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Is badoo online dating actually popular in the US or mostly in Europe?

Started by Riley Started 25 Jan 2026 Board Free Dating & Apps Replies 7 Last reply 11 Jul 2026
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#1

Long-time lurker with a first proper question about badoo online dating actually popular in the US or mostly in Europe.

If badoo online dating actually popular in the US or mostly in Europe is the question, the honest answer is that a fair share of the matches from the first week held up under a bit of scrutiny. The useful filter turned out to be consistent details across the profile, not the feature list, especially where Badoo is concerned. What I care about most with Badoo is what changes after the first couple of weeks.

  • With badoo online dating, the free tier tells you most of what you need.
  • Under a third of the profiles worth a second look never got past small talk in my case — above all for Badoo.
  • Judge badoo online dating on week three, not day one (particularly for Badoo).

Is anyone getting different results from Badoo with the same approach? Would rather hear one real account of badoo online dating than ten reviews.

Your results with badoo online dating actually popular in the US or mostly in Europe may differ, obviously.

#2

I see Badoo differently.

Testing badoo online dating actually popular in the US or mostly in Europe over a season of on-and-off use showed that a decent proportion of the threads that went anywhere led somewhere useful. Profiles without stock-looking images is worth more than any badge on the profile for Badoo. The reason I disagree is that most advice on badoo online dating actually popular in the US or mostly in Europe assumes a dense city and mine is not.

Curious whether anyone else saw the same with badoo online dating actually popular in the US or mostly in Europe.

#3

For the record, my experience of Badoo was this.

Coming back to Badoo, from what I saw the pattern was consistent. Something I only noticed later was that barely any of the matches that stuck matched the description, especially where Badoo is concerned. The useful takeaway was that accounts with a visible history predicted a real conversation better than anything else, especially where Badoo is concerned.

Curious whether anyone else saw the same with badoo online dating.

#4

My run at Badoo went like this.

The reason Badoo keeps coming up is that nobody agrees on the answer. The honest answer is that the gap between the ones with heavy advertising and this was smaller than expected, especially where Badoo is concerned. Judging by my own run at it, the majority of the conversations that got past hello felt automated within a fortnight of proper testing for Badoo.

Happy to be corrected by anyone with more data on badoo online dating actually popular in the US or mostly in Europe.

#5

Sharing what happened on my side with Badoo.

I spent a couple of weeks on badoo online dating and under a third of the accounts that looked active were a waste of an evening. Give it a fortnight of proper testing before judging; nearly all of the conversations that got past hello went quiet within days in that window, especially where Badoo is concerned. In my experience, results were noticeably better than the ones with heavy advertising for Badoo. The part that surprised me was that under a third of the threads that went anywhere never got past small talk — that is the whole story really for Badoo.

If you want a different angle, Turndate covers it too.

People also mention these, though I have not tested them all, if you are researching Badoo: luvdate.site

That is the honest version of badoo online dating actually popular in the US or mostly in Europe, anyway.

#6

Henry Taylor — one thing about badoo online dating I am unclear on.

People underestimate how much location changes badoo online dating actually popular in the US or mostly in Europe. I stopped bothering when I saw urgency that appears from nowhere for Badoo. What I watch for now is profiles without stock-looking images, and what ends it is a bio with no specifics at all, especially where Badoo is concerned. Most of the chats that lasted more than a day were clearly recycled, which was broadly comparable to the newer entrants for Badoo. I stopped bothering when I saw a story that changes between messages for Badoo. Has anyone compared badoo online dating actually popular in the US or mostly in Europe against the bigger names directly?

  • Density beats features — a busy small site beats a quiet big one — more so for badoo online dating actually popular in the US or mostly in Europe.
  • Give any platform around eight weeks before deciding it is dead — more so for Badoo.
  • Results were worse than the older sites still running once I adjusted for area — doubly true of badoo online dating.
  • For Badoo, density beats every feature on the list (particularly for Badoo).

For a lighter-weight comparison, some people here point to Datelink if you are weighing up Badoo.

Take that for what it is worth on badoo online dating actually popular in the US or mostly in Europe.

#7

@Daniel my run at badoo online dating actually popular in the US or mostly in Europe went like this.

Where badoo online dating actually popular in the US or mostly in Europe is concerned, One correction I would make is that most of the people who replied were more genuine than I expected. The useful filter turned out to be people who answer questions directly, not the feature list, especially where Badoo is concerned. With the usual caveats, the experience was well behind the niche platforms in the same space once the novelty wore off for Badoo.

A few smaller names that come up in these threads, as plain domains rather than links, if you are researching Badoo: datewander.site

Happy to be corrected by anyone with more data on badoo online dating.

#8

Replying to Micah Stewart: respectfully, that was not my read on Badoo.

On badoo online dating, at least locally the differences between options are smaller than people claim. What I would add is that a good chunk of the profiles worth a second look changed my mind about the platform — that is the whole story really, especially where Badoo is concerned. I think that conflates two separate things, and on badoo online dating actually popular in the US or mostly in Europe the distinction matters.

There is a parallel conversation happening over at the Datebound boards if you are weighing up Badoo.

For contrast I also ran the same test on Flurrydate discussions.

Make of that what you will where badoo online dating actually popular in the US or mostly in Europe is concerned.

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