B
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80%
80% -- share of consumers more likely to use business that responds to all reviews for US consumers (2026)
80% of US consumers are more likely to use a business that responds to all of its reviews.
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Value
80%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Sample Size
1,100
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
BrightLocal
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Tier B
https://www.replifast.com/blog/why-stale-google-reviews-cost-you-customers ↗
Source Article
Why Stale Google Reviews Cost You Customers (74% Rule)
Why do stale Google reviews cost you customers?
74% of consumers only trust online reviews written in the last three months (BrightLocal 2026). A Google Business Profile whose newest review is six months old looks dead to three out of four buyers, no matter how many five-star ratings it has accumula…
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BrightLocal
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Methodology
BrightLocal 2026 Local Consumer Review Survey
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Industrymarketing
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US consumers: 80% share of consumers more likely to use business that responds to all reviews. Source: BrightLocal (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/consumers-prefer-businesses-responding-to-all-reviews-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/consumers-prefer-businesses-responding-to-all-reviews-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>80%</strong> -- share of consumers more likely to use business that responds to all reviews for US consumers<br><small>Source: BrightLocal (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/consumers-prefer-businesses-responding-to-all-reviews-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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