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2037 will be the year of the 'e-babies,' according to research
More couples will be first meeting online than in real life in the year 2035, and by 2037, more babies will be born to parents who met online, according to new research.
The 'e-baby' generation is coming! 2037 will be the year when MORE children will be born to parents who met online rather than in real life
More couples will be first meeting online than in real life in the year 2035, and by 2037, more babies will be born to parents who met online - so-called 'ebabies' - than offline, according to new research.
Over 4,000 adults were quizzed about their love lives in the study for dating website eharmony.
Researchers found that a third - 32 per cent - of singletons already meet their match through dating apps.
Over the past four years, the next most common couplings took place at work (23 per cent), through a mutual friend (12 per cent) or via social media (seven per cent).
In the seventies and early eighties, one in five couples - 22 per cent - met in the pub but now just one in 14 - seven per cent - do.
MBA students from London's Imperial College Business School also found that 2.6 million ebabies have already been born since 2000.
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London's Imperial College Business School also studied demographic and population growth projections to determine the impact of technology on how we will find love in the future.
In their 'The Future of Dating' report for eharmony, they identified 2035 as the 'tipping point' year where more lovebirds will meet online than offline for the first time.
They concluded that four in ten babies born by 2030 will be ebabies with the figure rising to over half in 2037.
Dr Paolo Taticchi, principal teaching fellow at Imperial College Business School said: 'The digital world has streamlined the online dating process, making it easier to find someone while ensuring that they match your criteria.
'2035 will be an instrumental year for finding love and begin a new era of twenty-first century dating.'
Romain Bertrand of eharmony said: 'It's very positive to see that online dating is set to continue opening doors for singles into the future.
As we know, online dating is Chad territory. If it indeed takes over how average relationships are formed, it's a real sign towards a Chad-dominated future.
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