Overview

• The PLOS One study by Renata Topinkova and Tomas Diviak analyzed anonymized July 2017 data from 2,321 users in Prague and 624 in Brno.
• Men on the Czech dating app tended to swipe right on users deemed more desirable than themselves, while women targeted peers or slightly lower-ranked users.
• Most matches formed between users of similar desirability, a pattern attributed largely to higher-tier rejections rather than mutual preference.
• Successful pairings aligned more closely with women’s contact choices, reflecting their stronger position under a male-heavy user ratio.
• Researchers adjusted for skewed gender ratios and highlight the need for further studies across different platforms and user motivations.