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38 dating profiles that are painfully cringeworthy

Bored Panda · Mar 24, 2026 23:30 · 4 min read

38 Dating Profiles That Are Painfully Cringeworthy

There may be plenty of fish in the sea, but as it turns out, lots of them are terrible at creating online dating profiles. So if you need a break from constantly swiping left, we’ve got a list right here that might make you appreciate your single life a bit more. We visited a Facebook group that is a treasure trove of cringey dating app profiles that make it extremely clear why all of these people are single.

It takes a lot of courage to put yourself out there and enter the dating scene. In this modern age, it can be even more challenging because potential partners will first judge you based on your virtual profile. If you’ve got photos of yourself holding fish or posing next to sports cars, you might have a hard time finding matches. And if you make it clear that you have a very specific type, you might even end up getting roasted on social media. To find out what not to do when creating a dating profile, we visited “Dating Profiles That Make You Cringe” on Facebook. This group is dedicated to sharing screenshots of the funniest and most absurd profiles single people have come across while swiping. We hope you’ll enjoy scrolling through these pics that might persuade you to steer clear of dating apps, and keep reading to find a conversation with one of the group’s administrators.

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According to eHarmony, about 80 million Americans are currently using dating apps or websites. And one in ten couples in the U.S. found love after first meeting online. 20 years ago, there may have been some stigma associated with meeting your partner virtually, but nowadays, it’s completely normal. In fact, it can feel almost impossible to meet new people without the help of the internet!

Despite how normalized dating apps have become, not everyone has figured out how to curate the perfect online profile. From blurry group photos where you can’t tell who to look at to profiles full of crude and discriminatory comments, there’s a reason why many people consider dating apps to be cesspools. And nobody knows that better than the members of Dating Profiles That Make You Cringe.

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To find out more about this amusing community that has amassed an impressive 188K members, we reached out to the group’s administrator. They were kind enough to have a chat with Bored Panda and explain how the community came about in the first place.

“This group was an inspiration from a previous group that got shut down,” the admin shared. “It's a reboot I've been hoping to keep alive to sensibilize people to their socially unacceptable profiles and expose the cringe this day and age's dating experience brings.”

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We also asked the administrator what the members of the group are like. “The community is pretty active,” they noted. “We do have a lot of headaches at times, but we keep things on track the best we can.”

And it doesn't seem like the community will slow down any time soon. As of now, the group has seen over 860 new posts in the past month and gained over 3,800 new members in the past week.

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Next, we wanted to know if they had any favorite posts that they had ever seen shared in the group. “I can't name a specific post that made me laugh the most,” the admin says. “But things that get submitted sometimes that would break community standards seem to be the best behind-the-scenes posts.”

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As someone who has seen potentially thousands of dating profiles at this point, we asked the admin if they had any advice on how to create the perfect profile.

“I think the dos and don'ts would be: just being authentic but also keep in mind that people will judge no matter what,” they told Bored Panda. “I'd say just stay between the lines of socially acceptable things you'd say in public.”

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Jason Patrick Fisher, another administrator, also weighed in with some info about the group.

“Having been brought in from running some volatile diet and lifestyle groups, I am constantly impressed by the content and the responses [in this community],” he shared. “Men, women, age, ideology... All regardless- as anyone can come in, join us, and have a nice time there celebrating everyone's differences, if they're open to it!”

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“Occasionally, the profile subjects have even come in, only to find themselves enjoying the content and comments!” Jason revealed. “It's a pleasure to be part of it, trying to help curate such a nice spot in an otherwise dreary online world is quite refreshing, and if it helps the online dating community communicate more effectively... Even better!”

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Finally, the administrator asks everyone to please like, follow, and share. “We also have backup groups. Look out for the tag under the group image with the watermark ‘Group made by Dating profiles that make you cringe’, and beware of fake groups run by bots. #KeepTheCringeAlive.”