” she is.
“Only 370 women in the United States that fit my f-king demographic, so he better check himself,” she said online. “Good luck replacing me because there are only 369 other versions of me.”
