After analyzing many OkCupid profiles, it became clear that 16-20% of all available matches are usually good matches (above 75%). That is, if you were paired ra

After analyzing many OkCupid profiles, it became clear that 16-20% of all available matches are usually good matches (above 75%). That is, if you were paired randomly with people (on the internet) of the gender and age range you were interested in (and that are interested in people your age and gender), then 1 in 5 of them, on average, would be acceptable matches. This varies wildly per person, but the overall average was surprising. That is, it seems low, but when you think about it, it's actually quite profound. You could randomly pick 5 straight or bisexual women between the ages of 19 and 37 (from among all the women in the world), for example, and it's likely 1 of them would be a good match.