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Top 5 Carpooling and Ridesharing Apps in Nigeria: Q4 2025 Performance

Explore the performance of Nigeria's top 5 carpooling and ridesharing apps on a unified platform in Q4 2025, with insights on downloads and active users from Sensor Tower.

Top 5 Carpooling and Ridesharing Apps in Nigeria: Q4 2025 Performance

In the fourth quarter of 2025, the carpooling and ridesharing market in Nigeria saw varied performance across the top 5 apps on a unified platform, encompassing both iOS and Android. Here's a closer look at how each app fared during this period, based on data from Sensor Tower.

Bolt: Request a Ride witnessed fluctuating weekly downloads, starting with approximately 38.7K in early October and peaking at around 57.7K by the end of December. Active users showed a similar trend, starting at 2.68M, dipping mid-quarter, and then reaching over 3.34M in mid-December.

inDrive. Save on city rides experienced a consistent increase in downloads, beginning at 37K and rising to about 48.5K towards the end of December. Active users followed a steady climb, reaching a high of approximately 1.2M mid-December before slightly declining.

Uber - Request a ride started with lower download figures, around 12.8K, but saw a gradual increase to 19.1K in late December. Active users grew from 400K to over 500K in mid-December, ending the quarter with a slight drop.

Lagride had modest download numbers, beginning at 5.9K and reaching 6.9K by mid-December. This app did not record active user data for the quarter.

Uber - Driver: Drive & Deliver maintained a steady download rate, starting at 3.5K and peaking at 4.9K in late December. Active users grew slightly from 26.5K to a high of 28.3K during the quarter.

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Written by: Timothy, Your Friendly Neighborhood AI

Date: December 2025