Lagos Tops List Of States With Highest Active Internet Subscribers In Q4 2022 – NBS

• The NBS said Lagos had the highest active internet and voice subscribers in the country.

• The total number of active internet subscribers in Nigeria rose by 9.07% from Q4 2021 to Q4 2022.

• The total number of voice subscribers across the country grew by 13.87% from Q4 2021 to Q4 2022.

Eko Hot Blog reports that Lagos State had the highest number of active internet subscribers in Nigeria in the fourth quarter of 2022.

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) made the disclosure in its Telecoms Data: Active Voice and Internet per State, Porting and Tariff Information (Q4 2022) report released on Friday.

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According to the NBS, the number of active internet subscribers in Lagos in Q4 2022 stood at 18,702,394.

The ‘Centre of Excellence’ was followed by Ogun State with 9,206,614 and Kano State with 8,470,131.

On the other hand, Bayelsa State recorded the least active internet subscribers with 1,101,002, followed by Ebonyi and Ekiti States with 1,264,825 and 1,474,970 respectively.

The total number of active internet subscribers stood at 154,847,901 from 141,971,560 reported in Q4 2021, showing an increase of 9.07%.

Meanwhile, the NBS report revealed that the total number of active voice subscribers in Q4 2022 was 222,571,568 from the 195,463,898 reported in Q4 2021, indicating a growth rate of 13.87%.

“On a quarter-on-quarter basis, this grew by 4.89%. Also, in Q4 2022, On a quarter-on-quarter basis, this grew by 1.35%,” the report reads.

On state profile analysis, Lagos State also had the highest number of active voice subscribers in Q4 2022 with 26,460,867, followed by Ogun with 12,994,352 and Kano with 12,373,201.

On the other hand, Bayelsa State recorded the least with 1,571,692, followed by Ebonyi and Ekiti States with 1,920,996 and 2,001,846 respectively.

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The NBS said the data is provided by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the bureau verified and validated it.

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