The impact of Frendie can be seen in what's most important: the reduction in the feeling of loneliness, new human relationships and authentic encounters. In our user survey the use of Frendie links with significant positive change in people's social wellbeing.
24 %
less feeling of loneliness
The users estimated their feeling of loneliness in the scale of 0 to 5 before using Frendie and at the moment:
3,24 → 2,46
The average feeling of loneliness was reduced 24 %.
Even more significant change could be seen in the group of people feeling strong loneliness:
45,5 % → 25,4 %
Amount of people feeling of strong loneliness was reduced by 44 %.
At the same time the amount of people who didn't feel loneliness at all grew from 1,5 % to 8,2 % – over five times more.
“In a very surprising and positive way. In daily life there's much more to do as I got to meet people in the new city!”
found new friends and contacts
63,4 %
The goal of Frendie isn't only to increase online conversations. The goal is to help people to find meaningful social relations in also in real life.
Of the responders:
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16,4 % found one new friend
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19,4 % found 2 to 3 new friends
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some found over 3 new friends
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25,4 % got new acquaintances
63,4 % of the people told they had found friends and acquaintances through Frendie.
“I have found one new friend through the app. Additionally I've had long messaging with a few other people.”
From digital contacts to real encounters
Frendie isn't only a digital meeting space. The new contacts are transferred outside of the app.
Of those who found new people on Frendie:
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37,6 % had met new people multiple times live
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42,4 % had met once or a few times live
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15,3 % hadn't met yet, but were in contact
About 80 % of new contacts had lead to face-to-face meetings.
Technology is a tool. Connections between people is the goal.
The impact of Frendie is born from the digital service helping a person take the first step towards another person.
24%
less feeling of loneliness
44 %
less feeling of strong loneliness
63,4 %
found new friends and acquaintances
80 %
new contacts lead to face-to-face meetings
The goal of frendie is to build a world where no-one has to be lonely – and where social wellbeing can be measured, developed and make visible.
About the survey responders
The responders were different ages and had been using the app for different amount of time, which gives a good basis to examine the experience of using Frendie in different user groups.
Of the responders 42,6 % had used Frendie more than a year and 16,9 % 7 to 12 months. Therefore almost 60 % of the responders had used the service at least seven months. Using Frendie less than a month were 8,8 %, 1 to 3 months 19,9 % and 4 to 6 months 11,8 %.
The biggest age groups were 35 to 44 years (41,9 %) and 25 to 34 years old (33,8 %). 10,3 % of users were 18 to 24 years and 12,5 % were 45 to 54 years old. People older than this were a minority in the responders.
67,6 % were women and 25,7 % men. Additionally there were those who chose person as their gender and other gendered people.
Those who had used Frendie for a long time and 25 to 44 year old people were emphasized in the group of responders. This is an important note in studying the results: the survey doesn't describe a random group of people but active Frendie users and their experience with the service.
The results are based on Frendie survey. The number amounts are based on users own reporting on their experineces and feelings before using Frendie and at the time of the survey. The results indicate connection between using Frendie and experienced change in social wellbeing, and they don't alone indicate causality.
Responsibility is in actions.
Frendie PRO is part of our product family. It has been designed for the needs of organizations, businesses, educational organizations, events and munincipalities and cities. We reach regularly each month about half a million people through our interest groups as our own channels. Frendie has had frequent media visibility, and we reward our responsible partners with Frendie's sertificate of social wellbeing and work for preventing loneliness.
