Yelp

Overview

Dataset name: Yelp
Latest version: v1
Available versions: v1
Source: https://business.yelp.com/data/resources/open-dataset/

The Yelp dataset is a subset of Yelp's businesses, reviews, and user data for academic research.

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Citation

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Version: v1

Data Sources

Name	Source type	Archive	URL	Checksum
main_archive	ManualSource	zip		md5:b0c36fe2d00a52d8de44fa3b2513c9d2
data_archive	NestedSource	tar		md5:0bc8cc1481ccbbd140d2aba2909a928a

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Resources

review

• Type: interactions
• Format: transactions_jsonl
• Required: yes
• Source: data_archive
• Filename: yelp_academic_dataset_review.json

Schema

user_col: user_id
item_col: business_id
rating_col: stars
timestamp_col: date

business

• Type: content
• Format: json
• Source: data_archive
• Filename: yelp_academic_dataset_business.json

checkin

• Type: content
• Format: json
• Source: data_archive
• Filename: yelp_academic_dataset_checkin.json

tip

• Type: content
• Format: json
• Source: data_archive
• Filename: yelp_academic_dataset_tip.json

user

• Type: content
• Format: json
• Source: data_archive
• Filename: yelp_academic_dataset_user.json

terms_of_use

• Type: content
• Format: pdf
• Source: data_archive
• Filename: Dataset_User_Agreement.pdf

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Dataset Characteristics

Computed at: 2025-12-15

Metric	Value
n_users	1987929
n_items	150346
n_interactions	6990280
space_size	546.6966008985239
space_size_log	2.737746373661808
shape	13.222360421960012
shape_log	1.1213089912105905
density	2.3388470653961263e-05
density_log	-4.630998175294749
gini_item	0.678351072470664
gini_user	0.6115362253305341
ratings_per_user	3.51636300894046
ratings_per_item	46.49461907865856

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License & Usage

Please refer to the official dataset page for licensing and usage restrictions. https://business.yelp.com/data/resources/open-dataset/