B
Evidence Grade B
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91%
91% -- share of consumers reading online reviews before purchase for consumers (2026)
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Value
91%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
BrightLocal
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Tier C
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BrightLocal
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BrightLocal survey cited by Aroluxe
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consumers: 91% share of consumers reading online reviews before purchase. Source: BrightLocal (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/consumers-read-online-reviews-before-purchase
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/consumers-read-online-reviews-before-purchase" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>91%</strong> -- share of consumers reading online reviews before purchase for consumers<br><small>Source: BrightLocal (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/consumers-read-online-reviews-before-purchase" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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