The Best Bots of 2017
From January 9 to January 18 Chatbottle users from 65 countries voted 5373 times for the best Travel, Productivity, Social, Entertainment, E-commerce, News, and Editor's Choice bots nominated by 15 experts and influencers!
The community selected 7 the best chatbots for Facebook Messenger, Slack, Kik, Telegram and Skype.
So, the 1st ChatBottle Awards goes to...
Instalocate - the best Travel bot
Meekan - the best Productivity bot
Foxsy - the best Social bot
BFF Trump - the best Entertainment bot
chatShopper - the best E-commerce bot
TechCrunch - the best News bot
Swelly - Editor's Choice bot
There were 36 nominees including the following.
Travel: Instalocate (298 votes) , Kayak (256 votes) , Hipmunk (183 votes) , Skyscanner (137 votes) , Austrian Airlines bot (130 votes) , Mica, the Hipster Cat Bot (90 votes) , Marina Alterra (50 votes)
Productivity: Meekan (355 votes) , Pepper (274 votes) , Zoom (132 votes) , Statsbot (128 votes) , Yala (119 votes) , GrowthBot (52 votes)
Social: Foxsy (354 votes) , Swelly (326 votes) , Poncho (133 votes) , Sensay (71 votes) , Visabot (45 votes)
Entertainment: BFF Trump (265 votes) , Icon8 (120 votes) , Trivia Blast (103 votes) , And Chill (94 votes) , Streak Trivia (68 votes) , COD Messenger (65 votes)
E-commerce: chatShopper (332 votes) , H&M (173 votes) , RemitRadar (74 votes) , Burberry (73 votes) , 1-800-Flowers chatbot (59 votes) , Allset Bot 💀 (51 votes)
News: TechCrunch (331 votes) , CNN (228 votes) , Wall Street Journal (85 votes) , theScore (64 votes) , NewsBytes App (55 votes)