Yelp: Local Economic Impact Report
Local economies around the U.S. have continued to change quickly and dramatically – states and cities are slowly reopening, unemployment rates are starting to decline from the recent… Read more
Keep Your Eyes On The Pies: Best Pies In The U.S. To Try This Holiday Season
Apple, cherry, pumpkin, oh pie! Nothing says ‘hooray for the holidays’ quite like a fresh bite of flaky crust and delicious filling to finish off a family feast. Not once, but twice in 2017 have we dug to the depths of Yelp data to find the best pieces of piquant pie in the U.S.; Both… Read more
Immigration Lawyers, Cannabis Clinics and Blood Donation: 12 Months Since the 2016 Election on Yelp
One year ago today, as election returns came in, some watchers turned to Yelp. Many of them were looking for immigration lawyers or cannabis clinics. Searches for both categories — and related cannabis categories — spiked just as it became clear that Americans had elected a president who campaigned on a platform of limiting immigration,… Read more
Freaky & Fabulous Fall: Yelp Data (Pumpkin) Spices Up Your Life Before The Holidays
The leaves are changing, the weather is getting colder and the smell of pumpkin spice fills the air: Fall is here and we couldn’t be more thrilled. Thanks to Yelp’s devoted data science team, we’re sharing where to enjoy fun fall festivities and flavorful treats this autumn. We worked with Insider, Mic, Delish, Southern Living… Read more
Yelp’s Local Economic Outlook: Using Data to Track Small Business Opportunity & Economic Health in America
Launching today, the Yelp Local Economic Outlook is a new program to track which areas of America are ripe for economic opportunity: where small businesses in America have the best chance of success. This program is an ongoing effort to surface insights from Yelp’s deep data stores to help businesses succeed and to arm policymakers… Read more
These 50 Zip Codes Are The Hottest Hipster Markets In America
As far as neighborhoods go, it’s clear an area is heating up when the hipsters start hanging around. Where to find these spots? Just search “hipster” on Yelp and you’ll be pointed in the right direction. Hipsterness is one thing, but what about areas that are hot on the housing market, too? We partnered with… Read more
Yelp Data Can Help Measure Local Economic Activity
Measuring and quantifying local economic activity is tough. Traditionally, researchers in the U.S. have used government data to try to understand the forces that impact local community growth or decline. But the data (mainly from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau) can take years to become available! For example, policymakers might have… Read more
The Most Locals-Only Restaurants in San Francisco and San Diego
It’s easy to pick up on once you’re there: the realization that a restaurant or museum is swarming with out-of-towners, without a local in sight. But how do you know ahead of time where only the locals go? Yelp is a great tool for finding local hidden gems, whether you live in a place or… Read more
Yelp Your Doctor — And Look At Other Data, Too
Last week, a study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association that some media outlets interpreted to mean online reviews aren’t helpful to consumers when choosing a doctor. We beg to differ. Yelp exists today because its founder, Jeremy Stoppelman, fell ill in 2004 and wanted recommendations for a doctor in… Read more
The Top U.S. Businesses With Gender-Neutral Restrooms
In the less than four months since Yelp began collecting data on the availability of gender-neutral restrooms, we’ve learned that over 160,000 U.S. businesses have them, thanks to business owners and Yelp users submitting information. And among the categories with the most businesses with gender-neutral restrooms are some of the highest-rated businesses on Yelp. Here… Read more
The Most Requested Beauty Service in Every State
Last year, we introduced a product called Request A Quote, allowing consumers to send messages to businesses in the Home and Local Services Categories and get back quote estimates on everything from leaky faucets to home renovations. We then extended the feature to the Health and Beauty space, including businesses like hair salons, day spas,… Read more