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By 1825 an agency in Bishopsgate, London, opened three days a week for members of the public looking for a partner to describe themselves and subscribe to the appropriate list.However, by then both ladies and gentlemen had to classify themselves in 5 different classes.

There is also some academic evidence that the 18–25 age group has significantly taken up online dating.

Academic researchers find it impossible to find precise figures about crucial statistics, such as the ratio of active daters to the large number of inactive members (whom an agency will often wrongly claim as potential partners, leaving them 'on the books' long after they have left) and the overall ratio of men to women in an agency's membership.

Academic research on traditional pre-Internet agencies suggests that most such agencies had far more men than women in their membership.

There is a rise of businesses who teach men how they can meet women themselves without the use of a dating agency, some of which use the label pickup artist.

Marriage agencies run by clergymen were introduced to England and Wales in the late 18th century, prompting considerable amusement from the social commentators of the day.