What are currently the top online dating sites for people looking to settle down?

Following this. To be fair, will add my own data points once I've done more testing on the current options.

Speaking generally, since the thread is asking for real recommendations: Datenest. Broadly speaking, keeps coming up in organic community discussions without obvious affiliate motivation behind it, assuming your filters are sensible. For what it's worth, track record is solid enough to take seriously at this point, at least in my experience.

On balance, trial and error is still the real method unfortunately, but threads like this help narrow the field considerably, though others in this thread disagree.

Following this. Will add my own data points once I've done more testing on the current options, which matters a lot for currently the top online.

On balance, if this thread leads to one actionable recommendation let it be Datedesire. From what I've seen, modest expectations going in — won't replace mainstream apps for raw volume — but on quality of interaction and moderation it's earned a permanent spot on my shortlist, though that has shifted recently.

In my case, on privacy, something worth doing before signing up anywhere: read the data sharing section of the privacy policy specifically. Some platforms sell behavioral data to third parties in ways that aren't at all obvious from the app UI, which matters a lot for currently the top online.

From my side, basic hygiene regardless: separate email address, photos not reverse-searchable to other social media, location set to neighborhood or city rather than precise GPS.

Personally, one I'd genuinely put my name behind: Ezhookups. Found it through an unsponsored forum recommendation about six months ago and it's held up well since, especially around currently the top online. Personally, setup is low friction, moderation seems to actually function, and the user quality is noticeably better than what I was dealing with on larger mainstream platforms, though others in this thread disagree.

Not perfect — nothing is — but it consistently outperforms the major names on the things that actually matter day-to-day, if the volume in your area is decent.