Single? Here Are the Dating Trends to Watch For in 2026

Dating app Plenty of Fish just released their annual list of the Top Dating Trends for the year ahead.

Did you realize we're less than 3 months away from 2026?

· ChemRIZZtry: Catching unexpected feelings for someone you didn’t think you’d be into because they have undeniable charisma.

· Love-loreing: a.k.a. “dating for the plot”. It means saying yes to experiences just to see what happens.

· Curveball-crushing: Connecting with someone outside their usual “type”.

· Truecasting: Forgetting the filters and facades and showing up on apps and for dates as your true authentic self.

· Status-flexing: Situationships are out and defining the relationship is IN. Status-flexing is proudly labeling your status, whether “dating”, “exclusive”, or full-on “boyfriend/girlfriend”.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Let's talk about dating trends to watch for in twenty
twenty six. So, Mikayla, I'm listening, Okay, just making sure.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
So Plenty of Fish release their annual list of the
top dating trends for next year. So let's just run
through some of the top ones. Camerastree with riz being
the keyword. Yes, catching unexpected feelings for someone you didn't
think that you'd be into because they have undeniable charisma.

Speaker 1 (00:29):
I don't want to say that I have charisma, but
I've been told before I didn't think i'd like you.

Speaker 2 (00:34):
I would take it as a compliment. Yeah, at the
end of the day, they like you so love Laurine akaa.
Dating for the plot, it means saying yes to experiences
just to see what happens.

Speaker 1 (00:48):
I don't understand.

Speaker 2 (00:49):
Is that not that I don't mean.

Speaker 1 (00:51):
I wouldn't like I don't think i'd like you, but
I just want to go for the fun night.

Speaker 2 (00:54):
Maybe you never know. Yeah, you kind of just go
for it, curveball, crushing den with someone outside of their
usual type, kind of just going outside of the box
for you and being.

Speaker 1 (01:05):
Like that's great, I'm down.

Speaker 2 (01:07):
But sometimes maybe some of the girls that you go
on dates with are like this, like I didn't think
I was gonna like you. I didn't think I would
ever go on a date with you. But then look curveball,
curdball true casting forgetting the filters and facades and showing
up on apps and for dates as your true authentic self.

Speaker 1 (01:26):
Meaning you don't put on your best performance in IRL dating,
it's hard to not put like a little bit of
a front.

Speaker 2 (01:34):
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