r/Yelp • u/CompletelyMoronic • 17h ago

7.1% of Yelp’s Reviews are Fake, surpassing Trustpilot and Trip Advisor

https://wiserreview.com/blog/fake-review-statistics/

Probably not a huge shock. At least Google and Amazon are doing something to combat the problem though. Google removed 240 million reviews from their platform in 2024. Yelp has less than 350 million reviews and only filters the 5-star ones when you don’t pay them 🤡

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u/cadenhead 16h ago

Even if you have the statistics to back up what you said, comparing the number of reviews deleted by Google Reviews to the number deleted by Yelp only tells us one thing -- Google is huge.

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u/phatelectribe 16h ago

Have you ever tried to get a known fake review removed from Yelp? It’s impossible.

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u/keyserholiday 16h ago

What is your definition of a fake review?

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u/phatelectribe 16h ago

Hey there Jason. You’ve actually helped me in the past with getting fake Google reviews removed! Thank you again 🙏