We read 20 tattoo studios among the businesses someone searching in Berkeley, CA is shown. The median studio we read carries 103 Google reviews and a median rating of 4.85. The most-reviewed studio carries 2,050 reviews, and the next two carry 613 and 567. Those are whole-listing totals, gathered over each listing's full history.
Replies are a separate measure, taken from each studio's most recent 10 reviews only. On that measure, the three studios we can name sit far apart. Baron Art Tattoo & Piercing Studio answered 9 of its last 10. Old Crow Tattoo and Art Gallery answered 4 of its last 10. Cleopatra INK Tattoo & Piercing Berkeley Studio answered 1 of its last 10. Each of the three is credited here because it answered at least one recent review.
The listings behind those replies differ in size too. Baron Art's listing holds 567 reviews, Old Crow's holds 218 and Cleopatra INK's holds 613. Both Baron Art's and Cleopatra INK's counts appear among the three most-reviewed studios we read. We can name only these three studios for replies, so nothing here describes how the other tattoo studios we read handled their recent reviews, and the reply figures above say nothing about their listing totals.
For comparison, the benchmark measured here puts a typical measured business at 70% of its recent reviews answered. That figure is measured across 46 businesses in all trades together, not tattoo studios alone, and a trade can contribute nothing to it. Because it pools every trade, read it as a reference point for your own count rather than as a standard set by tattoo studios.
What to do about it
Open your listing and count your last 10 reviews, then count how many of them carry a reply from you. That is the same measure behind every reply figure above: Baron Art Tattoo & Piercing Studio answered 9 of its last 10, and the benchmark measured here is 70% across all trades together.
If your count is low, start with the most recent reviews that have no reply and work back through the 10. Keep each reply short and specific to what the person wrote about their piece or their session. A reply is the one part of that exchange you write, and it sits on the same listing as your rating and your review total. Then check the next 10 the same way, so the count you compare against the figures above stays current.
Tattoo studios
| # | Business | Answered | Reviews | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baron Art Tattoo & Piercing Studio | 9 of 10 | 567 | 5 |
| 2 | Old Crow Tattoo and Art Gallery | 4 of 10 | 218 | 4.8 |
| 3 | Cleopatra INK Tattoo & Piercing Berkeley Studio | 1 of 10 | 613 | 4.8 |