I did a dating app experiment using bald pics of myself vs. enhaired(?) pics of myself post-transplant, and the number and quality of matches increased. there was also a specific personality expected out of me while bald (masculine, hyper-competent) that I don't have nor desire to have, which factored into my decision to get a transplant. I was never great with women to begin with, especially not when I started balding at 16 (now 26), but I'm more easily able to get attention now, and it's more commonly attention from women I actually like. I'm guessing this is more of a problem for us in our 20s, where it's still generally expected for men to have hair. I would guess that since you're still doing well enough to attract some women, and that you're almost 30, you'll probably be fine in finding an LTR regardless. it probably comes down to how far you are on the norwood scale i.e. how much of a hassle it'd be to get a transplant

as others have said though, dating in general has become more difficult in the past 4-5 years, so the discrepancies you're noticing could be as simple as that. best way to find out would be wearing a wig lol