What was the increase in people who changed their Facebook relationship status on Valentine's Day last year?

From day one, voters guessing a 30% jump in Valentine's Day breakups dominated, opening with a 30-20 gap over the closest rival and never once losing that edge across 296 days. There was no comeback, no late surge — just a steady, uncontested march to 35.7% of 8,895 votes.

The real drama was underneath: men broke almost 2-to-1 for 30 percent while women split closer to even across options, and skepticism ran deep — 15.8% said there was no increase at all. Engaged fans barely showed up (23 votes total), leaving this a verdict from the crowd, not the converted.

• Wire-to-wire leader · 30 percent led every single day from day 1 to day 296
• Gender split · Men favored 30 percent 1,768 to 823 over other top pick
• Steady creep, no chaos · Lead widened gradually — 30% to 36% — with zero lead changes
• Skeptic bloc · 1,401 voters (15.8%) said there was no increase at all