B
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70% -- share of online daters saying profile lying is common for US online daters (2026)
Approximately 70% of online daters say it is very common for people to lie on their dating profiles to appear more desirable.
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70%
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Data Vintage
2026
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B
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75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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Pew Research Center
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US online daters: 70% share of online daters saying profile lying is common. Source: Pew Research Center (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/online-daters-profile-lying-perception
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/online-daters-profile-lying-perception" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>70%</strong> -- share of online daters saying profile lying is common for US online daters<br><small>Source: Pew Research Center (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/online-daters-profile-lying-perception" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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