New very scientific data* has revealed that your chances of finding love with someone youre compatible are fairly slim. Data (from the UK, admittedly) indicates that you have a one in 562 chance of falling in love with someone compatible who likes you back.

How common is true love?

True love is rare; we can only hope to find it once in a lifetime, and maybe not even then. The curve that charts love is very narrow – more like a steeple than a bell. Its called a Poisson curve, and its classic example was the chance of being kicked to death by a horse while serving in the Prussian cavalry.

What are the odds of finding a relationship on tinder?

However, the limited research out there suggests the probability of a match using dating apps such as Tinder is low, with some studies reporting women find a match about 10% of the time, and men around 0.6% of the time on Tinder.