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REVIEW STATISTICS
  • 72% of customers won’t take action until they read reviews.
  • 15% of users don’t trust businesses without reviews.

  • Google accounts for 57.5% of all reviews worldwide.

  • Best-selling products’ have a 4.2-4.7 rating.

  • Local businesses have an average of 39 Google reviews.

  • 91% of millennials trust online reviews as much as friends and family.

  • More than half of consumers won’t use a business if it has less than a 4* rating.

  • 83% of customers don’t trust advertising.

  • A single business review can lift its conversions by 10%.

  • Turns out a hundred reviews can raise your conversion rates by as much as 37%. Two hundred can provide a mind-blowing 44% boost.

  • 70% of consumers need to read at least four reviews before they can trust a business.

  • Customers could spend 31% more on a business with great reviews.

  • Software reviews influence 98% of buyers.

  • 53% of Americans consider product reviews and ratings as the most crucial attribute of the online shopping experience in 2018.

  • 95% of travelers read reviews prior to booking.

  • 63.6% of consumers visit Google to check for reviews of a business. Yelp (45%) and TripAdvisor (30%) come second and third, leaving Facebook (23%) behind.

  • A one-star increase in rating on Yelp can lead to a 5% to 9% increase in restaurant revenue.

  • Facebook reviews stats reveal every four out of five users are more likely to trust a local business if it has positive reviews.

  • Consumer reviews on products are trusted almost 12 times more than the manufacturers’ descriptions.

  • 26. 73% of consumers think written reviews are more important than star and number ratings.

  • Reviews are the most crucial part of the purchase decision for 90% of US customers.

  • Positive reviews encourage 68% of consumers to use a local business.

  • More than four negative reviews about a company or product may decrease sales by 70%.

  • Only 44% of local businesses have claimed their Google My Business listing.

  • 33% of local retailers have claimed their free listing on Yelp.

  • 21% have done so on Yahoo.

  • Reviews are the third most influential ranking factor for Google’s local pack

  • 54% of Americans pay the most attention to the average star rating of a local business.

  • Half of millennials “always” read online reviews for businesses.

  • 77% of users don’t trust reviews older than three months.

  • Almost all consumers, who use online reviews, read them early in the buying process.

  • Reviews on higher-priced products can increase their conversion rate by 380%.

  • Online reviews have a 10.3% influence on the global Google search results rankings.

  • 88% of executives consider reputation risk as a top business issue.

  • 67% of consumers say reviews are “very important” factor when choosing a solution provider.

  • 89% of consumers read reviews on their smartphones.

  • 77% of users would leave a review if asked.

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