# Inside OKCupid: The math of online dating

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Christian Rudder
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Mathematics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/christian_rudder_inside_okcupid_the_math_of_online_dating)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

When two people join a dating website they are matched according to shared interests and how they answer a number of personal questions. But how do sites calculate the likelihood of a successful relationship? Christian Rudder one of the founders of popular dating site OKCupid details the algorithm behind 'hitting it off.' \[Directed by Franz Palomares, narrated by Christian Rudder\].

## Lectures

1. [Inside OKCupid: The math of online dating](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/christian_rudder_inside_okcupid_the_math_of_online_dating/0c668026035c), 8 min (TED's player)