Lagos leads as active internet users hit 164m in Q1, 2024

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the number of active internet subscribers in Nigeria rose to 164,368,292 in the first quarter of 2024 from the 157,551,104 recorded in the first quarter of 2023.

In a report on Monday titled ‘Telecoms Data: Active Voice and Internet per State, Porting and Tariff Information (Q1 2024),’ NBS said this shows a year-on-year increase of 4.33 percent, while it grew by 0.32 percent on a quarter-on-quarter basis.

NBS said in state profile analysis, the highest number of active voice subscribers was recorded in Lagos state at 25,956,074, followed by Ogun with 12,672,990 and Kano with 11,931,128.

According to the data, Bayelsa recorded the least with 1,608,473, followed by Ebonyi and Ekiti with 1,885,657 and 1,969,568, respectively.

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It said Lagos had the highest number of active internet subscribers with 18,841,943, followed by Ogun with 9,528,795 and Kano with 9,067,983.

The bureau said the least number of active internet subscribers was recorded in Bayelsa with 1,201,601, followed by Ebonyi with 1,401,626 and Ekiti with 1,545,729.

MTN had the highest share of subscriptions in Q1 2024.

However, the number of active voice subscribers in Nigeria dropped to 219.3 million in the first quarter (Q1) of 2024, representing a 3.03 percent decrease compared to 226.16 million recorded in the same period in 2023.

“On a quarter-on-quarter basis, active voice subscribers fell by 2.41%,” the bureau said.