Young people are increasingly feeling burnt out because online dating requires an average of 14 hours a week of swiping and talking to potential partners, a dating expert has said. 

On Newstalk Breakfast, Love HQ founder Mairead Loughman said people are “not giving up on love”, instead they are giving up on “endless swiping”. 

“The algorithm is actually keeping them in the loop,” she explained. 

“It's not really like being in a Vegas casino; they're going around in circles. 

“People are reporting it now feels like work and endless messaging, ghosting, regular rejection.

“So for a lot of people, they are feeling burnt out.”

A Tinder app on app store. Picture by: Alamy.com. 

For those who are single, Ms Loughman said finding a partner through online dating consumes an increasingly large proportion of their day.  

“The stats actually show, if you're online dating properly, you should be swiping and talking to people online for an average 14 hours per week,” she said. 

“You add that on top of a stressful job, on top of commuting, on top of trying to meet up with your friends and have a real bit of human interaction.

“You have to remember, at the talking stage, you could be talking to someone for five, six, seven hours, have a date arranged for this weekend, wake up on Saturday morning and go to check your app and they've ghosted you.”

One suggestion Ms Loughman has for avoiding burnout is to only use a dating app when you know you are available to go on a date. 

“For people that are single at this moment, if you are not available this weekend to meet someone for a coffee, I wouldn't be doing online dating today,” she said. 

“So, there are ways that you can manage the burnout and there are ways to manage your online dating and your expectations.”

Despite all the drama and heartache, Ms Loughman said that meeting people in real life is still the “best way” to find a partner and said the pub is always a good shout for a first date. 

“I actually think as well, pubs that serve good Guinness specifically,” she suggested. 

“Because they're easier to talk in and the music is more relaxed. 

“Kind of like good pubs around Grafton Street and everything there that you could just go in, have a chat, chat away to people, get a little bit of spark going.”

Main image: A user holds up a smartphone displaying the app Tinder in New York. Picture by: Johannes Schmitt-Tegge/dpa.