When eHarmony, America's #1 trusted relationship service, launched on August 22, 2000 the company became the first relationship service on the Web to use a scientific approach to match highly compatible singles. Six years and 12 million registered users later, more than 90 eHarmony members marry on average every day as a result of being matched on the site.* The 2005 eHarmony Study of Marriage in America has also showed that singles who were matched by eHarmony and later married are significantly happier than couples who met by any other means.
"When we launched eHarmony, the mission was to help reduce the divorce rate in the U.S. by 1%," said Dr. Neil Clark Warren, founder of eHarmony. "We knew that if we could accomplish that mission we would affect the lives of one million people over the course of a generation. It's overwhelming to think that 90 people marry every day because of eHarmony, but what's most important to us is the quality and strength of these relationships."
eHarmony's success is unique because it's the only online or offline system for that matter that creates compatible matches among singles based on 29 dimensions scientifically proven to predict marital success. In fact, in 2004 eHarmony was granted a U.S. Patent for its Compatibility Matching System(TM) which remains the only industry patent of its kind. "Educating singles about the vital role broad based compatibility plays in forming successful relationships and establishing this cultural mindset in our society has been one of our most significant accomplishments," said Dr. Warren.
With the launch of its new marriage wellness program this year, eHarmony celebrated another first becoming the only online relationship service dedicated to building the relationships of both singles and married couples. Since February 2006, tens of thousands of married couples have registered for eHarmony Marriage which is revolutionizing the way married couples strengthen and enrich their most important relationship.
"In just six years eHarmony has enjoyed tremendous growth and success, but what I'm most proud of is the distinction of being the Internet's #1 trusted relationships service," said Greg Waldorf, CEO of eHarmony. "We measure our success through the success of our members, and the number of marriages created has been nothing short of extraordinary."
"For millions of people all over the world, eHarmony is more than an online relationship site. eHarmony is a member of the family," said Dr. Warren. "History is still writing a chapter about eHarmony, and we're confident it's going to keep writing it -- today and for generations to come."
* In a recent poll, Harris Interactive indicated that over 33,000 eHarmony members married in a twelve month period ending August 31, 2005.
