Overview
- The poll of 2,000 UK adults reports that 40% have misrepresented their age, typically by about four years.
- Respondents identify pubs (44%), nightclubs (41%) and dating apps (21%) as the most common places where they bend the truth.
- Sixty-five percent say they have presented themselves as younger, while 81% have added years to appear more mature.
- Among those who have lied, 16% maintained the false age for more than six months, and some also fudged their age on birthdays or accepted others’ guesses.
- Roughly three-quarters say they have not been caught, though 42% know someone whose age-related lie was exposed.