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546% Increase in AI Daraz Reviews: 2018 to 2024

With our proprietary Originality.ai AI detection tool, we studied AI-generated reviews on Daraz. Explore how Daraz, a popular shopping platform, is handling AI reviews.

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Online shopping platforms like Daraz have changed how people evaluate products, with user reviews now playing a major role in purchase decisions.

Daraz is a leading South Asian e-commerce platform, according to its LinkedIn page

Interestingly, the company’s LinkedIn notes that it was founded in 2015, which is when Daraz Group was officially established. 

However, according to Crunchbase, Daraz’s founding year was a few years earlier, in 2012. This likely refers to when Daraz Pakistan was first launched as a smaller online retailer of fashion products (prior to the formation of Daraz Group).

Crunchbase also records that Daraz received a $55.6 million funding round in 2015 and that, just a few years later, Alibaba acquired Daraz in 2018 to further expand its e-commerce empire.

Since then, Daraz has continued to see success, reaching over 100 million app downloads on the Google Play Store

Even better, the app has achieved an average rating of 4.5 stars.

However, the origins of those reviews and others across the platform are becoming harder to verify in the age of AI-generated content.

This study examines the rate of AI-generated reviews on the Daraz platform over recent years and explores its potential implications on consumer trust in digital marketplaces.

Objectives of the Study

This study aimed to:

  • Determine the rate of AI-generated reviews on Daraz in 2024
  • Track how that percentage changed from 2018 to 2024
  • Consider the implications of AI reviews on consumer trust

Key Takeaways (TL;DR)

  • AI reviews on Daraz increased by 546% between 2018 and 2024
  • The rate of AI reviews on Daraz fluctuated from 2018 to 2022 and remained relatively low, with percentages of 2.71% or less.
  • Following the launch of ChatGPT in 2022, levels began to climb, hitting 4.65% in 2023.
  • By 2024, AI-generated reviews made up 8.67% of total reviews on Daraz.
  • This significant increase suggests a growing reliance on generative AI tools for content creation in digital marketplaces

2018 to 2024: AI Daraz Reviews Increased by 546%

Our analysis of AI-generated reviews on Daraz reveals some notable trends from 2018 to 2024

In 2018, only 1.34% of the total reviews on Daraz were flagged as likely AI-written, indicating minimal use of the technology at the time. 

This relatively low percentage remained relatively stable (despite minor fluctuations) throughout the next few years, with only a slight increase to 2.71% in 2019, and minor decreases to 2.43% in 2020 and 1.49% in 2021.

However, a consistent upward trend appears from 2022 to 2024

The rate of AI-generated reviews on Daraz, which was at 1.74% in 2022, jumped to 4.65% in 2023 and 8.67% in 2024.

From 2018 to 2024, AI-generated reviews on Daraz increased by 546% (rounded from 545.85%).

In 2024, 8.67% of Daraz Reviews Were Likely AI

Most Daraz reviews are still likely human-written, accounting for 91.3% of total reviews. 

Yet, a jump from 1.34% (in 2018) to 8.67% (by 2024) is significant. 

What’s more, it mirrors similar trends of increasing AI-generated reviews on other platforms such as Flipkart, AliExpress, Shein, and Alibaba, suggesting a broader reliance on AI technologies across digital marketplaces.

This rapid growth could be attributed to a range of factors, including:

  • Broader technological advancements
  • The mobile integration of AI tools
  • An increased awareness of generative AI overall

After all, the upward trend of AI-generated reviews on Daraz notably increased following 2022, the same year OpenAI first introduced ChatGPT to the world.

These changes have made it easier for users — and potentially automated systems — to generate and submit reviews, reshaping how feedback is produced and consumed on platforms like Daraz. However, this convenience may also introduce new challenges, especially for platforms trying to maintain consumer trust.

Implications of AI Daraz Reviews

A 546% increase in AI-generated reviews on Daraz in recent years points to a growing reliance on automated content creation within e-commerce platforms. 

However, as generative AI tools continue to advance and become even more accessible, they present potential risks to consumer trust and decision-making processes.

Many consumers depend on genuine peer reviews to make informed purchasing decisions, and AI just can’t replace real human experience. It can only copy or paraphrase other people’s reviews, which aren’t exactly helpful. Even worse, AI hallucinations and factual errors can further complicate things by misrepresenting product quality and reliability.

Over time, this can erode trust in both individual reviews and the platform itself. For marketplaces like Daraz, maintaining that trust can be essential to long-term user engagement 

Therefore, those in the e-commerce space may increasingly need to implement robust AI detection and moderation strategies. 

Without effective ways to identify and manage AI-generated reviews, there is an increased risk of losing that all-important consumer confidence, potentially impacting platform reputation and user engagement negatively.

Final Thoughts

This study highlights that the presence of generative AI content is growing in online marketplaces like Daraz, especially over the past few years. 

The sharp rise in AI-generated reviews on Daraz from 2018 to 2024 is something that can be mitigated with the right strategies in place. 

To help avoid issues with AI reviews, Daraz and similar platforms should consider:

  • Using AI detectors to flag likely AI content during the review submission process
  • Educating consumers about AI-generated reviews and how to identify them
  • Introducing transparency measures to help users understand the type of content they’re reading
  • Updating moderation policies to address AI reviews and discourage them

As generative AI tools become even more advanced, it’s important for e-commerce platforms to be proactive, not reactive. Not just to preserve the integrity of their review systems, but to maintain the trust of customers who rely on them.

Do you know if you’re reading human-written or AI-generated reviews? Use Originality.ai’s AI Detector to spot the difference today.

Read more about how AI has impacted other platforms:

Methodology

This study uses a data-driven approach to measure AI-generated reviews on Daraz from 2018 to 2024. The dataset includes user reviews with timestamps and binary labels indicating whether each review is likely AI-generated, based on a pre-trained AI detection model.

Timestamps were standardized to extract publication years, and data was cleaned to remove invalid entries. Reviews were grouped by year to calculate the annual percentage of AI-generated content.

A line chart visualizes trends over time, while an exploded pie chart shows the 2024 breakdown of AI vs. human-written reviews. Data processing and visualizations were done in Python using pandas and matplotlib.

The study highlights the rise in AI-generated content over time and offers a replicable method for analyzing review authenticity across platforms.

Madeleine Lambert

Madeleine Lambert is the Director of Marketing and Sales at Originality.ai, with over a decade of experience in SEO and content creation. She previously owned and operated a successful content marketing agency, which she scaled and exited. Madeleine specializes in digital PR—contact her for media inquiries and story collaborations.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Why is it important to check for plagiarism?

Tools for conducting a plagiarism check between two documents online are important as it helps to ensure the originality and authenticity of written work. Plagiarism undermines the value of professional and educational institutions, as well as the integrity of the authors who write articles. By checking for plagiarism, you can ensure the work that you produce is original or properly attributed to the original author. This helps prevent the distribution of copied and misrepresented information.

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String comparison is a fundamental operation in text comparison tools that involves comparing two sequences of characters to determine if they are identical or not. This comparison can be done at the character level or at a higher level, such as the word or sentence level.

The most basic form of string comparison is the equality test, where the two strings are compared character by character and a Boolean result indicating whether they are equal or not is returned. More sophisticated string comparison algorithms use heuristics and statistical models to determine the similarity between two strings, even if they are not exactly the same. These algorithms often use techniques such as edit distance, which measures the minimum number of operations (such as insertions, deletions, and substitutions) required to transform one string into another.

Another common technique for string comparison is n-gram analysis, where the strings are divided into overlapping sequences of characters (n-grams) and the frequency of each n-gram is compared between the two strings. This allows for a more nuanced comparison that takes into account partial similarities, rather than just exact matches.

String comparison is a crucial component of text comparison tools, as it forms the basis for determining the similarities and differences between texts. The results of the string comparison can then be used to generate a report or visual representation of the similarities and differences between the texts.

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Syntax highlighting is a feature of text editors and integrated development environments (IDEs) that helps to visually distinguish different elements of a code or markup language. It does this by coloring different elements of the code, such as keywords, variables, functions, and operators, based on a predefined set of rules.

The purpose of syntax highlighting is to make the code easier to read and understand, by drawing attention to the different elements and their structure. For example, keywords may be colored in a different hue to emphasize their importance, while comments or strings may be colored differently to distinguish them from the code itself. This helps to make the code more readable, reducing the cognitive load of the reader and making it easier to identify potential syntax errors.

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