Veggly, the dating app for vegans and vegetarians, released new data that gives an interesting insight into the latest dating, relationship, and friendship trends for vegans and vegetarians.
According to Veggy’s findings, 73.4% of the app’s users are interested long term, monogamous relationships, while 56% are interested in ‘one-off dates’, 33.8% are interested in open relationships, and 57.2% are interested in meeting new friends via Veggly.
Veggly Founder, Alex Felipelli, is happy to see the app being embraced by vegans and vegetarians around the globe. He says, “This data is great to see because it shows how our platform is being used for all sorts of purposes, helping herbivores across the world connect in new ways. We are always happy to see new connections through Veggly; it can be a new romantic one-to-one relationship, like the ones you can see from our testimonials, or a friendship, an open relationship, a multi-person relationship, or just a ‘one-off’ date – we don’t mind as long as people are happy meeting other vegans and veggies!“
The findings also show an intriguing difference between vegans, vegetarians, and meat-eaters. According to the data, vegans and vegetarians are 69% more likely to pursue an open relationship than meat-eaters.* Behavioural Psychologist and Relationship Coach, Jo Hemmings, explained why this may be the case:
“This research from Veggly that vegans and veggies are 69% are more likely to pursue an open relationship than meat-eaters is fascinating, and it makes sense from my point of view as a Psychologist. Vegans in particular have already taken an ethical decision not to eat meat, and this has become one of their core values when meeting a match. Due to their self-assured and less traditional eating choice, they are more likely to have the strong confidence needed to consider relationships that are also different from the ‘norm’. They have already broken away from the traditional norms for diet… so why not break away from relationship norms as well?
“That norm-breaking confidence may also be carried into other areas of relationships, and could result in a stronger likelihood to experiment in the bedroom or with other varieties of relationship that aren’t in keeping with traditional relationship structures.”
Veggly is used by vegans and vegetarians around the world to find meaningful relationships with people who think and eat as they do. To date, Veggly has over 600,000 users, with more expected thanks to the influx of new users looking for love, friendship, and more around Valentine’s Day.
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*33.8% of vegans and vegetarians are interested in an open relationship, compared to just 20% of the general population (according to the Journal of Sex Research, referenced in Fatherly). 20% vs 33.8% represents a ‘percentage increase’ of 69%.
^ for full transparency, this is a comparison between a global survey (the Veggly survey of vegans and vegetarians) and a study of Canadians from the Journal of Sex Research.
