The timeline shows the cumulative number of reviews posted on Yelp since 2009. At the end of 2019, a total of 205 million reviews had been submitted to the local business review and recommendation site, representing a 17 percent year-on-year increase from the 177 million reviews at the end of the previous year.
Cumulative number of reviews submitted to Yelp from 2009 to 2019
(in millions)
* "Represents the cumulative number of reviews submitted to Yelp since inception, as of the year end, including reviews that were then being filtered or that had been removed from our platform. As of December 31, 2011, approximately 18 million reviews were available on business profile pages, approximately 5 million reviews were being filtered and approximately 1.8 million reviews had been removed from our platform. We define a review as each individually written assessment submitted by a user who has registered by creating a public profile on our platform."
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Yelp. (February 13, 2020). Cumulative number of reviews submitted to Yelp from 2009 to 2019 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 03, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/278032/cumulative-number-of-reviews-submitted-to-yelp/
Yelp. "Cumulative number of reviews submitted to Yelp from 2009 to 2019 (in millions)." Chart. February 13, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 03, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/278032/cumulative-number-of-reviews-submitted-to-yelp/
Yelp. (2020). Cumulative number of reviews submitted to Yelp from 2009 to 2019 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 03, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/278032/cumulative-number-of-reviews-submitted-to-yelp/
Yelp. "Cumulative Number of Reviews Submitted to Yelp from 2009 to 2019 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Feb 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/278032/cumulative-number-of-reviews-submitted-to-yelp/
Yelp, Cumulative number of reviews submitted to Yelp from 2009 to 2019 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/278032/cumulative-number-of-reviews-submitted-to-yelp/ (last visited August 03, 2020)
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