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Macro-level social and economic analysis of modern dating behavior, incentives, and structural shifts.
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The picture across Asia's dating markets in 2026 is not ambiguous. South Korea's fertility rate sits below 1.0. China has 300 million singles. Thailand's birth rate fell below 500,000 in 2024 for the first time in 75 years.
Most people who are single don't want to be. They want a relationship. They're willing to work for one. And yet the numbers keep moving in the wrong direction: fewer marriages, lower birth rates, more people in their 30s and 40s cycling through situationships that go nowhere.
Behavioral data from millions of anonymous dating app interactions found women peak at 18, men at 50. Here's what the research shows and what it means if you're dating in Bangkok.
A Danish population study found a 5% income rise makes men more likely to start families and women less likely. Here's what the data reveals about money, relationships, and the modern dating market.
