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22.8%

22.8% -- share ranking user generated review sites as influential when choosing restaurant for diners (2026)

Name: Share Ranking User Generated Review Sites As Influential When Choosing Restaurant Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-09-30

2026 · Angelsmith

22.8% of diners ranked user-generated review sites as influential when looking for a new restaurant.

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Last verified: 2026-09-30 · How we verify data →

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22.8%

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Percentage

Data Vintage

2026

Entity

diners

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Strong, reliable evidence

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Angelsmith Primary Tier A

https://angelsmith.net/social-media-marketing/user-generated-review-sites-bloggers-more-influential-… ↗

Confidence: 57/100 Vintage: 2026 Channel: Common Crawl

Source Article

User Generated Review Sites & Bloggers More Influential Than Newspaper Restaurant Critics

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Angelsmith · Original study ↗

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Angelsmith survey on how diners make restaurant decisions

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Industrymarketing

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diners: 22.8% share ranking user generated review sites as influential when choosing restaurant. Source: Angelsmith (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/review-sites-influence-restaurant-choice-22-8

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