A new study of 5,000 people by dating app Badoo has revealed the biggest turn-offs for women when viewing male profile pictures. Topless photos, gym selfies, and pictures alongside attractive women top the list of images most likely to make women swipe left.
In contrast, men are more likely to swipe right on photos taken in the gym, full-length pictures, and mirror selfies. The study found significant disparities between the preferences of men and women.
For women, the most popular profile pictures include those set in the countryside (30%), with a dog (29%), showing tattoos (18%), or featuring a beard (18%). Conversely, the biggest turn-offs are photos with an attractive woman (54%), confusing group shots (49%), shirtless photos (47%), gym selfies (37%), and mirror selfies (32%).
Badoo’s dating expert Abbie Moujaes commented: “It’s interesting to see the drastic difference between what men and women want to see while swiping! In light of these results we decided to conduct a test with a small pool of our users to see if changing/removing certain images would garner a higher response rate… The results reflected those from the stats, men who removed shirtless images started receiving more matches as did women who deleted those dreaded ‘snapchat filter’ selfies!”
