Performance of Top 5 Carpooling and Ridesharing Apps on Android in New Zealand Q3 2021

During the third quarter of 2021, the top 5 carpooling and ridesharing apps on the Android platform in New Zealand showed varied performance trends in terms of downloads and active users. Here's a closer look at each app's performance based on data from Sensor Tower.

Uber - Request a ride experienced fluctuating weekly downloads, starting at around 2.2K in late June and dropping to as low as 396 in late August before climbing back to 1.3K by the end of September. The app's weekly active users also varied, starting at 86.2K and reaching a peak of 92.2K in mid-September, before settling at 71.1K by the end of the quarter.

Ola: Book Cab, Auto, Bike Taxi saw a decline in weekly downloads from approximately 1.9K at the start of the quarter to just 218 by the end of August, with a slight recovery to 477 by the end of September. Active users decreased from around 25.9K in early July to a low of 15.1K in late August, followed by a rise to 24.7K at the close of the quarter.

For Uber - Driver: Drive & Deliver, weekly downloads began at 874 and saw a dip to 274 in late August, before increasing to 834 by the end of September. Active user numbers showed slight fluctuations, starting at 8.7K and peaking at 9.5K in early September, ending the quarter at 9.2K.

DiDi Rider: Affordable rides had a consistent decline in weekly downloads from 696 in late June to 157 by late September. Active users followed a similar trend, starting at 6.4K and decreasing to 4.2K by the end of August, with a slight increase to 5.3K by the end of September.

Finally, Ola Driver showed a significant drop in weekly downloads from 709 at the beginning of the quarter to a mere 47 in late August, with a slight recovery to 138 by the end of September. Active users also saw a decline from 2.8K to 1.3K in late August, with a recovery to 2.3K by mid-September, ending the quarter at 2.1K.

These insights were provided by Sensor Tower. For more in-depth analysis and data, visit Sensor Tower.