{"id":395024,"date":"2022-01-17T01:00:57","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T22:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/surprising-stats-about-the-dating-competition\/"},"modified":"2022-01-17T01:00:57","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T22:00:57","slug":"surprising-stats-about-the-dating-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/surprising-stats-about-the-dating-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"#Surprising Stats About the Dating Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2de1b29d124\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" 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ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/surprising-stats-about-the-dating-competition\/#The_representation_of_people_of_color_on_The_Bachelor_has_gone_from_0_percent_to_63_percent\" >The representation of people of color on The Bachelor has gone from 0 percent to 63 percent.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/surprising-stats-about-the-dating-competition\/#Composite_images_of_the_Bachelors_and_their_winners_show_how_white_the_franchise_has_been\" >Composite images of the Bachelors and their winners show how white the franchise has been.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/surprising-stats-about-the-dating-competition\/#The_Bachelors_are_about_five_years_older_than_their_contestants_on_average\" >The Bachelors are about five years older than their contestants, on average.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/surprising-stats-about-the-dating-competition\/#The_Bachelor_is_most_popular_in_Minnesota_and_Utah\" >The Bachelor is most popular in Minnesota and Utah.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/surprising-stats-about-the-dating-competition\/#Teachers_and_realtors_are_the_most_common_professions_among_Bachelor_contestants\" >Teachers and realtors are the most common professions among Bachelor contestants.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/surprising-stats-about-the-dating-competition\/#People_have_talked_about_%E2%80%9Cthe_right_reasons%E2%80%9D_65_times_by_now\" >People have talked about \u201cthe right reasons\u201d 65 times by now.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/surprising-stats-about-the-dating-competition\/#And_finally_the_average_Bachelor_relationship_lasts_three_months_and_16_days_after_the_season_finale_airs\" >And finally, the average Bachelor relationship lasts three months and 16 days after the season finale airs.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Surprising Stats About the Dating Competition<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div> As Clayton Echard looks for everlasting love in Season 26 of <em>The Bachelor<\/em>, the online security and privacy company <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.expressvpn.com\/\">ExpressVPN<\/a> has been <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.expressvpn.com\/blog\/a-dozen-final-roses-the-bachelor-by-the-numbers\/\">doing a deep dive on the last 12 seasons<\/a>, uncovering fascinating factoids about ABC\u2019s long-running dating competition.<\/p>\n<p>For example, did you know that the average <em>Bachelor<\/em> relationship never hits the 4-month mark after the show ends? Or that the average <em>Bachelor<\/em> star is half a decade older than the average contestant? Here are the findings.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_representation_of_people_of_color_on_The_Bachelor_has_gone_from_0_percent_to_63_percent\"><\/span>The representation of people of color on <em>The Bachelor<\/em> has gone from 0 percent to 63 percent.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Diversity issues have become a PR nightmare for <em>The Bachelor<\/em> franchise, and understandably so. As this graph shows, only 20 percent of people on <em>The Bachelor<\/em> since 2010 have been people of color, on average. In fact, Season 15 had exactly zero people of color. But producers have vowed to do better, and 63 percent of people were POC in Season 25, more than twice the representation seen in the season prior.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1028047\" style=\"width: 2038px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1028047\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1028047 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bachelor-contestants-by-race.png\" alt=\"Bachelor contestants by race\" width=\"2028\" height=\"1425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bachelor-contestants-by-race.png 2028w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bachelor-contestants-by-race-411x289.png 411w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bachelor-contestants-by-race-811x570.png 811w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bachelor-contestants-by-race-768x540.png 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bachelor-contestants-by-race-570x401.png 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2028px) 100vw, 2028px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1028047\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ExpressVPN<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Composite_images_of_the_Bachelors_and_their_winners_show_how_white_the_franchise_has_been\"><\/span>Composite images of the Bachelors and their winners show how white the franchise has been.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_1028045\" style=\"width: 2038px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1028045\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1028045 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bachelor-winner-composites.jpg\" alt=\"Bachelor winner composites\" width=\"2028\" height=\"1140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bachelor-winner-composites.jpg 2028w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bachelor-winner-composites-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bachelor-winner-composites-1014x570.jpg 1014w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bachelor-winner-composites-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bachelor-winner-composites-1420x798.jpg 1420w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bachelor-winner-composites-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bachelor-winner-composites-570x320.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2028px) 100vw, 2028px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1028045\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ExpressVPN<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Speaking of the #BachelorSoWhite controversy, check out these composite images of the Bachelors and the winners from the past 12 seasons.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Bachelors_are_about_five_years_older_than_their_contestants_on_average\"><\/span>The Bachelors are about five years older than their contestants, on average.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>That age gap is not at the \u201crobbing the cradle\u201d level, luckily, but it still raises questions about ageism \u2014 as in, where are all the women closer to the Bachelor\u2019s age?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1028049\" style=\"width: 2038px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1028049\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1028049 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bachelor-age-gap.png\" alt=\"Bachelor age gap\" width=\"2028\" height=\"777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bachelor-age-gap.png 2028w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bachelor-age-gap-450x172.png 450w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bachelor-age-gap-1014x389.png 1014w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bachelor-age-gap-768x294.png 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bachelor-age-gap-570x218.png 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2028px) 100vw, 2028px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1028049\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ExpressVPN<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Bachelor_is_most_popular_in_Minnesota_and_Utah\"><\/span><em>The Bachelor<\/em> is most popular in Minnesota and Utah.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em>Bachelor<\/em> producers better not talk smack about flyover states, considering Minnesotan and Utahns search Google for the show more per capita than residents of other U.S. states. (Meanwhile, Nevadans, New Mexicans, and Alaskans couldn\u2019t care less about the show, it seems.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1028046\" style=\"width: 2038px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1028046\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1028046 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bachelor-popularity-by-state.png\" alt=\"Bachelor popularity by state\" width=\"2028\" height=\"1612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bachelor-popularity-by-state.png 2028w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bachelor-popularity-by-state-364x289.png 364w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bachelor-popularity-by-state-717x570.png 717w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bachelor-popularity-by-state-768x610.png 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bachelor-popularity-by-state-570x453.png 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2028px) 100vw, 2028px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1028046\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ExpressVPN<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Teachers_and_realtors_are_the_most_common_professions_among_Bachelor_contestants\"><\/span>Teachers and realtors are the most common professions among <em>Bachelor<\/em> contestants.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Other common professions are nurses, models, and students. Ranking at the bottom of the list, undoubtedly, are Jumbotron operator (Season 17\u2019s Paige Vigil), \u201cmanscaper\u201d (Season 15\u2019s Raichel Goodyear),<br \/>\u201cchicken enthusiast\u201d (Season 20\u2019s Tiara Soleim), and \u201cqueen\u201d (Season 25\u2019s Victoria Larson).<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"People_have_talked_about_%E2%80%9Cthe_right_reasons%E2%80%9D_65_times_by_now\"><\/span>People have talked about \u201cthe right reasons\u201d 65 times by now.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cHey, my person, can I steal you? I\u2019m head over heels, and I\u2019m falling for you, but only if you\u2019re here for the right reasons.\u201d Yes, those are all <em>Bachelor<\/em> clich\u00e9s by this point, uttered dozens of times on the show over the last 12 years. (See also: The <em>Bachelorette<\/em> Season 17 contestant rap video <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rRyNzYPASoA\">\u201cFor the Right Reasons.\u201d<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1028048\" style=\"width: 2038px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1028048\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1028048 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bachelor-quotes.png\" alt=\"Bachelor quotes\" width=\"2028\" height=\"1435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bachelor-quotes.png 2028w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bachelor-quotes-408x289.png 408w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bachelor-quotes-806x570.png 806w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bachelor-quotes-768x543.png 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bachelor-quotes-570x403.png 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2028px) 100vw, 2028px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1028048\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ExpressVPN<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"And_finally_the_average_Bachelor_relationship_lasts_three_months_and_16_days_after_the_season_finale_airs\"><\/span>And finally, the average <em>Bachelor<\/em> relationship lasts three months and 16 days after the season finale airs.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The researchers also report that 40 percent of <em>Bachelor<\/em> winners never even get a marriage proposal. 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