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49%

49% -- purchase likelihood increase for online shoppers shown product 'likes' (2026)

2026  · Science Says

People were 49% more likely to buy when browsing outside work hours when product 'likes' were shown.

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49%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
online shoppers shown product 'likes'
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Science Says Primary Tier C
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Confidence: 48/100 Vintage: 2026 Channel: Common Crawl
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Show a product’s ‘likes’ to boost sales
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online shoppers shown product 'likes': 49% purchase likelihood increase. Source: Science Says (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/product-likes-purchase-likelihood-49pct
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