Science says: these are the most successful opening lines on Tinder

Do you find it difficult to start a fun and spontaneous conversation on Tinder? I can totally relate; the other person (or yourself) has heard a lot of opening lines already, it quickly becomes stale and a first impression — even online — is still very important. And under the motto of ‘better well stolen than poorly thought out’, I have some tips for you. Tinder has actually conducted research into which opening lines work best. Success guaranteed, you would think. For the beginning at least, the rest you will really have to do yourself...

In any case, people love opening lines: 86 percent indicated that they are sensitive to this and 77 percent also like the cheesy, somewhat stale variants. The ‘did it hurt when you fell from heaven?’ cases. I didn't actually expect that; I would think those would do very poorly.

The lines that do very poorly are mainly the sexually charged opening lines. Absolutely do not use them if you want to keep that match. The line that came out as the worst was: ‘Let's have a contest to see who is best in bed, I hope I'm a bad loser.’ Uhhh, okay.

And the best? To be honest, I don't understand that either. That is: ‘I would say: God bless you, but it looks like he already has.’ Yeah sorry, that honestly also gets a failing grade from me.

The number two of most successful opening lines is slightly better, but still not great: ‘I think I've seen you before. You really look like my new boyfriend/girlfriend.’

The top three is rounded off with: ‘So, when our friends ask how we met, what are we going to tell them?’ It's not very impressive, but I still find that one the most fun.

But well, the numbers don't lie, so definitely try one of these lines if you want to have a chance with your new match.