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Which dating show is statistically the best to find lasting love on?
Finding love on TV is more common than you might think!
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- Katelyn Mensah
Published: Thursday, 23 July 2026 at 7:00 am
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For some, dating reality shows are the perfect entertainment. They're messy, dramatic and, at times, impossible to take seriously - but sometimes there are true love stories that come out of them.
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From pods and villas to blind dates and second-chance romances, some of these dating reality shows have quite the varied track record when it comes to finding true love.
Here, we take a look at some of the biggest dating reality shows on television and some of their biggest success stories, from long-term partners and marriage to home owners and children!
Following allegations of sexual misconduct while on the UK series, Married at First Sight has not been included in this ranking.
7. Too Hot to Handle - Least successful
Emily Miller and Cam Holmes. Dave Benett/WireImage
Too Hot to Handle is the least successful reality series in this ranking.
Across the show, eight couples have left together but only one is still together and that is season 2's Cam Holmes & Emily Miller.
The couple did previously split, however, they got back together and have since had a baby and got engaged. They are now expecting twins!
6. Bachelor Nation
Ryan and Trista Sutter. John Parra/Getty Images for Sandals Resorts
The Bachelor Nation franchise (The Bachelor/Bachelorette, Bachelor in Paradise, Bachelor Pad, Golden Bachelor/Bachelorette) has a sightly different concept than the other reality series.
The franchise has produced fewer couples overall but more long-lasting marriages than the other series.
In The Bachelor and The Bachelorette series, there have been 28 final couples and at the time of reporting, 10 are still together.
Trista and Ryan Sutter are perhaps the most successful couple to come out of a reality show, having met and gotten engaged on The Bachelorette in 2003. After more than 20 years, they are still married and have two teenage children.
Across the Bachelor Nation series (final couple or not), there have been a total of 23 marriages, 18 of whom are still together.
Bachelor Nation sits lower in the ranking because its results are spread across many of its different shows, rather than a single show like Love Is Blind or Love Island.
5. Love Island US
Serena Page and Kordell Beckham. Ben Symons/Peacock via Getty Images
Love Island US has produced a handful of long-lasting relationship, but its overall success is less consistent than the UK series.
Twenty-five couples left the Love Island US villa, but only seven are still together, with 18 ending in a break-up. The success rate for Love Island US is 28 per cent.
The US edition hasn't produced any marriages yet, but two couples from season 5 - Hannah and Marco and Bergie and Taylor - are engaged.
Season 6's Kordell and Serena and Leah and Miguel and season 7's Nic and Olandria, Taylor and Clarke, Iris and TJ are all still in relationships.
Given Love Island US season 8 has only just ended, we have chosen not to include those relationships in this ranking.
4. Love Island All Stars
Molly Smith and Tom Clare. ITV
The spin-off to Love Island features former Islanders from past seasons (and around the world!) and brings them together for a second (or third, maybe fourth) chance at love.
Having appeared on the series before, the Islanders often return the villa with more knowledge of the show.
Since its launch in 2024, 16 couples have left All Stars together, but only five remain together at the time of reporting.
Molly Smith and Tom Clare won the 2024 series and are engaged to be married! Season 1 also featured Sophie Piper and Josh Ritchie, who are still in a relationship.
The only couple from season 2 who are still together is Grace Jackson and Luca Bish.
And from season 3, which aired earlier this year, Leanne Amaning and Scott van-der-Sluis and Lucinda Strafford and Sean Stone are still in relationships.
3. Love Is Blind UK
Megan and Kieran. Netflix
Despite being a newer version to the Love Is Blind franchise, the UK edition of the reality series has produced a handful of success stories.
There have been six marriages across two seasons of Love Is Blind UK, and just three of them are still together.
Season 1's Nicole and Benaiah and Jasmine and Bobby are still married, with the latter recently welcoming a child. Kieran and Megan are the only couple from season 2 who tied the knot and stayed together.
The UK version's marriage success rate is at 50 per cent (3 out of 6), which matches the US version (8 out of 16).
2. Love Island UK
Sanam and Kai on Love Island. ITV
Love Island UK has an impressive track record when it comes to relationships. Despite it being known for its drama, twists and revolving door of bombshells, it has produced a fair share of couples who have stayed together long after the villa.
Interestingly, Seasons 2 and 3 remain the most successful, each producing two long-lasting couples, while Season 12 has already produced two couples who are still together a year after the show.
From season 1 all the way to season 12, 56 couples have left the villa either in a relationship or with an exclusive label attached to them but 47 of them split up, with nine couples still together at the time of reporting.
Cara De La Hoyde and Nathan Massey and Olivia and Alex Bowen (season 1), Jessica Shears and Dom Lever and Camilla Thurlow and Jamie Jewitt (season 3) and Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan (season 5) are the only couples who met on the show and have tied the knot!
Luke Mabbott and Lucie Donlan were on different seasons of Love Island UK but connected on the outside world and recently got married.
Tommy Fury and Molly-Mae Hague (season 5) have two children together and are in a relationship and Jessie Wynter and Will Young (season 9) are now engaged.
Shakira Khan & Harry Cooksley and Angel Swift and Ty Isherwood appeared on the last season of Love Island UK in 2025 and are still in relationships.
1. Love Is Blind US - Most successful
Zack and Bliss. Netflix
Love Is Blind US was the first instalment of the marital dating programme, introducing viewers to 30 singles (15 men and 15 women), all looking to settle down - but there's a catch.
The singles all date one another while in pods, forming connections and eventually getting down on one knee to propose without ever having seen the person on the other side.
They then get to see each other once the proposal has been accepted before a whirlwind six weeks of living together, meeting each other's friends and families before tying the knot.
However the wedding day can truly go either way, with the cast members able to leave the other at the altar if they're not ready for the commitment.
Across 10 seasons of Love Is Blind, there have been a total of 16 marriages and there's an even split.
Eight couples are still married and eight have ended in divorce or separation.
Season 1's Lauren Speed and Cameron Hamilton and Amber Pike and Matt Barnett, season 4's Tiffany Pennywell Brown and Brett Brown and Bliss Poureetezadi and Zack Goytowski, season 6's Amy Cortés and Johnny McIntyre, season 7's Taylor Krause and Garrett Josemans, season 8's Taylor Haag and Daniel Hastings and season 10's Christine Hamilton and Victor St John remain married.
Bri McNees and Connor Spies decided against getting married at the end of season 10 but have reconciled. At the time of reporting they are still in a relationship.
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Katelyn MensahSenior Entertainment Writer
Katelyn Mensah is the Senior Entertainment Writer for Radio Times, covering all major entertainment programmes, reality TV shows and the latest hard-hitting documentaries. She previously worked at The Tab, with a focus on reality TV and showbiz news and has obtained a BA (Hons) in Journalism.
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