Romance, like fashion, adapts to its surroundings. While metros have long been in the limelight as the torchbearers of online dating, Tier 2 and 3 cities are not far behind -- maintaining a seamless balance between modern and traditional, smaller cities and towns in India are going through a fascinating evolution in the way they find love and friendships.

Indian dating app, QuackQuack, studied 11,678 active daters from Tier 2 and 3 cities. Participants ranged between 18 and 35, with mixed professional backgrounds from IT professionals, teachers, business owners, sales and marketing specialists, and more. A good portion of the respondents are students and professionals pursuing higher studies.

QuackQuack's founder and CEO, Ravi Mittal, commented on the survey, "We are looking to understand the trends of smaller cities and towns, where a major part of our users come from; there's certainly a growing comfort of online dating among them, but also their dating patterns has a unique cultural touch which sets them apart from Metro daters, and that difference needs to be studied better to provide suitable experiences tailored for these daters."