The Northern Ireland accent has been voted the “most attractive” accent by those in Gen Z, according to a recent report released by dating app Tinder.
The app released its 2024 Year in Swipe report, which goes over some of the more notable trends and social details about how their audience have behaved and changes throughout the year.
Data includes the most attractive university majors, the most common names used and most attractive zodiac signs.
Northern Ireland topped the poll in the list of attractive accents across the UK, followed in close joint second place by the London accent and Scottish accent.
Coming in fourth is Yorkshire and fifth is Scouse.
The top 10 most attractive accents, according to Gen Z
Despite Northern Ireland coming out on top in the accent stakes, when it comes to which celebrity voice Gen Z most want to hear, Tom Hardy tops the list, followed by Harry Styles and footballer Jack Grealish. Maya Jama was voted the female with the sexiest voice.
The top 10 most attractive celebrity voices, according to Gen Z
New research from Tinder reveals that the way someone speaks can be a “total deal breaker” for Gen Z, with as many as half (49%) confessing that their dating decisions have been swayed simply by the way their match talks.
While nearly a quarter (22%) have “got the feels” for a date because of the way they chat.
Laura Wilkinson-Rea, Director of Communications, UK at Tinder said: “As we’ve recently discovered that video chats have become far more commonplace before meeting in real life, we anticipate that the ‘video chat voice’ is the new ‘telephone voice’ of 2021 – whether it be sexier, deeper or posher”.
Switching it up, one in six (16%) have tried to speak more softly, 14% have made attempts to sound sexier (emphasis on attempt), 10% have tried to make their voice deeper and 9% have even tried to sound posher.