Top 5 Carpooling and Ridesharing Apps in Bulgaria Q4 2023

During the fourth quarter of 2023, the carpooling and ridesharing app market in Bulgaria saw a variety of trends across downloads and weekly active users. Here’s a closer look at the performance of the top 5 apps in this category.

Uber - Request a ride experienced a noticeable decline in downloads, starting at around 1.2K in late September and dropping to approximately 620 by mid-December, before recovering slightly to 929 in the final week of December. Weekly active users for the app showed a consistent upward trend, beginning at 33K at the end of September and reaching 35.3K by the end of December.

Bolt: Request a Ride showed fluctuating download numbers, starting at 587 in late September, peaking at 714 in the last week of December. Meanwhile, weekly active users for Bolt saw a gradual increase, starting at 5.7K and ending the quarter at around 6.4K.

Uber - Driver: Drive & Deliver had a steady decline in downloads, with numbers falling from 357 in late September to 218 by mid-December and slightly increasing to 229 in the final week of December. The app's weekly active users remained relatively stable, starting at 1.4K and ending the quarter at 1.4K as well.

BlaBlaCar: Carpooling and Bus faced a downward trend in downloads, beginning at 177 in late September and decreasing to 126 by the last week of December. Weekly active users for BlaBlaCar also showed a slight decline, starting at 957 and ending at 863 over the same period.

Careem – rides, food & more had relatively stable download numbers, ranging from 116 in late September to 144 by the end of December. The weekly active users for Careem saw a small increase, from 249 in late September to 314 at the end of December.

These insights come from Sensor Tower, where more detailed analytics and trends can be explored.