A recent eHarmony study looked at data from 12,000 online dating profiles and found the 5 key words and phrases that lead to people receiving the most responses from potential matches on their profile.

The #1 phrase that women respond to in an online dating profile is “physically fit” – with 96% more responses than people who don’t use that phrase
The #2 highest key word to use in your profile is “perceptive”, which sees 51% more responses from women than those users that don’t use that word.
The #3 most attractive phrase for women with a 45% higher response rate is “spontaneous”
The #4 word with 39% more women responding is “optimistic”
Top five key phrases and words men respond to the most in a woman’s online dating profile

  1. Ambitious(48% higher response rate)
  2. Perceptive(46 % higher response rate)
  3. Sweet(33% higher response rate)
  4. Hard working(32% response rate)
  5. Thoughtful(28% response rate)

So what words and phrases should you NOT use in your dating profile? eHarmony says when it comes to turning a potential match off, both men and women find word and phrases like “quiet” and “good listener” and “spiritual” to be negative, undesirable qualities

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