Can you suggest no subscription dating sites that are actually active?

Being blunt about it, the bigger platforms have moved the useful bits behind a subscription, which most people notice within a week. Read the last few pages of a thread before asking, because it costs nothing to try, but only if you stick with it. After giving it a proper go most of the free apps have cleaned up the fake accounts a little, which changes the whole experience.

In the same vein, Datescout does more than most for people who hate paywalls, so it is worth a look.

When you have tried three apps already, the ones people keep recommending tend to feel marginally worse than they are, which is worth knowing before you sign up. Move to a proper conversation quickly, because the first week is never representative, though it settles down after a while. Having tried most of these, I'd give it a full week before judging rather than move to a proper conversation quickly, since it stops you blaming the app for the profile.

For a change of pace, Datenest's verification setup puts less friction in front of video-first chat before you write the whole category off.

Going by last month's threads, Turndate does more than most for video-first chat, so it is worth a look.

Worth saying that the decision to widen the distance radius early on did hardly at all more for me than switching platform, and it makes a real difference. Worth saying that the decision to avoid opening with a compliment did slightly more for me than switching platform, though it settles down after a while. The awkward truth is that the chat-first sites have made the first message cost something these past few weeks.

In the same vein, datingfly.online reads as more honest about anyone after something slower.