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Our annual rundown of the most commonly listed brands of boats on BoatTrader shows perennial market leader Sea Ray with the most listings again this year by more than a 3-to-1 margin over Bayliner.

The shift toward use of smartphones among unique visitors to the Boat Trader website continued during the past 12 months.

Power-cruiser models were the second-most-viewed class of boat on Boat Trader in 2016.

Center console models were the most viewed class on Boat Trader last year. Site visitors looked at listings for center consoles, new and used, about 12.7 million times, nearly double the 6.5 million times that boats in the No. 2 class, power cruisers, were viewed.

Many types of U.S. sellers list new and used-model boats for sale at Boat Trader, ranging from large, multi-office dealers to small shops and private sellers.

Everybody wants a center console! At least that’s the indication in a recent tally of the most-viewed boat classes on the Boat Trader website.

Boat Trader website visitors increasingly continued to shop for boats on mobile devices during the last year and this report drills down to the operating-system level.

Traffic to Boat Trader’s website peaked during the summer in July at 3.37 million unique visitors.

During the last 12 months, millions of visitors to Boat Trader have seen new and used-boat listings, and the most popular class was consistently center consoles.

We’re taking a different look at the most-viewed boat brands on Boat Trader for the 12-month period that ended June 30, focusing this time on used freshwater fishing brands.

In the August issue we listed boat brands by the total number of views their used-boat listings received on Boat Trader. This month we rank brands by the total views of their new-boat listings.

This month we show which brands’ listings received the most views by consumers searching for boats on the site during the 12-month period through the end of June.

Sea Ray, Bayliner, Chaparral and Yamaha models were the most commonly listed used boats for sale on Boat Trader during the 12-month period that ended March 31.

Through the lens of boat searches on the Boat Trader website, we’ve tracked the trend toward increased use of mobile devices periodically in this DataTracker series.

In the third month of our series studying state-by-state interest in the more popular boat classes on Boat Trader, we move from the previous saltwater fishing boats and motoryachts to bowriders.

In the second month of our series studying interest demonstrated on Boat Trader in some of the more popular classes by state, we move from a ranking of listing views of boats for saltwater fishing to motoryachts.

This month we begin a three-month series breaking down the interest in some of the more popular classes by state, starting with boats for saltwater fishing.

The classes of the most-viewed boats on a site such as Boat Trader are a pretty good indication of market interest.

What is the average price of boats offered for sale on Boat Trader and how does it change from year to year?

When consumers search for boats on Boat Trader, what’s most important?

The versatile center console is the most popular class of boats on Boat Trader.

After last month’s look at recent increases in mobile searches at the Boat Trader website, this month we review the mobile operating systems that people who search for boats on the site use.

Consumers’ use of smartphones and tablets to access the Boat Trader website has increased dramatically in the past few years.