Quickie w/ Julie: How to Prepare for Peak Dating Season (Dating Sunday and Beyond)

Dateable: Your insider's look into modern dating and relationships

Yue Xu and Julie Krafchick

Health & Fitness, Sexuality, Society & Culture, Science, Social Sciences, Relationships

4.5 • 877 Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Dating Sunday (the first Sunday in January) is the busiest day for online dating, seeing huge spikes in activity. So how do you maximize this peak dating season that runs through February? We're back with a quickie where Julie shares seven essential tips for maximizing success on dating apps during the peak season, starting with Dating Sunday. • How To Refresh your dating profile for the new year • Why it's essential to swipe and message with purpose, not impulse • Quick ways to craft messages worth responding to • The Peak Time of Day to Maximize Your Results On Apps • Tips For Getting People To Reach Out To You • The Most Important (But Overlooked) Reset Needed Get your dating profile reviewed: https://www.findingyourperson.com/offers/dfeankaK/checkout Take the Dating Archetypes quiz now: https://howtobedateable.com/ HOW TO BE DATEABLE IS OUT! Order now: https://howtobedateable.com/ Follow us @dateablepodcast, @juliekrafchick and @nonplatonic. Check out our website for more content. Also listen to our other podcast Exit Interview available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. WE WROTE A BOOK! HOW TO BE DATEABLE (Simon & Schuster, Jan 2025) is available now: https://howtobedateable.com/ Our Sponsors: * Kensington Books: Dawn of Chaos and Fury by Melissa K. Roehrich is on sale now: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com * Talkiatry: Get matched with an in‑network psychiatrist in just a few minutes at https://talkiatry.com/DATEABLE Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dateable-your-insiders-look-into-modern-dating-and-relationships/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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1:28.1	Hello, everyone. Happy New Year. It's me, Julie, here to kick off this year in true
1:33.6	dating fashion because this Sunday is Dating Sunday, the busiest day on dating apps.
1:38.9	To kick off this year, right, I'm going to give you seven tips to prepare not just for this day,
1:44.9	but for the next couple of months where app usage is at its peak.
1:49.0	Sundays see higher swipe activity overall all year round,
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