We read 20 tattoo studios among the businesses someone searching in Pleasanton, CA is shown. The median studio we read carries 46 Google reviews. The most-reviewed studio we read carries 1,185, and the next two carry 206 and 118. The median rating among the 20 is 4.85 stars. Those are whole-listing figures: every review each studio has collected, with no dates attached.
Replies are measured on a different window. For each studio we could measure, we looked only at its most recent 10 reviews and counted how many carry an answer from the owner. Among the tattoo studios we read, Sacred Soul Studio answered 9 of its last 10. Inkestry Custom Tattoo Studio answered 1 of its last 10. Those are the two names the measurement gives us. Not every studio we read could be measured, and we can't see how the other studios handled their recent reviews, so nothing here describes them.
For scale, Sacred Soul Studio's listing carries 110 reviews in total and Inkestry Custom Tattoo Studio's carries 96. Neither is the 1,185-review listing at the top of the studios we read. A reply is written one review at a time, on whatever listing a studio has.
There is also a broader reference point. The reply benchmark measured across the businesses someone searching in Pleasanton, CA is shown is 62 percent: a typical measured business answered 62 percent of its recent reviews. That figure is measured across 46 businesses in all trades together, not tattoo studios alone, so it tells you what answering looks like around this search rather than what tattoo studios in particular do.
What to do about it
Look at your last 10 reviews on your Google listing and count the ones you have replied to. That is the same measure behind every reply figure above, so your count can sit directly beside Sacred Soul Studio's 9 of 10 and Inkestry Custom Tattoo Studio's 1 of 10.
If your count is low, start with your newest review and answer each new one as it comes in. Keep it short and specific: thank the person by name and mention what they wrote about, whether that is the piece, the session or the artist. A reply is the one part of that exchange you write. Your review total is a separate number, built over the whole life of your listing; the median studio we read carries 46, and answering the reviews you have does not depend on reaching any particular total.
Tattoo studios
| # | Business | Answered | Reviews | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sacred Soul Studio | 9 of 10 | 110 | 4.8 |
| 2 | Inkestry Custom Tattoo Studio | 1 of 10 | 96 | 4.5 |