One World Observatory

Name: One World Observatory
Rating: 4.7

Observation deck · 117 West St, New York, NY 10007, United States · United States

★ 4.7 on Google · 25,920 reviews · View on Google Maps

23 / 100

Manipulation score

Clean

Completed Jul 15, 2026 · 140 reviews flagged

How this score works

The score estimates how strongly this place's review record matches known manipulation patterns, from 0 (no signs) to 100. Verdicts: Clean below 40, Suspicious from 40, Likely Manipulated from 70. It rises with the share of reviews flagged and how suspicious each one is.

Burst: — an abnormal spike of five-star reviews in a single day compared to the place's usual pace.
Low activity account: — the reviewer has almost no other reviews, photos, or Local Guide history; throwaway accounts look like this.
Duplicate text: — the wording is nearly identical to another review of the same place.

Verdicts are statistical estimates based on public review patterns, not accusations.

Review anatomy

Reviews examined

1,000

Flagged

140

14% of examined

Flagged avg rating

4.9★

place average 4.7★

Reviews per month

Jan ’26

Mar ’26

May ’26

Jul ’26

Reviews per month, total and flagged
Month	Reviews	Flagged
Jan ’26	87	41
Feb ’26	117	8
Mar ’26	136	6
Apr ’26	175	26
May ’26	227	27
Jun ’26	167	22
Jul ’26	91	10

Rating distribution

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Evidence

burst
6 occurrences — worst: 8 five-star reviews on 2026-01-22 vs avg 1.0/day
Show all 6
- 5 five-star reviews on 2026-01-16 vs avg 0.1/day
- 5 five-star reviews on 2026-01-17 vs avg 0.2/day
- 5 five-star reviews on 2026-01-18 vs avg 0.4/day
- 5 five-star reviews on 2026-01-20 vs avg 0.6/day
- 5 five-star reviews on 2026-01-21 vs avg 0.8/day
- 8 five-star reviews on 2026-01-22 vs avg 1.0/day
weight 1
low activity account 99 reviews flagged weight 0.8
duplicate text 11 reviews flagged weight 0.9

Flagged reviews

Exhibit — 3 reviews, near-identical wording

An amazing experience!!

Joseph Bonaccorso ★★★★★ 2026-04-02 suspicion 90
Bhadresh Patel ★★★★★ 2026-06-28 suspicion 90
Natasha Gunning ★★★★★ 2026-07-07 suspicion 81

Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording

One of the best views of New York. Breathtaking.

Espurgaperro C ★★★★★ 2026-04-03 suspicion 57
Scott Patterson ★★★★★ 2026-06-04 suspicion 57

Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording

Lois was excellent and extremely helpful

Tim Welsh ★★★★★ 2026-01-28 suspicion 62
Keera Moffatt ★★★★★ 2026-05-31 suspicion 79

Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording

It's magnificent! An incredible 360° view.

Marinette Pereirette ★★★★★ 2026-04-22 suspicion 58
brice lscn ★★★★★ 2026-04-25 suspicion 58

Exhibit — 2 reviews, near-identical wording

Fantastic experience

Stephen Greenwood ★★★★★ 2026-02-12 suspicion 90
Stuart Lee ★★★★★ 2026-04-23 suspicion 90

Showing the 10 most suspicious of 129 remaining flagged reviews.

Carlos Ibarra

1 review

★★★★★

2026-01-18

I really liked it, even though it wasn't for very long, I had a wonderful time, really, even though I don't know if you've noticed that crack

Mohamed Niang

activity unknown · Local Guide

★★★★★

2026-01-18

Craig Rowland

65 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2026-01-22

Excellent 360 views of the city

Neil Y.

324 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2026-01-22

How can one come to New York without going here?

Marzena Markowski

52 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2026-01-22

Vinny

26 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2026-01-22

Alba Isabel Lujan Vazquez

35 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2026-01-22

The view from the top is magnificent; it's a place you can't miss when you go to NYC. All the observatories have their own unique charm, so don't miss them.

Junior Flores

264 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2026-01-22

It's a must-see if you're in New York. The elevator takes you to the observatory in seconds, and while you enjoy a projection on its walls, there's an impressive exhibition on the 102nd floor with a surprise at the end. Then you go down to the 101st floor, where you can see an incredible panoramic v...

Andrew Curzon

70 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2026-01-22

You get a really cool perspective of uptown from downtown.

Arth Patel

18 reviews · Local Guide

★★★★★

2026-01-22

New year fire works

Report generated Jul 15, 2026. Reviews change — you can request a fresh investigation.

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