OkCupid and Photoroom help daters erase their exes and find new matches for summer
62% of single women want to erase an ex from a photo
As the weather warms, people’s dating lives are heating up. This year, daters on OkCupid have already sent more than 100 million first messages — and almost seven in 10 of people on our app are looking for a long-lasting relationship.
Whether singles are preparing to dive into something casual or more serious, they’re looking through some of their favorite photos to add to their dating profiles — and unfortunately sometimes an ex appears in one of the best shots. So OkCupid is partnering with Photoroom, the world’s most popular AI photo-editor, to enable the hottest new dating trend for summer: ex-terminating, or the act of removing an ex from an otherwise cute pic.
About 6 in 10 (55%) Gen Z daters have photos where they want to erase a former partner. That’s why OkCupid and Photoroom have created a tool that lets singles erase their exes from their best selfies for good.
To find out daters’ unfiltered views about what photos they want on dating apps, OkCupid added brand-new matching questions, which were answered more than 250,000 times.
Most singles, it turns out, want to paint over unwanted parts of their past: some half of Gen Z (54%) and Millennial (50%) singles say they have a good photo of themselves that needs their ex erased. As for why: 43% say they don’t want to see an ex; 41% want to get over the breakup; and 16%want to use the photo on a dating app profile.
When it comes to their profile pics, the majority of OkCupid daters (58%) prefer an individual photo or selfie, 37% opt for a photo of them doing something they love and only 5% go for photos with family or friends.
When it comes to what photos they want to see from a match on a dating profile, almost 7 in 10 daters (67%) prefer individual photos, 17% want to see you doing a hobby or on vacation, 10% enjoy seeing you with animals, and 6% love photos with family or friends.
It’s time to erase your ex and now it’s easier than ever to move on with the help of Photoroom and OkCupid.
Media contact: MichaelK@OkCupid.com
Got a special someone you’d like to erase from your selfies? To erase an ex from your photo, simply upload your chosen image to Photoroom’s Ex-Terminator, paint over your no-good ex, and Photoroom will do the rest.
Download OkCupid to find a date (that you won’t have to edit out of a photo!) now.
