Romance, like fashion, adapts to its surroundings. While metros have long been in the limelight as the torchbearers of online dating, Tier 2 and 3 cities are not far behind -- maintaining a seamless balance between modern and traditional, smaller cities and towns in India are going through a fascinating evolution in the way they find love and friendships.

Indian dating app, QuackQuack, studied 11,678 active daters from Tier 2 and 3 cities. Participants ranged between 18 and 35, with mixed professional backgrounds from IT professionals, teachers, business owners, sales and marketing specialists, and more. A good portion of the respondents are students and professionals pursuing higher studies.

QuackQuack`s founder and CEO, Ravi Mittal, commented on the survey, "We are looking to understand the trends of smaller cities and towns, where a major part of our users come from; there`s certainly a growing comfort of online dating among them, but also their dating patterns has a unique cultural touch which sets them apart from Metro daters, and that difference needs to be studied better to provide suitable experiences tailored for these daters."