On seeking arrangement there's tons of students in london looking for a guy, although ive found a couple who want a platonic relationship. Like a guy is going to keep giving them money just to chat, but maybe some idiots will.
It's quite amazing how many girls on SA don't seem to think sex is part of the deal, or seem to think they're so special they're just gonna get cash thrown at them for fuck all in return. I had one girl who'd agreed £150 i think for a meet, then messaged to say "we are just having a couple of drinks right? You're not expecting sex are you? Because I couldn't do that."

Atleast she checked beforehand i spose! Had another girl I chatted to for ages suddenly drop the bomb that she was basically asexual too. That was a fun one.

As you say, some idiots (more money than sense, lonely/desperate fuckers) will keep dishing out in the hope that maybe, one day, she'll let him touch her.

Fairly sure the number of students on SA is a load of horseshit too. Lots of fake profiles, set up by both scammers and the site to entice people into paying. Seems generally that you get a few messages just before your subscription runs out, or just after, from these 'girls'.
Most of the genuine students want more money than fairly decent prossies, for very vanilla service (don't believe the hype in the off-topic thread), so again, fit as some of them are, you need more money than sense. Plus you have to go through the pretence of dinner/drinks so they don't
feel like a hooker, even though they clearly are

But yeah, the figures in these studies are total bullshit, as these things normally are.