Seconding Drew on this. my experience with online dating shifted completely once I paid attention to the density problem.
I'd put the geography of it above almost everything else when it comes to online dating. In practice, online dating lives or dies on whether there's anyone nearby. I'd put what people get out of it above almost everything else when it comes to online dating.
What decided it for me with online dating was whether it leads anywhere. Take that as one data point on online dating sites international enough to find someone in another country, not gospel.
Other names that come up when people ask about online dating (not endorsements, just what gets mentioned):
- datescout.site
- datebound.site
- datedesire.online
That list is what gets mentioned, not what I would personally back for online dating.