should i give him a chance?

Your respective body counts are the tiniest pieces in the jigsaw as to whether the 2 of you should be together or not.
There are far more important pieces than that. Which you haven't told us about.
If the body count is the biggest fly in the ointment so far, you should keep trying the ointment, and see how you get on with it.
So go ahead, spend time with him in real life. See how you get on and take things from there.
In the meantime keep breaking the ice with other men and see how you get on with them.
Also, as a little tip, you should aim to have the mindset where you're confident you can blow away all the previous girlfriends a man has had. Even if he's had 500. You'll be better than the lot of them.
It's as easy, possibly easier, being the joint best girlfriend in the world than it is to be a run of the mill girlfriend. You've just gotta be clever about it. Clever about how you make life easy for yourself.

yeah but i’ve spent time with him already, i like him a lot i’m just worried that because of his past nothing between us will be “special” cause he’s done it sooo many times

okay so there’s this guy that i’ve been seeing and texting almost to the point of like dating yk, but he has a body count of 8 😭 i’ve never been with a man who’s had over 1… im 18 and he’s 21 and he uses that as his reasoning of why his is higher. I myself have been with 3 guys and one of those was a two year relationship so id say i take that stuff serious. and i’m not sure if he does, he told me his past is his past and he’s ready for a real long lasting relationship. am i being insecure? i just don’t think he’d be loyal to me because of his past. advice plssss

i’m a girl so idk how it works with boys, but for me this isn’t the case at all. I have a bc of 5, and also important to keep in mind that some of his bodies would have probably been when he was young and naive, so did not mean anything