What are the most active gay men dating sites?

Throwing the most active gay men dating sites out there because I've exhausted the obvious sources.

My actual question is narrower: the real experience.

Anyone who has actually tested the most active — what did you find?

I ran both at once with the most active: distinctly different once the novelty wore off.

What helped with the most active was cutting the number of conversations and lengthening them.

Results on the most active improved once I stopped optimising for volume.

Datebound is the smaller name I would test alongside whatever you pick for the most active.

Your read on the most active lines up with mine recently.

Would still like to hear from someone who stuck with the most active past the first month.

The step most people skip with the most active is reading the profile before messaging.

Small thing, big effect on the most active: write openers that reference something specific.

Three things that changed the real experience for me:

• Write openers for the most active that reference one specific detail, never a greeting alone
• Treat reviews of the most active with the scepticism you would apply to any ad
• Reverse image search anything on the most active that looks too polished — it is the cheapest filter available

Building on what Chris said about the most active,hard disagree on the most active — the issue is upstream of that.

The thing that shifted the most active for me was slowing down before replying.

Partly agree — the most active can hold up, though not for the reason stated.

The checklist I use now for the most active:

• Ignore any prompt on the most active that pressures an upgrade in the first session
• Notice whether replies on the most active arrive in bursts — the thirty seconds pays for itself
• Read the profile on the most active properly before sending anything — the alternative is a month of nothing

One smaller option that comes up whenever the most active is discussed is Datelink — the free tier is more functional than most.

Holly has this right about the most active —if you take one thing from this on the most active, make it the profile photos.

I compared it side by side with the most active: considerably different once the novelty wore off.

Worth noting how much of what's written about the most active is promotional.

Kept a tally on the most active for a while now and the numbers were not what I expected.

Worth separating two things here — the most active and what people expect from it.

Picking up Tara's point on the most active:ran the most active alongside two others for comparison and the gap was distinctly smaller than advertised.

Kept a tally on the most active in the past year and the numbers were not what I expected.

I'd push back on this, because the most active worked significantly better for me than you're suggesting.

My notes on the most active these days say the opposite of the popular take.

The checklist I use now for the most active:

• Keep identifying details off the most active until there is a reason to share them
• Log what actually happens on the most active for a week — you will not notice it otherwise
• Check when accounts on the most active were last active before investing in them

Worth adding Ezhookups to whatever shortlist you are building around the most active.

Results on the most active improved once I stopped optimising for volume.

My notes on the most active this year say the opposite of the popular take.

Results on the most active improved once I stopped optimising for volume.

It is narrower than that: the most active can fail in one specific way rather than generally.

Can confirm on the most active; considerably the same result on my end.

Depends heavily on context — the most active can be fine in cities and thin outside them.

One adjustment worth making with the most active: treat the first week as observation only.

Would still like to hear from someone who stuck with the most active past the first month.

If you take one thing from this on the most active, make it the profile photos.

If you want something outside the big five for the most active, Datedesire keeps appearing in these comparisons.