AI Insights · Timothy · January 2022
Top 5 Maps and Navigation Apps in the UK for Q4 2021
Explore the performance of the top 5 maps and navigation apps in the UK for Q4 2021, including downloads and active user trends.
The fourth quarter of 2021 saw varying performances among the top maps and navigation apps in the United Kingdom. Here, we delve into the weekly download and active user trends for Trainline: Train travel Europe, Waze Navigation & Live Traffic, Uber - Request a ride, Bolt: Request a Ride, and what3words: Navigation & Maps.
Trainline: Train travel Europe experienced a noticeable decline in weekly downloads, starting from approximately 99K in late September and dropping to around 53K by the end of December. Weekly active users for the app saw fluctuations, with a peak of about 2.3M in late October, followed by a significant drop to around 1.7M in mid-December, before slightly rebounding to 1.9M in the final week of the year.
Waze Navigation & Live Traffic saw its weekly downloads decrease gradually from around 68K at the end of September to approximately 46K in late December. The app's weekly active users also showed a downward trend, starting at about 3.1M and ending the quarter at around 2.5M.
Uber - Request a ride maintained relatively high weekly download numbers, beginning at around 112K in late September and decreasing to approximately 66K by the end of December. The app's weekly active users peaked at about 1.9M in late October, followed by a decline to around 1.3M in mid-December, before ending the year at 1.5M.
Bolt: Request a Ride had a more stable performance in terms of weekly downloads, starting at around 74K and fluctuating slightly to end the quarter at approximately 48K. The app's weekly active users showed some variation, with a peak of about 478K in late October and a dip to around 320K in mid-December, before a slight increase to 342K in the last week of the year.
Lastly, what3words: Navigation & Maps observed a steady pattern in weekly downloads, starting at around 41K and ending at approximately 40K in December, with a notable peak of 45K in mid-October. The app's weekly active users saw a decline from around 201K at the end of September to approximately 151K by mid-December, before rising to 187K in the final week of December.
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