According to Yelp — a popular spot for those looking to read customer reviews and book pest control services — it’s an epidemic out there, with nationwide interest in pest-proofing surging 165% in June 2024 compared to June 2023.
“Nothing disrupts a summer hangout like the presence of a bug or rodent in your space,” Tara Lewis, Yelp’s Trend Expert and Vice President of Community Expansion, said in a statement. Getty Images
The sharp rise was found when examining the number of times each query was entered per million searches.
“Nothing disrupts a summer hangout like the presence of a bug or rodent in your space,” Tara Lewis, Yelp’s Trend Expert and Vice President of Community Expansion, said in a statement.
California, it turns out, led the nation in searches for rodent-related pest control searches, followed by Wyoming, Washington D.C., New Mexico and Wisconsin.
But that didn’t mean there wasn’t an increase here in the Big Apple. New York City saw a 107% increase for “rodent exterminator” in June 2024 compared to June 2023, Yelp exclusively told The Post. Still, it wasn’t enough to edge the state toward the top of the list.
Meanwhile, nationally, cockroach extermination topped the list with searches increasing by 323% in June 2024, compared to last June.
Cockroach extermination topped the list with searches increasing by 323% in June 2024, compared to last June. Yelp
The politician, who has repeatedly declared “I hate rats” and confessed to being “fixated on killing” them , has rolled out several new plans to manage the pesky animals.
But that didn’t mean there wasn’t an increase in the Big Apple, New York City saw a 107% increase for “rodent exterminator” in June 2024 compared to June 2023, Yelp exclusively told The Post. Christopher Sadowski
When contacted by The Post, the Department of Sanitation pointed to a statement from May 2024 , declaring that rat sightings had fallen in 12 of the last 13 months compared to the year prior.
Last April, Mayor Eric Adams established the city’s first-ever “rat czar” hiring Kathleen Corradi at a $155,000 annual salary. James Keivom
“Under Mayor Adams’ leadership, we’ve gotten serious about addressing the 16 billion pounds of trash that New Yorkers produce each year,” Joshua Goodman, Deputy Commissioner of Public Affairs and Customer Experience from the NYC Department of Sanitation, told The Post.
“Our efforts to get this trash off the street and into secure, rodent-resistant containers are working.”
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