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<ownershipDocument>

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    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2025-04-16</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001579091</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Maplebear Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CART</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001962727</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Simo Fidji</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O MAPLEBEAR INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>50 BEALE STREET, SUITE 600</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SAN FRANCISCO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94105</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>PRESIDENT AND CEO</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>0</aff10b5One>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2025-04-16</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>508259</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>2154685</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The shares represent restricted stock units (RSUs).  Seven percent (7%) of the RSUs vest on the first, second and third quarterly anniversaries of May 15, 2026, and the remainder of the RSUs vest in 3 equal quarterly installments thereafter, subject to continued service through each vesting date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Bradley Libuit, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2025-04-17</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
