Where is it easier to find love in the Philippines – online or offline?

Picodi.com analysts checked the statistics of searches related to finding a significant other online and created a ranking of the most online regions.

Our queries list consisted of the most popular dating apps and general phrases, such as “dating website”. To make the comparison fair, we juxtaposed the number of queries with the latest PSA data on the population in individual regions.

After looking closely at the data of the most popular search engine in the Philippines, we found out that citizens of Central Visayas, Metro Manila and Davao Region are most likely to find their significant other online. Internet users visit dating websites in those regions more frequently than the country average.

On the other hand, citizens of Bicol, MIMAROPA and ARMM look for love online the least. In those regions, finding a significant other offline – in the street, at work or at social parties – is most likely more prevalent.

This is what the ranking of all regions looks like:

1. Central Visayas
2. Metro Manila
3. Davao Region
4. Northern Mindanao
5. Central Luzon
6. Caraga
7. Calabarzon
8. Eastern Visayas
9. Zamboanga Peninsula
10. Western Visayas
11. Cordillera Administrative Region
12. Region XII
13. Ilocos Region
14. Cagayan Valley
15. Bicol
16. MIMAROPA
17. Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao

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Methodology

The research was based on a comparison of the number of queries and keywords during the period of 2019–2022 based on Google’s archived data (through the Keyword Planner tool).

Sources

• https://ads.google.com/intl/en_ph/home/tools/keyword-planner/
• https://www.similarweb.com/top-websites/philippines/computers-electronics-and-technology/search-engines/
• https://psa.gov.ph/press-releases/id/164811

Public use

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