Overview
About Yelp
Yelp (NYSE: YELP) connects people with great local businesses. Yelp was founded in San Francisco in July 2004. Since then, Yelp communities have taken root in major metros across the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, The Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Australia, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Singapore and Poland. Yelp had a monthly average of 84 million unique visitors in Q3 2012*. By the end of Q3 2012, Yelpers had written more than 33 million rich, local reviews, making Yelp the leading local guide for real word-of-mouth on everything from boutiques and mechanics to restaurants and dentists. Yelp's mobile application was used on 8.2 million unique mobile devices on a monthly average basis during Q3 2012. For more information, please visit www.yelp.com/ or send an email to press@yelp.com.
* Source: Google Analytics
Recent Media Highlights
The Wall Street Journal
11/14/12Search for Doctor Leads to Yelp
TIME Tech
11/01/1225 Free Android Apps to Get You Started
Engadget
10/30/12Yelp's new picture-heavy menus give you a better look at that Baby Back Rib Tickler
TechCrunch
10/30/12Yelp Launching Visual Menus With User-Contributed Photos
The Economist
10/27/12Your friendly neighbourhood app
Business Insider
10/26/12Yelp Cracks Down On Fake Online Reviews
CNBC
10/25/12Why It's Harder to Game Positive Online Reviews
Tech Crunch
10/24/12Yelp Pays $50M To Acquire Its Big European Rival, Qype
The Next Web
10/24/12Yelp acquires European review service Qype for $50 million as it ramps up international expansion
AllThingsD
10/23/12Yelp Acquires European Reviews Site Qype For $50 Million
Forbes.com
10/23/12Yelp Review Sting Helps Consumers And Business Owners
CBS This Morning
10/20/12Yelp combating fake reviews
NPR Marketplace
10/18/12Yelp starts branding companies for buying fake reviews
New York Times
10/18/12Buy Reviews on Yelp, Get Black Mark
Entrepreneur
10/16/12Got a Bad Yelp Review? Here's What to Do
Ad Age
10/01/12As Fake Reviews Rise, Others Crack Down on Fraudsters
Today
09/17/12Yelp for Help
Business Times
09/15/2012Food Finders, Yelp is Here to Help
Company Announcements
- Yelp’s Holiday Gift Guide: Saving shoppers from boring gifts & mall trips November 15, 2012
- Yelp Menus: Connecting People with Great Local Food Porn October 30, 2012
- Yelp Acquires Qype; Provides Preliminary Third Quarter 2012 Financial Results October 24, 2012
- Yelp Rolls Out Consumer Alerts to Educate and Inform Consumers October 18, 2012
- Yelp Expands Presence in Central Europe with Launch in Poland October 3, 2012
- Yelp Launches in Singapore September 13, 2012
- Introducing Gift Certificates - the newest product feature of local business owners September 12, 2012
- Yelp: Extreme Home(page) Makeover August 14, 2012
- Yelp Mobile Updates: Lookin' Good July 26, 2012
- Yelp Expands Its Operations in The UK July 10, 2012
- Yelp to Power Bing Local Search June 14, 2012
- Yelp Launches in Finland June 6, 2012
- Yelp Appoints Robert Gibbs to Board of Directors June 4, 2012
- The NYSE Big StartUp Launches: Small Business Connections: Marketing Meets Microfinancing May 22, 2012
- Yelp Is Now Available In Norway May 9, 2012
Yelp Facts
- Yelp had a monthly average of 84 million unique visitors in Q3 2012*
- Yelpers have written more than 33 million reviews by the end of Q3 2012
- Yelp Factsheet
* Source: Google Analytics
Distribution of Reviews
We crunched the numbers and here's what we found (as of Q3 2012).