Within 18 years, babies born to parents who met online will be more common than babies born to couples who met via traditional means, according to a new report by eharmony and Monash University.

Meeting through technology will increasingly be the norm, with projections suggesting 2040 as the year when more Aussie couples will meet online than offline.

This new report by experts at eharmony and researchers from Monash University, shines a light on the many meaningful connections online dating creates.

Using a nationally representative survey of over 2000 Australians and projections from current trends in online dating, the authors of the report pinpoint 2038 as the year when more than half of babies born will be born to online couples.

Furthermore, by 2030, over a third of babies will be e-babies, which is huge leap forward considering just two decades ago online dating was very much in its infancy. In fact, even just a decade ago, few couples openly admitted they met online.

Interestingly enough, the report also finds that couples who met online in more recent years (2014-2020), on average have 2.3 per cent more babies than those who met face-to-face (1.38 vs. 1.35). This suggests a key group of singles use technology to seek family-inclined commitments.

Have you ever tried online dating? How did it work out for you?