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About Yelp
Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP) connects people with great local businesses. Yelp was founded in San Francisco in July 2004. Since then, Yelp communities have taken root in major metros across 32 countries. By the end of Q1 2016, Yelpers had written approximately 102 million rich, local reviews, making Yelp the leading local guide for real word-of-mouth on everything from boutiques and mechanics to restaurants and dentists. Approximately 21 million unique devices* accessed Yelp via the Yelp app, approximately 69 million unique visitors visited Yelp via mobile web** and approximately 77 million unique visitors visited Yelp via desktop*** on a monthly average basis during the Q1 2016. For more information, please visit http://www.yelp.com or send an email to [email protected].
* Calculated as the number of unique devices accessing the app on a monthly average basis over a given three-month period, according to internal Yelp logs.
** Calculated as the number of "users," as measured by Google Analytics, accessing Yelp via mobile website on a monthly average basis over a given three-month period.
*** Calculated as the number of "users," as measured by Google Analytics, accessing Yelp via desktop computer on an average monthly basis over a given three-month period.
Recent Media Highlights
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Washington Post 4/8/2016
We analyzed the names of almost every Chinese restaurant in America. This is what we learned
- City Journal 4/6/2016
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Re/code 4/6/2016
Senator presses FTC to reopen Google antitrust case as EU Commissioner comes to town
- Washington Post 4/5/2016
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Philadelphia Business Journal 4/5/2016
Hospital reviews on Yelp? There’s room to improve, says Penn researcher
- Engadget 4/5/2016
- Stat News 4/4/2016
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The Daily Meal 4/4/2016
Food Network Is Airing a TV Show Focused on Bad Yelp Reviews
- KNSD 4/1/2016
- The San Diego Union-Tribune 3/30/2016
- Eater 3/30/2016
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A.V. Club 3/30/2016
Yelp reviews to be further legitimized with Food Network show
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Forbes 3/29/2016
Food Network, HGTV And Travel Channel Turn To Kids And Celebrities To Boost Ratings
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Buzzfeed 3/26/2016
Here’s The Insane New Ice Cream Creation Taking Over Instagram
- Business Insider 3/24/2016
Company Announcements
- Study Finds Yelp Reviews More Helpful Than Government Data 4/6/2016
- And The Yelp Reel Local Film Festival Scholarship Goes To… 3/17/2016
- Achtung Twitterverse! Geotagging with Yelp arrives in Deutschland 3/9/2016
- Yelp Partners with Sprinklr to Bring Hyperlocal Social Analytics to Local Businesses 2/18/2016
- New York Attorney General Prosecutes Fake Reviews and Validates Yelp’s Own Efforts 2/11/2016
- Yelp’s Top 100 Places to Eat in the US for 2016: Fast Track to a Food Coma 2/10/2016
- Yelp Extortion Conspiracy Theory Debunked…Again 2/4/2016
- Yelp Consumer Alerts: We Take the Guesswork out of Online Reviews 2/1/2016
- Community Votes Call It: $750,000 in Grants Go to Nonprofits Through Yelp Foundation Gives Local Contest 1/28/2016
- Yelp’s Chief Revenue Officer 1/7/2016
- How Many Views Do Your Reviews Get? Find Out Now! 1/6/2016
Yelp Facts
- Yelp had a monthly average of 21 million unique visitors who visited Yelp via the Yelp app and 69 million unique visitors who visited Yelp via mobile web in Q1 2016.*
- Yelpers have written more than 102 million reviews by the end of Q1 2016
- Yelp Factsheet
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