Today - known as Dating Sunday - is officially busiest of the year to find romance online

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While love may not be in the frigid air on Sunday, it is definitely in abundance on popular dating apps and sites. 

Dubbed 'Dating Sunday,' today marks the busiest day in the year for apps like Tinder, Grindr, Match.com and Plenty of Fish that see spikes in membership. 

Experts find that the New Year resolution building that people do in January, plus the impending date of Valentines Day in February, sees an influx of people looking for a special someone. 

Dubbed 'Dating Sunday,' today marks the busiest day in the year for apps like Tinder, Grindr, Match.com and Plenty of Fish that see spikes in membership

Experts find that the New Year resolution building that people do in January, plus the impending date of Valentines Day in February, sees an influx of people looking for a special someone 

Statistically speaking, the first Sunday in the New Year has been the most active for dating sites. 

Match.com is expecting a 42 per cent increase in new membership from single folk, according to reporting from ABC News. 

2.75million new members signed up for the site on the day last year, according to Match.com. 

Dating Sunday also saw 44million new matches being made on Tinder, the dating app shared. Tinder averages out approximately 26million matches, a day. 

Match.com is expecting a 42 per cent increase in new membership from single folk

Tinder even went as far as to assert that 10 per cent of all their matches are made in January. 

'People have resolved to be more adventurous and try something new, so we've noticed that more and more people sign on to Tinder during the first Sunday of the month,' said Rosette Pambakian, Tinder's vice president of brand marketing and communications. 

'Sunday is traditionally the busiest day of the week for Tinder use, and the 'try something new' mindset [with the new year] really amplifies this.' 

Pew Research has reported, that in the years between 2013 and 2016, the number of 18-to-24-year-olds using mobile dating apps nearly tripled from 10 per cent to 27 per cent.  

The urge to ditch the bar scene and hop onto the cyber scene has soared in recent years, as Pew Research reports that the amount of 18- to 24-year-olds using mobile dating apps nearly tripled between 2013 and 2016, rising from 10 percent to 27 percent. 

Pew Research has reported, that in the years between 2013 and 2016, the number of 18-to-24-year-olds using mobile dating apps nearly tripled from 10 per cent to 27 per cent