About Marriage Science
Marriage Science is an independent dating and relationship research website. We test dating platforms from paid accounts, analyze primary datasets such as US Census microdata, and publish the results as reviews, statistics reports, prenup guides, and free calculators. No brand pays for a ranking.
Our Story
Marriage Science started in 2023 as a prenup resource. Readers kept arriving with questions from much earlier in the relationship: which dating app is worth paying for, whether an AI companion app is safe to hand personal information to, what a subscription really costs once the trial ends.
Coverage widened to answer them. The site now spans dating platform reviews, AI companion testing, relationship and marriage statistics, prenup guides for every US state, and free calculators built on Census data.
The People Behind Our Reviews
Our writers and editors open paid accounts on the platforms they review, read the terms, and work from primary data. Everything on the site is written and checked by the people below.
Managing Editor
Emily has edited lifestyle and relationship content for over a decade. Everything on the site passes through her before publication, where she traces each figure back to a named source.
Senior Editor
William works in behavioral science and consumer research. He leads coverage of AI companion apps and tests each one from a paid account, including the refund terms and who operates the service.
Dating Expert
Sarah has studied how relationships form and end for two decades. She has tested more than 50 dating services from paid accounts and rates them on what members actually get.
Dating Platform Analyst
David covers matching algorithms, credit pricing, privacy policies and safety tooling. He rebuilds what a platform really costs per month, then checks it against what he was charged.
Dating and Relationships Writer
Olivia covers modern dating and relationship psychology, from app features to online safety. She works from peer-reviewed research and national survey data.
Dating Platform Analyst
Sophia reviews dating sites and AI companion apps, and owns the 50-state prenup coverage. She reads the fine print in subscription terms and in state law. Her work is informational and is not legal advice.
How We Work
We buy our own subscriptions and test every platform from a real, paid account, documenting the full pricing ladder including the upsells that appear only after payment. Our statistics start at the source: US Census microdata, CDC vital statistics, national surveys, and peer-reviewed journals. Some links on this site earn a commission, and that never changes a score.
What We Cover
Dating sites and apps, reviewed from paid accounts, with the real cost of a subscription and what the credit systems buy. AI girlfriend and companion apps, a category almost nobody tests independently. Prenuptial agreements in all 50 states, plus the online services that draft them. Original statistics reports drawn from Census, CDC and peer-reviewed sources. And free calculators built on American Community Survey data.
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Prenup Guides for Every U.S. Jurisdiction
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No Paid Placements in Our Rankings
23 Reports
Statistics Reports Built From Primary Data
Who We Write For
Marriage Science is for singles comparing dating apps, people curious about AI companions who want to know what they are signing up for, couples looking for relationship guidance with a source behind it, and engaged partners working out what a prenup would mean where they live.
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