Which travel apps were the most popular in the first half of 2013 for the United States and the United Kingdom?
That question was answered this month in a report by Kevin Kopelman, equity research analyst at investment bank Cowen & Company. He crunched the numbers from benchmarking services AppData and App Annie.
Here are his estimated six-month average rankings, based on reported average monthly rankings between January 1 and June 16:
UNITED STATES
Top 10 iPhone apps, ranked
Hotels.com
Expedia
Booking.com
Kayak
TripAdvisor
Hotel Tonight
Priceline
Orbitz
Airbnb
HomeAway
Top 10 iPad apps, ranked:
Hotels.com
Expedia
TripAdvisor
Booking.com
Kayak
Orbitz
Travelocity
Hotel Tonight
Priceline
Skyscanner
Top 10 Android apps, ranked:
Kayak
Expedia
TripAdvisor
Hotels.com
Orbitz
Priceline
Hotel Tonight
Skyscanner
Travelocity
Booking.com
UNITED KINGDOM
Top 10 iPhone apps, ranked
Hotels.com
Expedia
TripAdvisor
Booking.com
Skyscanner
Airbnb
Hotel Tonight
Trivago
Kayak
HomeAway
Top 10 iPad apps, ranked
Hotels.com
TripAdvisor
Booking.com
Skyscanner
Expedia
Hotel Tonight
Kayak
Trivago
HomeAway
Airbnb
Top 10 Android apps, ranked
TripAdvisor
Skyscanner
Booking.com
Expedia
Hotels.com
Kayak
Trivago
Airbnb
Hotel Tonight
HomeAway
CORRECTION: 26 June
Last night we re-published the analyst report's rankings for mobile apps for Germany and France. But, based on the comments we received from readers, we're removing them until we can independently verify the data. I regret my mistake in posting this data uncritically.
NB: Image courtesy of MTA.