AI Insights · Timothy · March 2025
Top 5 Carpooling and Ridesharing Apps in New Zealand: Q1 2025 Insights
Explore the performance trends of the top carpooling and ridesharing apps in New Zealand for Q1 2025, with key insights on downloads and active users.
The first quarter of 2025 saw interesting trends in the carpooling and ridesharing app market in New Zealand. The data, sourced from Sensor Tower, highlights the performance of the top five apps on a unified platform.
Uber - Request a ride showed consistent weekly downloads, peaking at approximately 7.2K in mid-February. Active users increased steadily from 190K to 240K by the end of March, indicating growing engagement.
Grab: Taxi Ride, Food Delivery experienced a decline in downloads initially, with a low of about 1.4K in late February. However, there was a recovery towards the end of the quarter, reaching nearly 1.9K. Active users also increased from 44.6K to 47.9K, showing resilience in user retention.
The DiDi Rider: Affordable rides app maintained stable download numbers around the 1.6K mark throughout the quarter. Active users fluctuated but ultimately showed a slight increase from 6.5K to 8.3K, reflecting steady usage.
For Uber - Driver: Drive & Deliver, downloads remained consistent, with a slight increase towards March, peaking at nearly 1.5K. Active users saw a minor decline from 26K to 24.6K, suggesting a stable but slightly declining user base.
Lastly, YourRide - NZ’s No.1 Taxi App observed an increase in downloads, reaching over 1.2K in mid-February, before stabilizing around 1K by the end of the quarter.
These insights provide a snapshot of the competitive landscape of ridesharing apps in New Zealand. For more detailed data and analysis, visit Sensor Tower.
