Q4 2020 Performance of Carpooling Apps in Latin America on Android

As the year 2020 came to a close, the carpooling and ridesharing sector in Latin America experienced notable trends in app usage on the Android platform. Sensor Tower provides a detailed look at the performance of the top apps in this category.

Uber - Request a ride saw a fluctuation in downloads throughout Q4, starting at approximately 443K in the last week of September and peaking at around 567K in the third week of December. The weekly active users for Uber showed an upward trend, beginning with close to 18.6M and reaching nearly 21.6M in the second week of December before dropping to around 18M by the year's end.

inDrive. Save on city rides experienced a dip in downloads early in Q4, with numbers falling from 478K to around 350K in mid-October. However, the app rebounded to 473K downloads by the third week of December. The active users showed a growth pattern, starting at roughly 4M and increasing to over 5M by the third week of December.

DiDi Rider: Affordable rides downloads remained steady with an initial 277K in late September and rising to 473K by the third week of December. The app's weekly active users mirrored this consistent increase, starting at about 3.8M and peaking at nearly 5M in mid-December.

For Uber - Driver: Drive & Deliver, the downloads saw a significant increase from 66K in the last week of September to a high of 196K in the third week of December. Weekly active users were relatively stable, with minor fluctuations, starting with approximately 1.46M and ending the quarter with around 1.41M.

Lastly, DiDi Driver: Drive & Earn Cash showed a mixed trend in downloads, peaking at 94K in mid-October and then decreasing to about 53K by the end of December. The app's weekly active users saw a slight increase from 380K to 442K over the quarter.

For more insights and detailed analytics on app performance, Sensor Tower's platform remains a valuable resource for industry professionals and market analysts.