U.S. online review site usage for local business research 2017

Published by Statista Research Department, Jul 24, 2023
The graph shows information on the online review site usage for local business research among internet users in the United States. During the January 2017 survey, 59 percent of respondents state that they had visited Yelp to conduct research on a local business.

Which online review sites have you visited in the past year to conduct research on a local business?

CharacteristicShare of respondents
Google 81%
Yelp 59%
Facebook 49%
Industry specific 36%
Consumer Affairs 21%
YellowPages.com 12%
None of these 5%
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Share of respondents81%81%59%59%49%49%36%36%21%21%12%12%5%5%GoogleYelpFacebookIndustry specificConsumer AffairsYellowPages.comNone of these
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Release date

March 2017

Region

United States

Survey time period

January 9 to January 13, 2017

Number of respondents

2,005 respondents

Method of interview

Online survey

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