B
Evidence Grade B
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83%
83% -- share of consumers reading reviews on google for Google (2026)
Google's share of review reading was 83% in the prior year before declining to 71% in the 2026 BrightLocal survey.
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83%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
BrightLocal
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Tier B
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Year-over-year decline from 83% (2025) to 71% (2026), attributed to BrightLocal survey
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Google: 83% share of consumers reading reviews on google. Source: BrightLocal (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/google-review-reading-share-decline
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