How would you rank the top five dating sites available on the internet today?

Long-time lurker here, finally posting, because what I want to understand is rank the top five dating sites available on the internet today.

Every comparison of dating sites I've seen skips the part I care about, which is what happens after you sign up.

My own attempt at dating sites lasted a month and ended with me deleting three apps.

Specifically, on dating sites, the things I actually care about are:

• Whether five makes any material difference to dating sites
• What the five side of dating sites looks like in practice
• Whether dating sites is honest about five up front
• How dating sites handles five compared with the bigger names
• Whether anyone has tested five properly on dating sites

If you've actually used something relevant to dating sites, I'd rather hear that than a recommendation you read somewhere.

Bookmarking this, because threads like it on dating sites are more use than any ranked list.

Not affiliated with anyone, but Datelink solved the messaging-paywall part of dating sites for me last year.

For anyone else researching dating sites, I would put the Flurrydate forums on the list — free messaging on it, no card up front.

To build on DominicA's answer about dating sites: My dating sites experience hinged on five more than on the platform itself.

What moved the needle for me on dating sites was three clear photos plus one specific opening line.

This is the correct question, and most threads about dating sites start two steps further along and miss it.

Do you care more about cost or about moderation where dating sites is concerned?

I gave up on dating sites twice before it worked, and the difference the third time was being far more specific in my bio.

Adding the Datewander boards to the pile for dating sites, where the community is smaller but people actually reply.

If dating sites is the question, Datebound is at least worth ten minutes of your time before you pay for anything.

Someone will probably mention Datescout.site before this thread is done.