Search & local discovery
Near-me searchers who visit within a day
76% of people who conduct a near-me search on their smartphone visit a business within 24 hours, showing local search is high-intent and fast-converting.
This figure originates with Google / Think with Google local-search research from the mid-2010s and has been widely cited since; treat it as an established directional benchmark for near-me intent rather than a fresh 2026 measurement.
This figure is load-bearing across 18 pages on SalonAI. See where, below.
Source
Where this number comes from. The end of the reference chain.
Local Search Statistics 2026: Near Me, Mobile & Purchase Data
BizIQ/2026/article
Where this number is used
Every page on SalonAI that leans on this figure. This is the point: a number is not a dead end, it is a node, and you can see exactly what it supports and follow it up the hierarchy.
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