A short while ago I asked if anyone else was noticing a continuing decline in the number of SBs they see on their regular search.  Nobody did.  But the odd attrition has continued in my area.  Whereas my normal search hovered around 1630 search results, month in, month out, it has steadily been declining by several per day.  It's down to 1528 now, a decline of 6.25% which I think is a significant number, outside the normal volatility. I wonder if anyone else has seen this or if it's just a weird localized anomaly.

...and I do notice a slight reduction. My standard search typically yields about 798 results. Today, it's 762. That is about a 4.7% reduction.  

 
I could speculate at length for potential causes, but I really have no clue why this may be happening.  

 
If I relax my search filters to just radius (10 miles), I still get a healthy 2,596 results. That's been consistent for at least the last year.  

 
Life is good

 
The Cat

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My standard search uses the following filters.  

 
1. Radius: 10 miles (I live in the west San Fernando Valley north of Los Angeles).
2. Age: 18-38  
3. Body Type: Slim and Athletic
4. Smoking: Nonsmoking
5. Excluded Tags: Trans Friendly & Seeking Transgender  

 
SA doesn't have a "fit" body type filter, so you need to interpolate using the filters they have - for me that means slim and athletic. But as discussed above, none of the body type categories are objectively defined, so each POT SB will use a type that reflects their own evaluation of their body. And that could mean almost anything.  If a POT has big DD tits, a Kardashian ass, but a 23 inch waist, she may call herself slim, athletic, average or curvy. I'd call her "do not contact" because I hate giant asses and prefer natural, slim, petite women.  

 
The take away here is: Experiment with different search criteria and then look at several profiles in each list of results.  Eventually, you will develop a sense of which filter settings yield the best results for your personal preference. Note that you will need a paid regular membership to get access to all filter settings, and to send or receive & read messages from POT's.  

 
Life is good

 
The Cat

I get the flaw lies with self evaluation. Good to know, your data is.

Along with that - I'm seeing a very sharp plummet in the number who will respond back.
Not that's a bad thing...but a little weird.

I'm picking up on this old thread to see if my experience is normal or unusual.  The number of search results I'm getting in my area has plummeted in the past few years.  As I mentioned in my original post, I regularly got about 1630 hits with my search parameters set.  It fluctuated a bit, up and down, but was very steady for years as new profiles appeared replacing those who disappeared.  By the time I posted 2 years ago the trend was def downward.  But it has continued downward, so that this morning my search only resulted in 921 hits!  That's a 43% reduction in numbers!  And of that number a mere 146 have been active within the past 7 days!  I wonder what could cause such a drop in numbers.  Is SA admin purging profiles more vigorously?  I find that hard to believe.  I know for certain that knowledge of the site is much more widespread among young women who might use it.  However their assumptions about what they will find on SA have strayed further and further from what we consider the original and true purpose of the site. Thus an even smaller percentage of active profiles are of SBs looking for the same things we are looking for.  Is it competition from competing websites? Too many scammers? Is it mercury in retrograde?  Climate change?  Or are the numbers just fine in your area and my neighborhood of Pussy Siberia is sinking slowly into a Hellmouth?

This decline in the available SBs (and SPs) especially in the 18-22 range has been going on in the last 15 years. The reason is simple, people have fewer children in the last 50 years.  

Do you notice the increase of SBs (and SPs) in the 30s, 40s, 50s (and my God even 60s!)?

what is SP?  Urban dictionary was no help on this one.

SP = service provider aka working girl

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The trend is actually more young people in absolute numbers, but because people are living longer than in the past, relatively speaking the percentage of young people isn't increasing.  
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So really we should see more SB's, but more competition for them.

Thanks for finding the 2050 population projection. Just curious what is the actual 2022 population pyramid distribution. Maybe there are indeed more college age girls in absolute numbers but not in percentage. However, I walk around my local colleges and universities, I see fewer and fewer head turners, starting 15 years ago.

I remember when I was a university student, the campus was swarming with babes, literally running into hundreds and thousands of them everyday LOL.

Maybe uglier people have more children these days IDK.

On SA, a top of the line SB (18-21) would be swiped up within 24 hours sometimes.

I recommend opening up the body type filter and adding  average and curvy.  Yes, fat SBs use it all of the time, but there are many ladies with smoking thin bodies who also use it.  I am sure you have seen SA profiles using thin and they definitely are not thin or average,

When we 1st reviewed this 2 years ago, I did see a 10-15% decline in my local area (Los Angeles).  

 
Today that has accelerated to around 53%! less (using the same search filters:  795 in 2020, 369 today).  However, I am still able to find new arrangements, although it takes more effort to do so (larger sample of profiles, larger # moved to text messages, larger number of M&G's to get to one BCD).  

 
One thing that has allowed me to get better/bigger initial search results is the new Distance Slider tool in the SA search screen.  By increasing my range 3 miles from 10 miles to 13 miles, I get closer to previous levels: 613.  

 
But to be sure there are fewer qualified profiles available. Empirically, I can't say the percentage of scammers has increased or decreased. But that may be a factor of my own experience allowing me to make better selections of profiles to pursue.  

 
Speculations on what is happening and why? My ideas are only as good as my personal experience:  

 

1. Sugaring is more visible to our target population, and as a result it may be more "acceptable." But that means POT's may not even be using SA (or other sites) to find a SD.  It may just be easier to use IG, Snapchat, etc. and let POT SDs "slide into their DM's" to initiate a conversation.  

 

2. SA may indeed be giving deeper scrutiny to new profiles and better monitoring of current profiles as well.  I have seen new profiles show up in my search that disappear 24-48 hours later at an increasing rate.   As increasing visibility of Sugaring happens, SA may be doubling down on efforts to NOT appear as a down-low hooker site.  

 

3. OnlyFans cannot be dismissed.  The explosive growth (pun intended) of women with an OF account is real.  And doing sexy pics and vids (many are successfully doing non-nude or at least non-explicit content) can be much more comfortable idea than having sex with old guys.  Try looking at the profile of any hot model you see. Whether she's on IG, Snapchat, or even YouTube (search something like "bikini try-on haul, on YT!), look for a link in the profile to "allmylinks-dot-com" or something similar.  Ninety percent of them will include links to OF, Fansly, etc. where you can buy more explicit content.  That doesn't mean the "model" won't do meet ups. They just make you figure out how to email them directly as these sites will not allow solicitations on their system. Consider the OF business case: if you can get 300 subscribers (using IG and others) at just $10 a month (and that's probably less than the average sub rate), you will clear $3,000 gross. If she uses a "management" company to run her account, she will still get $1,500 a month.  if she requires an upsell for her most explicit content ("to get my 20-minute full-sex vid, just tip $30) she can earn even more.   At $3,000-$10,000 a month for an AVERAGE content producer (top earners are getting $100's of thousands/month!) there's no need for a SD's to provide enough allowance to cover her rent.  

 
So we may not be competing with other SD's in a shrinking pool of viable SB profiles.  No. We are probably competing with those viable SBs' OF accounts.  One of my former SB's (half Philippina, half Italian spinner) went from getting $300 ppm from me, to getting $1k+ ppm from new SD's and another $25k a month when she partnered with an OF management service. They require her to show up for one photo shoot a week, plus send them some candid pics throughout the week.  She's only doing lingerie and occasional nip-slip content now, but I suspect they will eventually lure her into doing explicit sex scenes.  I see her every 3 to 4 months for lunch, as she looks to me for fatherly advice. But there's no sex-my choice when I ended the arrangement pre-covid, although now I regret that decision.  

 
Life is good

 
The Cat

Thanks for your summary @herbtcat....I've heard about OF but never subscribed...I am surprised some of them can make so much.

Obesity epidemic.

yes, obesity epidemic for sure but even some fat people have a beautiful face...I don't see too many beautiful faces

I don't have any data on this but my feeling is that OF is not a great option for most of the gals. It's declining since the pandemic eased, and only a small number of top performers can make consistent money on this.  (And really who wants to pay for a 7 stripper online when there are so many other options?)  
My guess (again no real data on this) is that the lower numbers are due to economic and seasonal factors, and maybe a bunch of SBs got disillusioned that they didn't find a pot of gold. Others may be hiding their profiles or getting kicked off for being too explicit. I think there's still a lot to choose from, so not a big worry. But it may be tougher to find the top gals at bargain prices.