Seasonality
YELP seasonality — Yelp, Inc.
Over the last 11 years, YELP's strongest month on average has been April (+5.8%) and its weakest May (-6.4%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +0.77% | +1.48% | 50% | +15.2% | -9.9% | 10 |
| Feb | -5.74% | -4.40% | 20% | +15.7% | -19.3% | 10 |
| Mar | -2.90% | +1.46% | 60% | +11.0% | -42.3% | 10 |
| Apr | +5.76% | +4.78% | 70% | +24.0% | -5.3% | 10 |
| May | -6.39% | -6.29% | 30% | +12.0% | -23.3% | 10 |
| Jun | +1.66% | +3.17% | 50% | +11.2% | -10.2% | 10 |
| Jul | +4.76% | +5.17% | 70% | +23.7% | -6.4% | 10 |
| Aug | +2.87% | -4.26% | 40% | +31.0% | -15.4% | 10 |
| Sep | -2.85% | -1.04% | 40% | +4.4% | -17.2% | 10 |
| Oct | +1.68% | +2.32% | 60% | +13.3% | -13.0% | 10 |
| Nov | +1.04% | -4.64% | 44% | +62.4% | -21.4% | 9 |
| Dec | +1.21% | +2.39% | 80% | +8.3% | -11.7% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — YELP
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -9.9 | -18.6 | 11.0 | 11.6 | -17.4 | 7.5 | 7.8 | -15.4 | -17.2 | 3.2 | 1.9 | -36.0% | |
| 2025 | 3.2 | -14.1 | 7.9 | -5.3 | 8.8 | -10.2 | 0.5 | -8.2 | -1.3 | 5.7 | -12.3 | 5.1 | -21.5% |
| 2024 | -7.6 | -12.1 | 2.5 | 2.1 | -8.1 | -0.1 | -1.4 | -4.1 | 0.4 | -2.7 | 11.9 | 1.3 | -18.2% |
| 2023 | 15.2 | -4.7 | 2.3 | -2.5 | 12.0 | 8.7 | 23.7 | -4.9 | -2.9 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 8.3 | +73.2% |
| 2022 | -4.7 | -1.9 | 0.7 | -4.6 | -9.6 | -5.6 | 10.4 | 11.4 | -0.8 | 13.3 | -19.4 | -11.7 | -24.6% |
| 2021 | -0.2 | 15.7 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 2.1 | -0.4 | -6.4 | 3.0 | -3.3 | 3.7 | -11.3 | 5.7 | +10.9% |
| 2020 | -6.4 | -4.1 | -42.3 | 24.0 | -2.7 | 6.4 | 8.0 | -7.5 | -13.1 | -2.1 | 62.4 | 2.3 | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 4.1 | 2.3 | -7.4 | 16.1 | -23.3 | 11.2 | 2.5 | -4.4 | 3.7 | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 4.4 | -0.6 | -4.2 | 7.4 | -4.5 | -8.6 | -5.9 | 27.8 | 4.4 | -13.0 | -21.4 | 3.9 | -16.6% |
| 2017 | 9.6 | -19.3 | -2.8 | 8.1 | -21.1 | 7.5 | 8.4 | 31.0 | 1.6 | 7.9 | -4.6 | -5.8 | +10.0% |
| 2016 | 2.5 |