AI Insights · Timothy · January 2022
Top 5 Travel and Local Apps in the US for Q4 2021
Discover the performance trends of the leading travel and local apps in the US during Q4 2021, including weekly downloads, active users, and more.
Explore the performance of the top travel and local apps in the United States for the fourth quarter of 2021, based on data from Sensor Tower. This analysis covers key metrics such as weekly downloads and active users for the top 5 apps: Hopper: Hotels, Flights & Cars, Upside: Cash Back - Gas & Food, Google Earth, Booking.com: Hotels & Travel, and Airbnb.
Hopper: Hotels, Flights & Cars saw a consistent decline in weekly downloads, starting at approximately 252K in late September and dropping to around 174K by mid-December. The app experienced a resurgence in the last week of December, reaching 244K downloads. Active users displayed a similar trend, peaking at about 1.28M in late September and fluctuating throughout the quarter, ending the year at approximately 1.28M.
Upside: Cash Back - Gas & Food had a notable peak in downloads early in the quarter, with 314K downloads in early October. This figure gradually declined, hitting a low of 79K in early December before increasing to 230K by the end of the year. Active users mirrored this pattern, starting at 1.44M in late September, peaking at 1.89M in the last week of December.
Google Earth maintained a relatively stable download rate, with weekly downloads hovering around 150K to 160K for most of the quarter. A significant spike occurred in early December, with downloads reaching 289K. Active users remained fairly consistent, with a slight increase from 1.03M in late September to approximately 1.01M by the end of December.
Booking.com: Hotels & Travel showed a steady increase in downloads, starting at 117K in late September and climbing to 167K by the end of December. Active users also increased over the quarter, starting at 2.39M and reaching 2.46M by the end of December.
Airbnb experienced consistent weekly downloads, beginning at 158K in late September and ending the quarter with 202K downloads. Active users followed an upward trend, starting at 4.04M and peaking at 4.40M in the final week of December.
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