States in Nigeria with largest internet subscribers as of March 2022
Research Team by Research Team June 28, 2022 in Tech News

Lagos, Ogun, and Kano State led the list of states in Nigeria with the highest number of internet subscribers as of March 2022, jointly accounting for 23.8% of the total internet subscriber base in the country.

This is according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

Internet subscribers in Nigeria increased marginally by 0.62% year-on-year to 145.85 million as of March 2022 compared to 144.95 million subscribers recorded as of the corresponding period of 2021. MTN Nigeria, Glo, and Airtel led the list of telcos with the highest internet customer base with 60.7 million, 39.57 million, and 39.4 million subscribers respectively.

In terms of porting activities, Airtel recorded the highest number of customer departures in the first quarter of the year, with MTN receiving the most in the review quarter.
Notably, a total of 6,393 airtel subscribers ported out in Q1 2022, while 1,452 new subscribers ported to MTN.
A further check reveals that Abuja recorded the highest number of internet subscriber increase on a year-on-year basis, with 487,197 additional subscribers to stand at 7.7 million, followed by Anambra, and Lagos State with 286,143 and 248,314 additional subscribers respectively.

Breakdown of top states by internet subscribers in ascending order.

5. Abuja – 7.11 million
The country’s capital accounted for 4.9% of the total internet subscribers in the country as of March 2022 at 7.11 million subscribers. Its internet subscribers increased by 487,197 year-on-year from 6.62 million recorded in the corresponding period of 2021.

4. Oyo State – 7.52 million
Oyo State, housing the largest city in West Africa and neighboring states to Lagos and Ogun State recorded total internet subscribers of 7.52 million as of the end of the first quarter of the year, representing 5.2% of the total internet subscribers in the country.

However, the number of internet subscribers in the state reduced by 213,612 from 7.74 million recorded in Q1 2021 to 7.52 million in the review period.

3. Kano State – 8.36 million
In the highly populated state, Kano recorded a total internet subscriber base of 8.36 million as of March 2022, accounting for 5.7% of the total internet subscribers as of the same period. The state recorded 35,336 new subscribers on a year-on-year from 8.33 million recorded as of March 2021.

2. Ogun State – 8.54 million
Ogun State, which is a neighboring state to Lagos and a center for many industries in the country recorded a total internet subscriber base of 8.54 million as of March 2022, which accounts for 5.9% of the total subscribers recorded in the period under review.

However, its subscriber base was reduced on a year-on-year basis, dropping by 155,951 from 8.69 million subscribers recorded as of March 2021 to 8.54 million in Q1 2022.

1. Lagos State – 17.84 million
Lagos State, the economic hub of the nation recorded the highest number of internet subscribers in the review quarter at 17.84 million, representing 12.2% of the total internet subscribers in the country.

The number of internet subscribers in the state increased by 248,314 year-on-year from 17.59 million subscribers recorded as of the same period of 2021 to 17.84 million.

Other States
Kaduna – 6.78 million
Rivers – 5.21 million
Delta – 5.13 million
Edo – 5.08 million
Niger – 4.65 million

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States in Nigeria with largest internet subscribers as of March 2022
Research Team by Research Team June 28, 2022 in Tech News

Lagos, Ogun, and Kano State led the list of states in Nigeria with the highest number of internet subscribers as of March 2022, jointly accounting for 23.8% of the total internet subscriber base in the country.

This is according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

Internet subscribers in Nigeria increased marginally by 0.62% year-on-year to 145.85 million as of March 2022 compared to 144.95 million subscribers recorded as of the corresponding period of 2021. MTN Nigeria, Glo, and Airtel led the list of telcos with the highest internet customer base with 60.7 million, 39.57 million, and 39.4 million subscribers respectively.

In terms of porting activities, Airtel recorded the highest number of customer departures in the first quarter of the year, with MTN receiving the most in the review quarter.
Notably, a total of 6,393 airtel subscribers ported out in Q1 2022, while 1,452 new subscribers ported to MTN.
A further check reveals that Abuja recorded the highest number of internet subscriber increase on a year-on-year basis, with 487,197 additional subscribers to stand at 7.7 million, followed by Anambra, and Lagos State with 286,143 and 248,314 additional subscribers respectively.

Breakdown of top states by internet subscribers in ascending order.

5. Abuja – 7.11 million
The country’s capital accounted for 4.9% of the total internet subscribers in the country as of March 2022 at 7.11 million subscribers. Its internet subscribers increased by 487,197 year-on-year from 6.62 million recorded in the corresponding period of 2021.

4. Oyo State – 7.52 million
Oyo State, housing the largest city in West Africa and neighboring states to Lagos and Ogun State recorded total internet subscribers of 7.52 million as of the end of the first quarter of the year, representing 5.2% of the total internet subscribers in the country.

However, the number of internet subscribers in the state reduced by 213,612 from 7.74 million recorded in Q1 2021 to 7.52 million in the review period.

3. Kano State – 8.36 million
In the highly populated state, Kano recorded a total internet subscriber base of 8.36 million as of March 2022, accounting for 5.7% of the total internet subscribers as of the same period. The state recorded 35,336 new subscribers on a year-on-year from 8.33 million recorded as of March 2021.

2. Ogun State – 8.54 million
Ogun State, which is a neighboring state to Lagos and a center for many industries in the country recorded a total internet subscriber base of 8.54 million as of March 2022, which accounts for 5.9% of the total subscribers recorded in the period under review.

However, its subscriber base was reduced on a year-on-year basis, dropping by 155,951 from 8.69 million subscribers recorded as of March 2021 to 8.54 million in Q1 2022.

1. Lagos State – 17.84 million
Lagos State, the economic hub of the nation recorded the highest number of internet subscribers in the review quarter at 17.84 million, representing 12.2% of the total internet subscribers in the country.

The number of internet subscribers in the state increased by 248,314 year-on-year from 17.59 million subscribers recorded as of the same period of 2021 to 17.84 million.

Other States
Kaduna – 6.78 million
Rivers – 5.21 million
Delta – 5.13 million
Edo – 5.08 million
Niger – 4.65 million

https://nairametrics.com/2022/06/28/states-in-nigeria-with-largest-internet-subscribers-as-of-march-2022/

XerXers:

Igbos are busy making money in their markets

LeoDeKing:
No state in my zone is there.

Anyway, we don't need Internet in our worthless and backward zone. We have abandoned our undeveloped states for other states like Lagos, Ogun, Abuja, Kano etc.

FreeStuffsNG:
That is what I thought as well but those in the markets use phone , make calls, build houses, send children to school, do voters registration, give birth , etc nah yet data from these parts of HDI are always very low for the whole SE.

These are data captured with better tools now. For weeks now there has been intense mobilization for voters registration in the SE and videos even shared online yet the whole new voters registeted for the whole 5 SE Igbo states is less than that of Osun state

FreeStuffsNG:


This is the second demographic/ developmental data I am reading today where the SE is having no representation in the top states because of their low population numbers which makes me to doubt the imagined official population of the SE. Official population of Igbo in SE is inflated and needs to be thoroughly and scientifically investigated.

All these data, land mass and satelite images are pointers that the SE population may have been inflated.

Igbo are actually far smaller in population than the anogue census data estimate.

These low numbers are not coincidental and are data obtained with better data capture tools unlike in the past.

Is this the reality the politicians know in the political turf that Igbo do not have a high population which made the leading parties not to take their flagbearers and running mates from the SE?

All data from SE, even international data on SE, are conflating into low population of Igbo.

The whole population of Igbo in the 5 Igbo SE states may not even be more populous than Oyo state or Kaduna or Katsina with dorminant monoethnic groups yet the SE has 5 states and LGAs more than each of those states! Should this not be investigated just to be sure that funds are actually reaching real citizens and not ghost citizens.

Is there another tribe now displacing Igbo as the 3rd most populous or the linguistic spread of Igbo language responsible for the masking of the reality of low Igbo population is now being eliminated with better data capture technology tools ?

XerXers:

And you didn't see people stranded in SE over inadequate machines and staff? Igbos are not restricted to SE. ode. Where is your Osun in important data?

LeoDeKing:
No state in my zone is there.

Anyway, we don't need Internet in our worthless and backward zone. We have abandoned our undeveloped states for other states like Lagos, Ogun, Abuja, Kano etc.

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VaginaMiners:
Sophisticated for a reason .
May Almighty God bless Late Chief Obafemi Awolowo and his generation.

The SW is easily the most advanced , populated and economic prosperous region in Nigeria .

XerXers:

Yorubas desperately looking for meaningless data to celebrate. A primitive urge to find strength in numbers. We are talking money

VaginaMiners:

Osu jew , you mean there are more Osus outside the SE than in the SE

Is there an epidemic in the SE that the rest of us do not know about ?
What is chasing you folks out of the eldorado Peter Obi and Co created ??

VaginaMiners:


Do you think this is about mpummiri or organ mining
Your zone is the poverty capital of the South for a reason
There's something about the east that is cursed.. North East, South East, Middle East , AfghanEASTERN etc

XerXers:

Afonjas use small area of land to judge data on absolute numbers. Why not per capital or per square kilometers? Afonjas are illiterates

VaginaMiners:

Hide your face with your 10 year old fake thrash abeg
I was in secondary school 10 years ago but today I'm done with medical school, hj and nysc

You see how hilarious your take is. 10 years is a fvcking long time man

Making money while your folks can't afford money for data or smart phone . Ironically , those clowns are the loudest on Internet

Poor bastards

XerXers:

We are talking money, you are talking nonesense

VaginaMiners:

E say per capita
Perhaps you could help with it
Goan fight the people that released the data nah

Osu, you belong to the poverty capital of Southern Nigeria

VaginaMiners:

Which money osu amaka
Folorunsho Alakija, a Yoruba woman is richer than all your effeminate wrapper tying traders
She's a billionaire in Dollars. A feat no chest beating Okoro can never attain

XerXers:

You be mumu with your useless free education claim. If you are educated you will know that the actual data that worth celebrating should be by percentage of population or per square kilometers.

XerXers:

Another idiotic reasoning. What is the average disposable income for your common man on your streets?

VaginaMiners:

Kindly help us with that nah abi why are you convulsing.
Osu, your region is now dragging with the war torn North East economically
Yoruba Lagba !!

XerXers:

Ode. You can continue looking for strength in numbers, a sign of weakness. We are talking money

VaginaMiners:

Osu, tell us nah
This is a verifiable data from a reputable organisation.
Don't bore me with your unintelligent radio biafravd rubbish

E say disposable income
But your folks are entering night bus to come and hawk gala on the streets of Challenge and Molete

VaginaMiners:

Kindly help us with that nah abi why are you convulsing.
Osu, your region is now dragging with the war torn North East economically
Yoruba Lagba !!

VaginaMiners:

Osu, tell us nah
This is a verifiable data from a reputable organisation.
Don't bore me with your unintelligent radio biafravd rubbish

E say disposable income
But your folks are entering night bus to come and hawk gala on the streets of Challenge and Molete

VaginaMiners:

Osu jew , you mean there are more Osus outside the SE than in the SE

Is there an epidemic in the SE that the rest of us do not know about ?
What is chasing you folks out of the eldorado Peter Obi and Co created ??

VaginaMiners:

You are the almajiri of the South.
The War torn North East is doing better than the SE

I think I should start believing that DITIRI GUY OF Ijaw republic.
Seems yeebos are not part of the big 3 afterall

XerXers:

Afonja coward is calling for help, lol. A primitive urge to find strength in numbers, a sign of weakness.