My latest digital stats post focuses on on China’s largest ride sharing company, Didi Chuxing.

Here are the more interesting Didi facts and statistics I was able to dig up recently. As always, I will be adding more and updating these periodically as I find new stuff. Be sure to check back regularly.

Didi Facts

Website: didichuxing.com
Launch Year: 2012
Headquarters: Beijing, China
Founders: Cheng Wei, Zhang Bo, Wu Rui

What is Didi?

Didi Chuxing is the world’s largest comprehensive one-stop mobile transportation platform. (source)

Didi Statistics

How many people use Didi?

550 million

Last updated 6/7/18

Average number of rides per day with Didi Chuxing:

30 million rides

Last updated 6/7/18

Didi Chuxing’s estimated annual run rate in gross bookings:

$20 billion

Last updated 10/26/16

Number of Chinese cities Didi Chuxing is available in:

400 cities

Last updated 12/21/17

Number of partners for Didi’s auto services platform:

7,500

Last updated 8/6/18

Annualized gross merchandise volume of the Didi auto services platform:

RMB 37 billion ($5 billion)

Last updated April 2018

Expected annualized gross merchandise volume of the Didi auto services platform by the end of 2018:

RMB 90 billion ($13 billion)

Last updated 8/6/18

Didi Chuxing’s reported valuation:

$56 billion

Last updated 12/21/17

Number of registered drivers Didi Chuxing covers:

21 million

Last updated 3/19/18

Number of Didi drivers that are women:

2.3 million

Last updated 3/7/18

Percentage of Didi drivers that are women:

10%

Last updated 3/7/18

Amount Apple has invested in Didi Chuxing:

$1 billion

Value of the Uber/Didi Chinese operations merger:

$30 billion

Distance Didi users traveled in 2018:

48.8 billion kilometers

Number of lost items returned to Didi passengers in 2018:

1.13 million

Reported amount that Didi lost in 2017:

$400 million

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I try to go through each and every stat regularly and update as much as possible, but we all know that some stats are easier to track down than others. As always, every stat is linked to its original source and has the source date listed.