The Most Yelp Reviewed Business Of All Time

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Yelp's Tara Lewis joins Cheddar to reveal the company's most reviewed businesses and most photographed spots of all time. Watch!

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00:00Where should we go to dinner tonight?

00:03It's the question we all struggle with just about every night,

00:06and for millions, Yelp has the answer.

00:09In fact, nearly 300 million reviews

00:12currently live on the popular app and website,

00:15and they extend well beyond restaurants.

00:18Joining me now to celebrate Yelp's 20th anniversary

00:21and reveal the top business of all time

00:23is Tara Lewis, trend expert at Yelp

00:26and vice president of community expansion.

00:28Good to have you here.

00:29Thank you for having me.

00:30I'm a big user of Yelp.

00:31You determine where I eat a lot of nights on this phone.

00:34That makes me happy to hear.

00:35But beyond food, where should people,

00:37where do people turn the most?

00:39Well, what's amazing, because Yelp is really just a,

00:42covers just about every category you can think of,

00:45whether it's home services, beauty businesses, retail, parks.

00:48That's what's so exciting about some of our lists

00:50that we're going to be talking about today.

00:52It covers such a great range and spectrum

00:54of what makes local cities so eclectic and special.

00:58And it's 287 million, to be specific, reviews on the website.

01:02I'm sure it's counting moment by moment.

01:05So over 287 million reviews.

01:07I wrote mine this morning.

01:09Okay, so again, I talk about restaurants a lot,

01:12but the most popular business was not a restaurant.

01:15In fact, there wasn't one in the top five, which surprises me.

01:18What was the highest, most popular restaurant, though, on your list?

01:21Yeah, so the most popular business listing on Yelp of all time

01:25that we are releasing on this list

01:26is actually right here in New York City,

01:28the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the MET.

01:30It's the largest museum in North America,

01:33the fourth largest museum in the world.

01:35There are over 3,500 reviews written about the museum on Yelp,

01:40over 22,000 photos added to it.

01:43So not only is it a destination for New Yorkers, but also worldwide.

01:47Is it also the most photographed business?

01:49It is not.

01:50It is not, and what is?

01:51Well, our second list that we're releasing

01:53is our most photographed businesses of all time on Yelp,

01:57and the number one is actually Disneyland.

02:00So it's not only the happiest place on Earth, as people might say,

02:04it's also the most photographed business listing on Yelp as well.

02:07I guess I'm not surprised by that.

02:09I have not been to the MET, and we are just miles away from it.

02:12I guess I should change that.

02:14I think this is the opportunity for that.

02:16Okay, so the MET is the most popular business ever on Yelp.

02:19What's number two on the list?

02:20Number two is Balboa Park in San Diego.

02:23It's gorgeous.

02:24It's got botanical gardens.

02:25It's great for family-friendly events.

02:27It's wonderful for photo ops.

02:29It's just very beautiful and scenic,

02:30and people travel from all over to see that as well.

02:32What I love about this list is I have not been there either.

02:35Okay, number three.

02:36Of most photographed businesses?

02:38Of most popular businesses.

02:40Number three, we're hopping around lists.

02:42So number three is the Getty Center in L.A.,

02:45also a museum, also a great place for special events that are taking place, weddings.

02:50It's pretty iconic in nature and sprawling.

02:52It's gorgeous.

02:53Okay, number four is not far from here at all,

02:56and I have been there, and I'm guessing everyone here at the Stock Exchange has been.

02:59The Central Park Conservancy, also a world-class park for people to enjoy.

03:05It's free to access, but also so many reviews have been written for that over the years as well.

03:10Okay, number five?

03:11Number five is the Huntington in California,

03:14also another beautiful, scenic garden museum, eclectic.

03:19As you can see on these most popular lists, we didn't even get to number seven,

03:23which is the first restaurant that we had on the list.

03:25That's why I can't believe that there wasn't a restaurant in the top five.

03:28What is number seven in the top restaurant?

03:30In terms of the top most popular businesses of all time on Yelp,

03:34number seven as a restaurant was Gangnam Asia Barbecue Dining in Vegas.

03:40I have not been there, so that's going to be a lot of people are going to be visiting that once they hear the top review.

03:47So what's the methodology?

03:48How do you determine this list?

03:49Well, in terms of our most popular listings, of course, we have a couple different factors that involve

03:55the volume of ratings, reviews, and photos contributed over time of all time on Yelp,

04:00and then for the most photographed, that has to do with the frequencies of distinct user contributions of photos for that listing.

04:06Okay, did any states stand out on the list?

04:09California really knows how to party, especially on Yelp.

04:14I think 21 of the 40 businesses featured on these two top 20 lists

04:17were in California.

04:18California dominating that list, really interesting.

04:22New York had a great showing as well.

04:23Did we come in close?

04:24I mean, I don't know the stats.

04:26I didn't have the scorecard on it, but top five was looking pretty good.

04:29Statue of Liberty, Central Park, The Met, we do have the number one most popular.

04:33The number one of all time.

04:34Yeah, so I think New York could feel pretty good about this.

04:36Always holding it down.

04:37Shistera Lewis, trend expert at Yelp and vice president of community expansion.

04:41Thanks for being here.

04:42Appreciate it.

04:43Thank you so much.

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