JOYclub
Online dating service
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JOYclub is an online dating service and sex-positive community for sexual contacts. The site provides events, dating, communication, content sharing, and forums for people of different genders and sexual orientations. There is also an online magazine and a section with pornographic films.[1]
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Type of site | Internet dating |
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| Available in | English, German, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, French, Czech |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| URL | www |
| Users | 4.4 mln |
History
JOYclub was founded in 1999 as an internet forum.[2] Since 2013, JOYclub has been a main product of F&P GmbH.[3] In 2013, JOYclub got a Venus Award as the Best Erotic-Community.[4]
In 2015, the development of JOYCE, the JOYclub application, began. It was launched in 2017.[5]
In 2019, the site had three million members and four million in 2021.[6][7]
In 2020, the site started working in Spain.[8] In 2020, during the COVID-19 restrictions JOYclub offered Italians the premium subscription for free to connect more actively online and share private photos, videos etc.[9] In 2021, JOYclub was launched in France.[10][11] In 2022, JOYclub started in Mexico as well as in the UK.[12][13]
JOYclub conducts various surveys on sexuality among its users.[14] According to the book Online-Dating fur Dummies JOYclub has a strict authentication and identity verification procedure.[15]
Security and privacy
In December 2021, JOYclub received a certificate for tested data protection from TÜV Saarland.[16] JOYclub offers both a possibility to send messages via Messenger without an indication of the user's phone number and to completely communicate via the platform with no need to switch to other messengers.[17]
Regarding the security aspect, JOYclub has a strict and well established authentication and verification procedure.[18]