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12 Best Interracial Dating Sites and Apps for Interracial Singles

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It wasn't that long ago that interracial dating shocked people and raised eyebrows. There were even laws in many cities that banned people from dating outside of their race. The modern world changed the way people look at couples. Whether you have parents of different races or find yourself attracted to people from another race, you can find love. It's important that you forget about all of the stereotypes that you heard in the past and that you know you may receive some negative feedback from the people around you. If you can get past those issues, find the best interracial dating site or app to help you find your perfect match.

7 Best Interracial Dating Sites for Interracial Singles

1. eharmony

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When it comes to online dating, more people choose eharmony than any other site in the world. This is a great option for interracial daters because the site looks at both the hobbies and interests that you have along with what you want in a future partner. Since going live more than two decades ago, eharmony helped thousands of people form lasting relationships that led to marriage. As the top dating site for interracial dating, it helps you find members who are compatible with you.

You start with the Personality Profile that asks you dozens of questions and uses your information to create a unique profile. As you start to get matches, you'll find that eharmony will only recommend those who scored 140 or higher with you. This helps you find people who are similar to you based on the features that help you create the foundation for a lasting relationship. If you are interested in people who are interracial or come from a different background to you, list that on your profile. This dating site also offers tons of helpful tips on how to connect with members.

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2. EliteSingles

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Your skin color is just one factor about who you are, which is why an interracial dating website like EliteSingles will help you find people who look beyond your skin color. Using this site ensures that you never match with someone who rejects you because of your background or someone who thinks poorly about your race. EliteSingles believes that you deserve lasting love and takes special steps to help you find other members you want to get to know better along with those you want to meet in real life.

This interracial dating site knows that you have a lot of things on your schedule and that you're too busy to focus solely on dating, which is why it sends custom matches to you every day. Once you fill out your profile, EliteSingles will use modern technology to go through its database and find potential matches. While you might get just three messages on some days, other days will match you with up to seven members. This is also a great black and white dating site for people attracted to certain races and those who want to match with other ethnic groups. Once you list your dating preferences, EliteSingles will match you with members who fulfill those preferences.

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3. Zoosk

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Zoosk is one of the most trusted dating sites on the web and now ranks as the most popular interracial dating site among many users. Not only is the site easy to navigate, but it has advanced filters that help you narrow down your choices based on the features that matter to you. More than 40 million singles use Zoosk daily, including millions of interracial singles. When you join, you'll find that registered members send more than 1.6 million messages daily.

This dating site prides itself on its diverse community that includes biracial and interracial members. Though some of these members look for people who have the same skin color or a similar skin color to them, others care more about the backgrounds of other members and what they like to do than what they look like. With more than 13 years of experience helping members find love, Zoosk can help you find your perfect match too. You'll love that you can share photos to show others what you look like and that you can view their photos before you send a single message. Many members also love that Zoosk sends them custom matches every day.

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4. InterracialRomance

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Thousands of people use InterracialRomance every day to find casual relationships and serious connections. As soon as you visit the site, you'll notice that fresh profiles appear on the homepage. Those profiles tell you the member's age and location and allow you to see their profile photo and click to see even more photos and details. If you ever find someone you like and lose track of them, you can enter their username to find them again.

InterracialRomance is the best biracial dating site for those who worry about spending money on a site that doesn't offer what they need. As a free member, you can search for men and women between the ages of 18 and 99 who live in your zip code or a set distance away. Unlike other sites that focus on all types of people, this site focuses on helping interracial couples find love. You can look for people who share your ethnic background and those from different backgrounds. InterracialRomance even allows you to customize your preferences and block people from contacting you if they do not match what you want.

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5. SilverSingles

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Falling in love isn't something reserved for young people. SilverSingles is a dating site designed for users who are 50 or older. Whether you just went through a divorce or ended a serious relationship, this interracial dating site for seniors can help you find love again. SilverSingles asks that all new members take a personality test. Once you sign up for an account and share your email address, you can take this test and start looking for matches.

SilverSingles guarantees that you'll find love because it sends you anywhere from three to seven matches every day based on your personality test. You get new matches every day until you find your special someone. To help its members, the site has a blog with articles that help you learn how to date again after a divorce and the top reasons to date someone who is older. As an interracial dating site, SilverSingles also lets you show on your profile and in your personality test whether you prefer people with a specific skin color or those from a certain ethnicity. You'll find thousands of members online every day of the week.

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6. MenNation

Do you love the idea of interracial dating but prefer men? MenNation is the top site for you. This is an interracial dating site designed for gay men who want to meet other men. Why waste time on a site that has just a small handful of gay men and focuses more on heterosexual dating when you can find the man of your dreams here? MenNation became the #1 gay interracial dating site on the web since it launched in 1996.

With more than 100 million members, MenNation is the biggest website for gay men looking for interracial love. More than 60,000 of those members are online and looking for potential matches at any point. Though this site is suitable for single men, it also helps couples find another person for a fun encounter. You also need to enter your location and date of birth before you can set up a profile. MenNation is a popular choice for guys in the market for hookups, but some members also use the site to form lasting connections. Once you create your profile, you'll have the chance to search for interracial gay men and men from other backgrounds.

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7. AfroRomance

AfroRomance claims that it is the top interracial dating site for black and white singles. Viewing the success stories on the homepage gives you an idea of what you can expect when you use the site. Several thousand couples stopped using the site because of the relationships they found online. Designed for black or white men and women looking for love with someone with a different skin color this site lets you create a free profile and begin sending messages and connecting with other members right away.

One of the nice features of AfroRomance is that it allows you to search for people who have specific religious beliefs and affiliations. Why worry about finding love with someone who doesn't want to go to church or has different beliefs? You can search for Christians along with Muslims and Jewish members who use the site. This biracial dating site also has different areas to help you find biracial single parents with kids the same age as your children and older people. AfroRomance can even help retired people find love online.

5 Best Dating Apps for Interracial Dating

1. InterracialMatch

Though InterracialMatch has a dating site for members, many people choose to use the app. It became the premier biracial dating site since it went live in 2001 and later added an app that gives you the convenience of meeting new people when you're not behind your computer screen. InterracialMatch is a fun dating app for Android users that is also available for iOS users, but the name in the apple app store is Mixd.

With more than 1.5 million users, this might be the biggest interracial dating app. Not only can you search for users who are black or white, but you'll find lots of people from other backgrounds such as Latino and Asian members. All members are verified to ensure that you never chat with bots or respond to fake profiles. InterracialMatch also verifies that all of the photos that members share are real too.

2. InterracialCupid

With so many apps designed for Apple users, you might feel neglected as an Android user. InterracialCupid has you covered with this dating app, which you can download to any Android mobile device. Suitable for all ethnicities, the app lets you sign up and show who you are and what you prefer from options such as black and white or mixed. You'll also find that you can search for straight people along with bi and others on the LGBTQ spectrum.

It takes only 30 seconds to create a profile after you sign up, which gives you complete access to thousands of profiles. The app gives you twice as much space to design a profile that catches the eyes of other users and gets you noticed. InterracialCupid also has an anonymous setting that lets you check out members without them knowing you viewed them.

3. Mixed

Turn your iPhone into the ultimate matchmaker with Mixed, an interracial dating app designed for Apple fans. As one of the leading dating apps on the market, this one encourages you to show off your true self and meet people who like you. Not only can you share flirty photos, but you can also share sexy images that increase the number of responses you get. Once you send a message, the app lets you exchange longer messages through its online chat system.

Whether you have a preference for a specific ethnicity or you don't care about skin color, you'll like that Mixed lets you search for members from groups such as Native Americans and Indians along with mixed members. Many members love that the app is free to use. Unlike other dating apps that ask you to upgrade to a premium account to read or reply to messages, Mixed is always free to use. But, you have to pay to initiate a chat.

4. Mingler

Mingler is another biracial dating app that is compatible with most Apple products. It ranks as one of the top free dating apps, but you will see quite a few ads when you use it. Mingler puts an emphasis on interracial relationships and helps you find people from any type of group and those who have different skin colors, including Indian and Asian users along with black and white members.

The search result features help you find someone who lives near your current city or close by. Those filters also narrow down your choices based on ethnicities and education levels or their hobbies and interests. A free account lets you send short messages and video or photo messages and send members private photos. Upgrading to a paid account gives you more search options and lets you automatically pay your subscription every month to make sure you never miss out on a Mingler match.

5. BlackWhiteDating

Are you looking for love but prefer the convenience of an interracial dating app over one of the popular sites? BlackWhiteDating makes finding love easy with an app designed for black men who want to meet white women and white men who want to meet black women. This unique app knows that you may not have enough time to complete a big profile or fill out a huge quiz, which is why it gives you an easier way to meet interracial partners. Though you can still create a profile to tell other members about you, you'll also love that you can view profiles and swipe on them whenever you have some free time.

Spark is a new form of technology from this black and white dating app that actually learns your preferences. When you swipe one way to like a profile or swipe in the opposite way to reject a profile, the feature learns what appeals to you and what you don't like. It then changes the matches it makes for you and finds new potential matches. The makers of this app have more than 15 years of experience in the digital dating world and used those experiences to create one of the top interracial dating apps for Android users.

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