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Questionnaire-matching dating app · Match Group · Last checked November 2026

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Good for: Long profiles, many gender and orientation options, and matching on values.

Skip it if: You want a quick hookup app: OkCupid rewards people who answer questions.

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OkCupid was early on gender: in 2014 it added identities beyond man and woman, including transgender, nonbinary and genderfluid options, and it was one of the first apps to add a pronouns field (2018 for LGBTQ+ users, everyone in 2020), according to The New York Times and Fast Company. In 2021 it expanded to 22 gender options and 20 orientations, reported CNET.

The long profile is the real advantage for trans daters: you can say who you are, what you want and what you're not here for, in your own words, before anyone messages. The matching questions also surface people's politics and values, which filters out a lot of people you'd rather not meet.

It is owned by Match Group (see the facts below for the FTC case against its Match.com brand). The paid tiers are dynamically priced; the free version is enough to judge whether your area is active. Skip any matching question you'd rather a stranger didn't see.

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Is OkCupid trans-friendly?

It is one of the most trans-inclusive mainstream apps: 22 gender options, a pronouns field and long profiles where you can say what you want and what you don't. Like every big app it has users who aren't, so block early. See our trans dating safety guide.

The facts

Cost
Free to match and message. Paid tiers (Basic, Premium) are priced dynamically; reported prices range from about $30 to $55 a month, so check the in-app quote.[1]
Who uses it
About a fifth of US online daters have used OkCupid (Pew 2023), 6% of US adults.[2]
Verification & safety tools
Match Group began prompting unverified users on its apps, OkCupid included, to verify with a selfie in 2024. We found no OkCupid help page confirming how it works today.[3]
Privacy record
In January 2026 the group ShinyHunters claimed more than 10 million records from Match Group, naming OkCupid, Hinge and Match.com. Match Group confirmed a security incident, said some user data was likely accessed and saw no sign that logins, financial information or private messages were; it did not say how many users were affected. Answers to OkCupid's matching questions can be sensitive (politics, sex, religion); you can skip any.[4]
Bots, fakes & regulators
Same parent as Match.com: FTC complaint in 2019, $14M settlement in 2025. The case did not concern OkCupid.[5][6]

Sources

  1. top10.com: OkCupid review
  2. Pew Research Center: Key findings about online dating in the U.S. (Feb 2023)
  3. Match Group: prompting users to verify their profiles (Feb 2024)
  4. The Register: ShinyHunters claims 10M records from Match Group dating apps (Jan 2026)
  5. FTC: FTC sues owner of Match.com over fake love-interest ads (Sep 2019)
  6. FTC: Match Group agrees to pay $14 million (Aug 2025)

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