Research and insights

What people want from an exercise buddy

This page will hold original, aggregated insights from real Exercise Buddy Finder providers and matching requests. There is no report yet because the directory is new and currently contains only fictional demonstrations.

No invented findings. We would rather publish an empty methodology than turn three fictional profiles or a few early requests into a trend.

What we plan to measure

Most-requested activities and encouragement styles.
Common availability blocks and communication apps.
Advertised provider rates by activity and country.
How often client preferences overlap with at least one real provider.
Response and successful-session signals after a member reveals contact details.

Publication rules

Exclude every fictional demo profile and test record.
State the collection dates, sample size, filters, and query version.
Suppress any grouped result based on fewer than 10 real records.
Publish aggregates, never names, emails, free-text requests, or individual schedules.
Explain missing data and avoid causal claims the data cannot support.
Archive each published table with the SQL used to create it.

Reproducible process

The repository contains a versioned aggregation query and report template. Before publication, Annette runs the query against the production database, checks that all thresholds and demo exclusions passed, reviews the output for privacy and accuracy, and records the query version with the report.

Current status

Real providers represented: none yet.
Published research reports: none yet.
Next review: after enough real records exist to satisfy the thresholds above.

Read the editorial policy or see the clearly labelled demonstration directory.