Here are a few of the most interesting Uber statistics and facts I was able to dig up including user counts. As always, be sure to check back in the future as I will be updating this post as new and updated stats become available.
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Uber Facts
- Website: Official Website
- Year Founded: 2009
- Headquarters: San Francisco, CA
- Founder(s): Garrett Camp, Travis Kalanick
- Current Chief Executive: Dara Khosrowshahi
- Subsidiary: Uber Eats, Otto, Jump Bikes, Careem
- App Download (iOS)
- App Download (Android)
What is Uber?
We’re committed to your safety at Uber. We’ve established a Door-to-Door Safety Standard to help you feel safe every time you ride. And with Uber, your destination is at your fingertips. Just open the app and enter where you want to go, and a nearby driver will help you get there reliably. (source)
Uber History
- 2009 – Uber launches as UberCab
- 2011 – Uber launches in New York City
- 2011 – Uber expands beyond the US (Paris)
- 2012 – Uber launches in London and launches UberX
- 2013 – Uber launches in Latin America, India, China, Russia, Middle East and Africa
- 2014 – Uber launches UberPool and UberFresh
- 2015 – UberFresh becomes UberEats
- 2016 – Uber China is sold to Didi Chuxing
- 2017 – Dara Khosrowshahi replaces Travis Kalanick as Uber CEO
- 2017 – Uber launches Uber Freight
- 2018 – Uber launches Express POOL, Uber Cash, Uber Pro and Uber Rewards
- 2019 – Uber reportedly buys Careem for $3.1 billion
- 2019 – Uber launches Uber freight in Europe
- 2019 – Uber goes public
Uber User Count
How many people use Uber?
- 2020: 93 million monthly active users
- 2019: 103 million monthly active users
- 2018: 91 million monthly active users
- 2017: 68 million monthly active users
- 2016: 45 million monthly active users
Uber Monthly Active Users Chart 2016-2020 (in millions)
Number of Uber monthly active users (quarterly):
- Q4 2020: 93 million
- Q3 2020: 78 million
- Q2 2020: 55 million
- Q1 2020: 103 million
- Q4 2019: 111 million
- Q3 2019: 103 million
- Q2 2019: 99 million
- Q1 2019: 93 million
- Q4 2018: 91 million
- Q3 2018: 82 million
- Q2 2018: 76 million
- Q1 2018: 70 million
- Q4 2017: 68 million
- Q3 2017: 62 million
- Q2 2017: 57 million
- Q1 2017: 49 million
- Q4 2016: 45 million
- Q3 2016: 33 million
- Q2 2016: 25 million
- Q1 2016: 19 million
Uber Monthly Active Users Chart 2016-2020 (in millions)
Number of Uber app downloads in 2018:
Average monthly trips per active Uber user (quarterly):
- Q4 2018: 5.5
- Q3 2018: 5.5
- Q2 2018: 5.5
- Q1 2018: 5.4
- Q4 2017: 5.4
- Q3 2017: 5.3
- Q2 2017: 5.2
- Q1 2017: 5.2
- Q4 2016: 5.1
- Q3 2016: 5.0
- Q2 2016: 4.9
- Q1 2016: 4.6
How many Uber drivers are there?
Last updated 1/1/21
Uber Revenue Totals
Uber revenue (annual):
Uber Annual Revenue Chart 2014-2020 (In Billions)
- 2020: $11.139 billion
- 2019: $14.147 billion
- 2018: $11.270 billion
- 2017: $7.932 billion
- 2016: $3.845 billion
- 2015: $1.995 billion
- 2014: $495 million
Uber revenue (quarterly):
- Q4 2020: $3.165 billion
- Q3 2020: $2.813 billion
- Q2 2020: $1.913 billion
- Q1 2020: $3.248 billion
- Q4 2019: $4.069 billion
- Q3 2019: $3.81 billion
- Q2 2019: $3.2 billion
- Q1 2019: $3.1 billion
- Q4 2018: $2.97 billion
- Q3 2018: $2.95 billion
- Q2 2018: $2.8 billion
- Q1 2018: $2.5 billion
- Q4 2017: $2.2 billion
- Q3 2017: $2 billion
- Q2 2017: $1.75 billion
- Q1 2017: $3.4 billion
- Q1 2015: $287.3 million
- Q3 2015: $498 million
Uber net income (annual):
Uber Net Income Chart 2014-2020 (In Billions)
- 2020: $6.768 billion loss
- 2019: $8.506 billion loss
- 2018: $987 million
- 2017: $4.033 billion loss
- 2016: $3.246 billion loss
- 2015: $1.590 billion loss
- 2014: $653 million loss
Uber net loss (quarterly):
- Q4 2020: $968 million
- Q3 2020: $1.089 billion
- Q2 2020: $1.775 billion
- Q1 2020: $2.936 billion
- Q4 2019: $1.096 billion
- Q3 2019: $1.2 billion
- Q2 2019: $5.2 billion
- Q1 2019: $1.01 billion
- Q3 2018: $1.07 billion
- Q2 2018: $891 million
- Q1 2018: $601 million
- Q2 2017: $645 million
- Q1 2017: $708 million
Additional Uber Statistics
Amount that Uber has paid drivers to date:
Last updated 4/11/19
Average number of Uber trips per day:
Last updated 6/5/19
Amount that Uber drivers earned in tips in the feature’s first year:
How many Uber trips have been taken?
Last updated 12/6/18
Distance driven by Uber vehicles in 2018:
Number of cities Uber is in:
Last updated 4/11/19
Average number of daily Uber trips:
Last updated 12/6/18
Number of countries Uber is in:
Last updated 12/6/18
Percentage of US Android devices that have Uber installed on them:
Last updated 8/23/16
Uber’s share of the US hailing market in 2018:
Uber’s share of the US hailing market in 2016:
How many people work at Uber?
Last updated 12/31/18
Number of Uber employees in its San Francisco HQ:
Last updated 2/23/17
How many Uber users in India?
Last updated 8/22/17
How many Uber users in London?
Last updated 4/30/19
Uber’s total valuation:
Last updated 5/23/18
Reported amount Uber has raised in funding:
Last updated 5/23/18
According to their lost and found, the most common item to be forgotten in an Uber is a phone.
Number of Uber trips (annual):
- 2020: 5 billion
- 2019: 6.904 billion
- 2018: 5.22 billion
- 2017: 3.736 billion
- 2016: 1.818 billion
- 2014: 140 million
Number of Uber trips (quarterly):
- Q4 2019: 1.907 billion
- Q3 2019: 1.770 billion
- Q2 2019: 1.677 billion
- Q1 2019: 1.550 billion
- Q4 2018: 1.493 billion
- Q3 2018: 1.348 billion
- Q2 2018: 1.242 billion
- Q1 2018: 1.136 billion
- Q4 2017: 1.088 billion
- Q3 2017: 985 million
- Q2 2017: 889 million
- Q1 2017: 774 million
- Q4 2016: 687 million
- Q3 2016: 501 million
- Q2 2016: 362 million
- Q1 2016: 268 million
Uber gross bookings (annual):
- 2020: $58 billion
- 2019: $65.001 billion
- 2018: $49.799 billion
- 2017: $34.409 billion
- 2016: $19.236 billion
Uber gross bookings (quarterly):
- Q4 2019: $18.131 billion
- Q3 2019: $16.465 billion
- Q2 2019: $15.574 billion
- Q1 2019: $14.649 billion
- Q4 2018: $14.169 billion
- Q3 2018: $12.725 billion
- Q2 2018: $12.012 billion
- Q1 2018: $10.893 billion
- Q4 2017: $10.345 billion
- Q3 2017: $9.045 billion
- Q2 2017: $8.081 billion
- Q1 2017: $6.938 billion
Uber total trips milestones:
- 1 billionth trip: March 2016
- 2 billionth trip: October 2016
- 5 billionth trip: September 2017
- 10 billionth trip: September 2018
Number of Uber Rewards members:
Last updated 11/4/19
Number of Uber Employees:
Last updated 5/8/18
Median hourly pay for Uber drivers in the US (with tip):
Last updated 10/2/18
Number of Uber Freight downloads:
Last updated 3/22/19
Percentage of US truckers that use the Uber Freight app:
Last updated 3/22/19
Percentage of Uber drivers that were unemployed before working with Uber:
Last updated 7/28/18
Amount that Uber drivers earned in 2017:
Percentage of Uber downloads in 2018 that came from Brazil:
Percentage of Uber downloads in 2018 that came from US:
Number of Uber drivers in Taiwan:
Last updated 3/27/19
Number of Uber users in Taiwan:
Last updated 3/27/19
Number of Uber users in Brazil:
Last updated 2/15/17
Reported number of people who deleted their Uber accounts during #DeleteUber:
Last updated 2/2/17
Percentage of Uber drivers that are 51 years old or older:
Last updated 1/19/17
Number of companies that participate in Uber for Business:
Last updated 4/18/17
Amount Uber has paid out to drivers using Instant Pay:
Last updated 4/5/17
Number of Uber drivers in Mexico:
Last updated 7/25/17
Uber’s share of the ride-hailing market in India:
Last updated 2/8/20
Number of Uber drivers in India:
Last updated 8/22/17
Average number of Uber rides per week in India:
Last updated 2/8/20
Reported number of self-driving vehicles Uber is purchasing from Volvo:
Last updated 11/20/17
Amount that Softbank invested in Uber in late 2017:
Softbank’s reported ownership share of Uber:
Last updated 12/28/17
Percentage of Uber’s employees that are men:
Last updated 3/28/17
Percentage of Uber’s employees that are women:
Last updated 3/28/17
Uber Eats Statistics:
Number of restaurants that participate in Uber Eats:
Last updated 4/11/19
How many people use Uber Eats:
Last updated 4/11/19
Uber Eats share of the global meal delivery market (by transactions):
Last updated 5/14/19
Uber Eats revenue for 2019:
Uber Eats revenue for 2018:
Uber Eats gross bookings in 2018:
Uber Eats gross bookings (quarterly):
- Q3 2019: $3.658 billion
- Q2 2019: $3.386 billion
- Q1 2019: $3.071 billion
- Q4 2018: $2.561 billion
- Q3 2018: $2.111 billion
- Q2 2018: $1.774 billion
- Q1 2018: $1.473 billion
- Q4 2017: $1.118 billion
- Q3 2017: $824 million
- Q2 2017: $588 million
- Q1 2017: $428 million
Number of cities across the globe that Uber Eats is available in:
Last updated 4/11/19
Number of countries across the globe that Uber Eats is available in:
Last updated 8/8/18
Percentage of Uber Eats’ restaurant partners that are in the US:
Last updated 4/18/17
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