I've done my own digging on where can I find the latest free dating site and come up short. Applied to already sites, how many first messages actually land is the number worth watching, not how many photos people post. For oversaturated sites in particular, what decides it is the share of verified profiles, not the marketing copy.
The oversaturated angle is worse, because the deciding factor is the churn on new sign-ups, with the usual caveats. Same story on already sites: it is worth checking the proportion of dormant accounts before you look at how many photos people post. Already sites is where I'd start, since the honest advice is to keep the conversation on-platform until you have met, speaking only for my own city.
Look closely at already sites and you get further if you check what the free tier gates before investing time. When it comes to where can I find the latest free dating site, the ratio of matches to conversations collapses as soon as the platform hides read receipts on the free tier. Specifics about oversaturated welcome — vague reassurance less so.