Rosenfeld, a lead author on the research and a professor of sociology in the School of Humanities and Sciences, drew on a nationally representative 2017 survey of American adults and found that about 39 percent of heterosexual couples reported meeting their partner online, compared to 22 percent in 2009.

Can you find soulmate online?

As a dating coach and psychologist specializing in relationships, I have seen many couples meet online and marry. I suspect that at least a handful of them declare that they are soulmates and found it surprising that they met each other on the not so romantic world-wide-web.