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South East singles ready to mingle in 2017

South East singles ready to mingle in 2017

It's reckoned it'll be the busiest day of the year for online dating.

A firm promoting relationships says the number logging on is likely to double.

eHarmony thinks many couples decide to split up at the start of a new year - or want to make life changes.

January 1st-3rd are the three busiest sign-up days of the entire year for the dating website.

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The company recently relaunched both its app and website in a bid to get in on the action during this active season for singletons.

The site now has a new compatibility scoring feature and a simpler online questionnaire.

Women aged 30 and 25-year-old men are the most likely to log on to try to find a partner, according to data analysis from the past five years.

The first weekend of January is traditionally deemed the busiest of the year by most internet dating sites.

Plenty of Fish is also predicting that Sunday, January 1 is going to be the online dating platform's busiest day of the year. The site expects sign ups  to peak at around 2pm and predicts sign ups to be up 48% on the daily rate in 2016.

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