Kiss.com becomes the first modern dating website in 1994, followed by match.com in 1995. By 1996, there are 16 online dating sites listed in Yahoo!s directory.

How many online dating sites are there?

If you continue to have doubts, consider that there are now over 1,500 dating apps or websites looking to draw single men and women to their product, and to match them with one another. Though matchmaking is one of the oldest industries in existence, online matchmaking is now having a moment of its own.