Top 5 Carpooling and Ridesharing Apps on Android in Africa: Q3 2022

The third quarter of 2022 saw notable trends in the performance of the top carpooling and ridesharing apps on Android in Africa. According to data from Sensor Tower, here is a detailed look at the top five apps: inDrive. Save on city rides, Bolt: Request a Ride, Yango — different from a taxi, Uber - Request a ride, and DiDi Rider: Affordable rides.

inDrive. Save on city rides experienced a consistent increase in weekly downloads, peaking at approximately 181K in the final week of September. Active users also showed a positive trend, increasing from around 995K at the end of June to roughly 1.1M by the end of September.

For Bolt: Request a Ride, weekly downloads fluctuated but generally hovered around the 130K mark, with a peak of about 147K in early July. Active users saw a slight dip around mid-August but recovered to reach about 2.1M by the end of September.

Yango — different from a taxi showed a significant increase in weekly downloads in mid-July, reaching approximately 128K. However, downloads saw a decline towards the end of the quarter, dropping to around 79K. Active users followed a similar trend, peaking at about 195K in mid-September before stabilizing around 194K by the end of the month.

Uber - Request a ride maintained a steady download rate throughout the quarter, with weekly downloads ranging from 80K to 111K. Active users showed a slight decline from approximately 2.5M in early July to around 2.2M in mid-September, before recovering to about 2.4M by the end of the quarter.

DiDi Rider: Affordable rides experienced a notable decline in weekly downloads, dropping from around 102K at the beginning of July to about 54K by mid-September. Active users followed a similar pattern, decreasing from approximately 303K in early July to roughly 248K by mid-September, before a slight recovery to around 279K at the end of the quarter.

For more detailed insights and data, visit Sensor Tower.