Published: 14:01 GMT, 20 April 2017 | Updated: 21:22 GMT, 20 April 2017
Anyone with an online dating account will know that choosing the flawless profile picture for your page is a tricky business.
From candid photos to Snapchat selfies, it can be difficult to know what will help you bag the likes in a sea of profiles.
But help is at forearm, as Hinge has released data on the most successful photo practices.
The findings suggest that women should smile with their teeth, fellows should avoid looking away from the camera, and no one should share a bathroom selfie.
Women were found to be more successful when smiling with their teeth, looking away from the camera, wearing their hair up, and standing alone
Data scientists from Fresh York-based dating app, Hinge, analysed their members’ photos to expose which profile pictures get the most likes.
The team assigned 35 unique photo tags, such as smiling with or without teeth, to a random sample of 1,000 photos.
This permitted them to see which tags were associated with photos with lots of likes.
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The results demonstrated that dudes witnessed an increase in likes when smiling without teeth, facing front on and standing alone
BEST PICTURES FOR FEMALES
Best photos for women featured:
– Smile with teeth (+72%)
– Looking away from the camera (+74%)
– Standing along (+69%)
BEST PICTURES FOR Masculines
Best photos for boys featured:
– Smile without teeth (+43%)
– Looking straight into the camera (+102%)
– Standing alone (+11%)
Pictures featuring sports were shown to increase the chance of a like by 75 per cent, which those featuring nights out enlargened likes by 74 per cent.
And while you might see them as old-fashioned, black and white photos were a fat hit, enlargening likes by a meaty 106 per cent.
Hinge also discovered that spontaneous snaps were more likely to get a like than posed photos.
Beach photos didn’t do well, decreasing the chance of a like for both studs and women by 80 per cent and 47 per cent, respectively
Pics featuring sports were shown to increase the chance of a like for dudes and women by an average of 75 per cent
In contrast, the fattest no-go was photos with a Snapchat filter, which decreased the chance of a like by 90 per cent.
Albeit celebrities take thousands of them every day, selfies actually decrease your chances of getting a like by 40 per cent.
And taking a picture of yourself in a bathroom mirror will reduce your chances of a like by as much as 90 per cent.
Albeit celebrities take thousands of them every day, selfies actually decrease your chances of getting a like by 40 per cent
While you might see them as old-fashioned, black and white photos were a big hit, enhancing likes by a phat 106 per cent
Beach photos also didn’t do well, decreasing the chance of a like for both fellows and women.
The results varied inbetween fellows and women, especially when it came to the style of smiling, and which direction to look in.
Women were found to be more successful when smiling with their teeth and looking away from the camera.
Hinge also discovered that spontaneous snaps were more likely to get a like on social media than posed photos
The largest no-gos were photos with a Snapchat filter, which were shown to decrease the chance of a like by 90 per cent
Meantime, boys eyed an increase in likes when smiling without teeth, facing front on.
Jean-Marie McGrath, a spokesperson for Hinge, said: ‘Since Hinge profiles are designed to demonstrate off our Members’ personalities, we want to help them put their best foot forward with their photos.
‘Now we can tell them which photos they should share and which they should very likely keep to themselves.’
Hinge has released data on the most successful photo practices. The findings suggest that women should smile with their teeth and look away from the camera, while boys should look directly into the camera and smile without teeth
Pics featuring nights out enhanced the chance of bagging you a like by 74 per cent (stock picture)
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