A new study led by Dr. Andreas Bayerl from Erasmus School of Economics, Dr. Yaniv Dover from The Hebrew University, and Prof. Hila Riemer and Prof. Danny Shapira from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has identified a significant and consistent gender rating gap in online reviews, revealing that women’s average ratings are higher than men’s across major platforms such as Amazon, Google, IMDb, TripAdvisor, and Yelp.