Here are a few of the most interesting Didi facts and statistics I was able to dig up. As always, be sure to check back in the future as I will be updating this post as new and updated stats become available.

Didi Facts

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

What is Didi?

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

Top Didi Competitors:

• Uber
• Gett
• Lyft
• Grab
• Ola
• BlaBlaCar
• Go-Jek

Didi Statistics

How many people use Didi?

550 million

Last updated 7/10/19

Number of Didi trips per year:

10 billion

Last updated 7/10/19

Reported Didi profit in 2021:

$1 billion

Average number of rides per day with  Didi Chuxing:

30 million rides

Last updated 6/7/18

Number of people n China that have used the English-language version of Didi:

2 million users

Last updated 9/26/19

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 1/23/20

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

Reported amount that Didi lost in the first half of 2018:

$584 million

Number of rides booked on  Didi Chuxing in 2015:

1.43 billion

Last updated 1/11/16

Didi's reported share of the China car-hailing market:

93%

Last updated 1/23/20

Percentage of  Didi Chuxing's users that are between 25-30 years old:

41%

Last updated 7/31/16

Number of taxis  Didi Chuxing covers:

over 1 million

Last updated 1/14/15

Average number of daily rides on Didi Express Pool:

1.57 million

Last updated 3/23/16

Percentage of Didi employees that are women:

40%

Last updated 3/30/17

Percentage of Didi employees that are men:

60%

Last updated 3/30/17

Amount of data Didi collects daily:

2,000 terabytes

Last updated 5/5/17