Does 'Love Is Blind' Actually Work? Let's Take a Peek at Its Success Rate

It's easy to forget the experiment part of the social experiment that is Netflix's hit series Love Is Blind. With all the sleek production used to tease out the most dramatic elements of the reality show, it's no wonder we can't hold onto the fact that this is also an evaluation of sorts. Can two people who get to know each other with a wall between them fall in love? Furthermore, can that love last in the real world?

Now that Season 6 is in full swing, let's take a look at the success rate of Love Is Blind couples from Seasons 1 through 5.

In each season of Love Is Blind, 15 men and 15 women enter the pods hoping to meet their future spouses. And from that, usually, a few couples get engaged. Here's the breakdown of how many couples got engaged during Seasons 1 through 5. It is important to note that Netflix does not show all of the engaged couples' storylines, so some of these numbers may be higher than what you saw during the season.

• Season 1: Eight couples got engaged in the pods, but Netflix only featured six couples' storylines.

• Season 2: Eight couples got engaged in the pods, but Netflix only featured six couples' storylines.

• Season 3: Five couples got engaged in the pods, and all five stories were shown.

• Season 4: Seven couples got engaged in the pods, but the show only followed five couples.

• Season 5: Six couples got engaged in the pods, but only three were shown in the series.

For the engaged couples that didn’t get any airtime, none of them appear to still be together, which may contribute to the show’s decision to not feature their relationship.

The Love Is Blind couples that are still together are:

• Lauren Speed-Hamilton and Cameron Hamilton (Season 1)
• Amber Pike and Matt Barnett (Season 1)
• Alexa Alfia and Brennon Lemieux (Season 3)
• Colleen Reed and Matt Bolton (Season 3)
• Tiffany Pennywell and Brett Brown (Season 4)
• Chelsea Griffin and Kwame Appiah (Season 4)
• Zack Goytowski and Bliss Poureetezadi (Season 4)
• Lydia Velez Gonzalez and James “Milton” Johnson IV (Season 5)

Now, let’s do some math. Of the 150 people who entered the dating experiment, 68 contestants ended up engaged, meaning a total of 34 couples got engaged without ever seeing what the other person looked like.

In other words, 45 percent of people who entered the blind dating experiment actually ended up engaged. But that percentage goes way down, once the couples saw what the other looked like and tried to make their relationship work in the real world.

Of the 34 couples who got engaged on the show, only eight of those couples are still together today. That means that only 24 percent of the engaged couples actually got married and stayed together. So 16 contestants out of 150 found their special someone.

Using that as a point of reference, that means that if you go on Love Is Blind, you have approximately a 10 percent chance of getting married to someone you truly fell in love with sight unseen. The show's success rate is 10 percent.

Love Is Blind is currently streaming on Netflix.