Hmm its not easy to be sure. The apps mostly suck for everyone unless you have a very thick skin and are prepared to have quite a business like approach to it which I find men tend not to like too much. Male dominated hobbies are ok if they actually are your hobbies but I've heard a couple of male friends complain about "older women" i.e. women their age joining their running, climbing club etc looking for a man.
I do think that once your into your mid 30's men your own age on the apps specifically tend to be looking for someone younger not because women their age are old or past it but because it takes the heat off them and lets them take things slower. While they will date women their own age they are still looking at other younger women on the apps, if they get one to bite they will often ghost you.
Going older or younger is an option, often younger won't work out long term but with the right guy it can be fun an a few of my friends are now in pretty serious relationships with guys 8 - 10 years their junior. I personally am not that interested in significantly older or younger men.
My other thought is that there are simply more relationship worthy women than men out there. Many of the relationship orientated guys are settled in their long term relationships to the women they will marry really young like by their early 20's and if you don't happen to gel with one of them in that time frame you are left with guys who might be great but just not as relationship or family orientated and might always leave you feeling a bit anxious and unsettled although some of us seem to like that kind of thing.
My main advice is to focus on your life, doing what you want to do, work on your hobbies, career, health, fitness, goals, friendships and so on and create a life you love. If you feel like dabbling in some dating fine, you can always remain open to meeting someone but making it the focus of your life is soul destroying unless you are very thick skinned indeed.