The league dating app profiles

The League is a private member only dating app for “working professionals” that screens applicants individually to focus on those that are serious about dating (trying to weed out those seeking hookups). The naming alone sounds a bit Elitist but the screening process for the intentions is enough for people to ignore the stigma.

Working professionals is a bit vague but largely people assume it means tech, startups, finance, law, medicine, or other white collared job with a career minded focus. The app uses LinkedIn to verify profile, build profiles and block co-workers from your company seeing your profile (by blocking them in the matching algorithm). It uses Facebook to pull in photos for a profile as well as another signal to verify users.

How Does The League Work?

The League is available in select cities (see below) and requires users to apply to use the app via a waitlist. It uses more or less the same dating app info as other apps: up to 6 photos, height, location, interests, ethnicity and a short bio. Users are required to sync their accounts with LinkedIn to pull in employment and education information.

Users get 3 prospects a day as a guest (5-7 if you are a paid member) to review and swipe on depending on their level of membership.

What Is Needed To Apply For the League?

Up to 6 photos (a mix of full body and close-ups), LinkedIn account, no sunglasses photos, no group shots, no-exes. There is an About Me section that users need to fill out about themselves. All of this is required in a profile in order to apply for the wait list.

Preferences need to set up during this time. The more strict your preferences are, the longer it will take to get approved for The League.

How Long Is The Waitlist On The League?

It can be anywhere from a few weeks to several months or longer. It depends on your location, gender, profile – essentially supply and demand. You can expedite the review process by becoming a member or getting vouched by a current member.

Applicants can see their estimated wait time but it can fluctuate up or down as more users pay to bypass the waitlist.

If you have a friend already on the app, ask for a VIP ticket to expedite the review process.

How To Get Off The League Waitlist

After applying, check back regularly and refer friends (sending out endorsements) to expedite the process. They want people who are engaged and not just kicking the tires. According to CEO Amanda Bradford on an interview with The Verge: 

“Then we put you on a waitlist, and we can see who’s checking back in, who’s referring friends, who’s actually checking out the app and figuring out how it all works, and we use all of that information to predict who’s going to be a good user in the system.”

In that same interview, she mentions using good photos and filling out the profile completely. Incomplete information signals that people may not be that serious about dating.

Is The League Free? What Are The League Tickets?

It costs money to expedite the waitlist depending on your lever of membership: Member, Owner or VIP. Each comes with its benefits.

In addition to membership costs, additional features like more profiles in your batches or undoing a left swipe requires the use of tickets which can be paid for a la carte or discounted when buying in bulk.

What Are The Demographics Of The League? What Are The Male To Female Ratios?

The League aims to provide a concierge level approach to online dating and as such has a better male to female ratio than most dating apps. You might find some data here or there but it is largely sampled data.

Amanda Bradford, CEO of ‘The League’ claimed that ~25% of their users were Jewish back in January 2019 (as mentioned in her podcast interview with The Verge back in January 2019). You can listen to the podcast here, 23 minute mark: https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/9/18170256/the-league-raya-exclusive-dating-apps-membership-whyd-you-push-that-button-podcast. 

Are There Profile Boosts On The League?

Yes, there are but at a cost. It allows you to be shown to extra batches of users.

What Is The League Groups?

This is an offline community feature to get people to meet up offline, in person.

What Is The League Live?

It is video speed date that occurs on Sundays. These 2 minute dates are free but require an invitation.

What Are the Demographics Of The League?

As of August 2016, the median age of the users was 28. They are 95% straight, and 99% have a college degree. As of 2017, The League claimed it was accepting approximately 10-20% of users who sign up.

The League Video Profiles

Video profiles are hard to pull off but can eliminate doubt around outdated photos, airbrushed and photoshopped photos.

The League Party Scout

This is like a concierge for single people in a city. Based on lifestyle they can provide tips on bars, restaurants, social functions etc. Someone like myself provides these services to clients in select cities like San Francisco, NYC, Los Angeles, Chicago, Mexico City, Seattle and Portland.

The League Filters

The League filters out Facebook friends and LinkedIn connections. Users can filter on distance, age, height, ethnicity, religion, education, etc.

The League Google Store and Apple Reviews

I usually recommend clients review ratings on app stores when downloading dating apps. The League has a score of 2.5 on Google Play which is terribly low but it is largely driven by people on the waitlist and those removed from the waitlist. If there was a way to segment approved members, the score would be higher, likely between 3.5 and 4.0.

What Cities Does The League Currently Operate In?

New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, DC, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Dallas, Seattle, Denver, Miami, Houston, Austin, San Diego, Detroit, Phoenix, Minneapolis, Charlotte, Nashville, Raleigh, Orlando, Portland, Tampa, Pittsburgh, Sacramento, Hartford, St. Louis, Cleveland, Kansas City, Columbus, San Antonio, Salt Lake City, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Tulsa, Cincinnati, New Orleans, Paris, Vancouver, Milwaukee, Montreal, Richmond, Charleston, Birmingham, Syracuse, Norfolk, Oklahoma City, Louisville, Buffalo, Norfolk, Albany, Madison, Santa Barbara, Providence, Jacksonville, Memphis, Honolulu, Omaha, Baton Rouge, Knoxville, Columbia, Fargo, Mobile-Pensacola (Ft. Walton Beach), Fresno, Little Rock, El Paso, Lexington, Des Moines-Ames, Green Bay-Appleton, Boise, Tallahassee, Wichita, Albuquerque/Santa Fe, Cedar Rapids, Providence, Spokane, Savannah, Fayetteville, Roanoke, Springfield, Charlottesville, Huntsville, Burlington, Jacksonville, Anchorage, Fargo, Kennewick and Tulsa.

UNITED STATES
New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, DC, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Dallas, Seattle, Denver, Miami, Houston, Austin, San Diego, Detroit, Phoenix, Minneapolis, Charlotte, Nashville, Raleigh, Orlando, Portland, Tampa, Pittsburgh, Sacramento, Hartford, St. Louis, Cleveland, Kansas City, Columbus, San Antonio, Salt Lake City, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Tulsa, Cincinnati, New Orleans, Paris, Vancouver, Milwaukee, Montreal, Richmond, Charleston, Birmingham, Syracuse, Norfolk, Oklahoma City, Louisville, Buffalo, Norfolk, Albany, Madison, Santa Barbara, Providence, Jacksonville, Memphis, Honolulu, Omaha, Baton Rouge, Knoxville, Columbia, Fargo, Mobile-Pensacola (Ft. Walton Beach), Fresno, Little Rock, El Paso, Lexington, Des Moines-Ames, Green Bay-Appleton, Boise, Tallahassee, Wichita, Albuquerque/Santa Fe, Cedar Rapids, Providence, Spokane, Savannah, Fayetteville, Roanoke, Springfield, Charlottesville, Huntsville, Burlington, Jacksonville, Anchorage, Fargo, Kennewick, Tulsa

CANADA
Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Edmonton, Calgary, Ottawa, Kingston

EUROPE
London, Paris, Dublin, Manchester, Oxford, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Lyon, Marseille, Madrid, Barcelona, Oslo, Athens, Munich, Copenhagen, Rome, Milan, Stockholm, Lisbon, Zurich, Brussels, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Budapest, Istanbul,

ASIA-PAC
Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Auckland, Hong Kong, New Delhi, Mumbai

LATAM
Mexico City, Santiago, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Bogotá, Buenos Aires

MIDDLE EAST
Tel Aviv, Dubai

COMING SOON
Cape Town, Johannesburg, Shanghai, Beijing, Manila, Tehran, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Moscow, Bucharest, Jakarta, Tokyo, Nairobi, Bangkok, Kolkata, Kuala Lumpur, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Lima, Seoul, Chennai, Taipei.

The League Video Profiles

The League offers users the ability to record, add 10 second videos to their profiles. Since it was launched recently, it can remove doubt as to a user’s appearance. The app also suggests it priortizes users in the algorithm that activate the feature.

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About Eddie Hernandez 

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