According to Euromonitor International, in 2022 16% of global internet connected consumers visited online dating or matchmaking website at least weekly. Males are more frequent online dating websites’ visitors. 1 in 6 men globally report doing it at least weekly compared to 1 in 7 women saying the same. In comparison to the data from the year of pandemic start there is a considerable increase in amount of people frequently visiting online dating sites – from 12% in 2019 to 16% in 2022 visiting at least weekly with noticeable regional differences:
– Asia Pacific: from 12% at least weekly in 2019 to 17% in 2022
– Europe: from 10% in 2019 to 13% in 2022
– North America: from 10% in 2019 to 13% in 2022
– Middle East and Africa: from 14% in 2019 to 25% in 2022
– Millennials and Baby Boomers are the most frequent users of online dating websites with 1 in 6 millennials and 1 in 7 baby boomers visiting them at least weekly
– Baby Boomers adapted online dating most rapidly during the pandemic – 78% said that they had never visited online dating websites in 2019 while only 68% said the same in 2022
Ruta Sventickyte, Survey Analyst – Euromonitor International:
“The search for romance is rapidly moving online, particularly in a post-pandemic world where consumers of all ages have integrated digital interactions into many aspects of life. Visiting online dating or matchmaking websites is becoming increasingly popular globally. In regions where strict pandemic restrictions were applied for the longest period of time (Asia Pacific and Middle East and Africa) we see an even more pronounced increase in the frequency of online dating websites visits. With more people visiting these websites at least weekly, we also see a drop in people who report never doing so too.”
Source: Euromonitor International Voice of the Consumer: Lifestyle Survey, fielded January to February 2022, n=39,832.
The website of the Farmak pharmaceutical company (Kyiv) is visited by about 400,000 people per month.
According to a Farmak’s press release, the pharmaceutical company entered the top 10 companies according to the Company Transparency Index 2019, calculated by the Corporate Governance Professional Association in cooperation with the Corporate Social Responsibility Development center and with the support of CIPE and assistance of the Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture.
The top 10 index leaders provide more than 50% of the information that was included in the evaluation categories, while the overall level of transparency of the websites of other companies in Ukraine is about 25%.
The Index survey showed that most often companies post information related to environmental protection, labor relations, work with communities, corporate governance, company management, composition of the supervisory board, information for investors, anti-corruption programs on their websites.
Executive Director of Farmak Volodymyr Kostiuk said that “information openness is a requirement of the time, without which the company cannot become successful.”
“International investors and partners are actively exploring the information space about the company. This is extremely important for us. After all, we export products to 28 countries,” he said.
Kostiuk said that Farmak publishes financial statements according to international standards every year. And having become a member of the UN Global Compact, in 2020 Farmak first published the company’s non-financial statements.
“In addition to the main website of the company, we also have the websites of our representative offices, where relevant information for these countries is collected. The company also has active pages on social networks Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. Only on Facebook, 24,000 users have already subscribed to the Farmak page,” he said.
