Uber Statistics: How Many People Ride with Uber?

Uber is the leading global rideshare app. The service is available in more than 10,000 cities across 70 countries.

The company exploded to prominence following its foundation in 2009, hitting $1 billion in annualized gross bookings within 16 months.

Today, 161 million customers use the Uber platform. 7.8 million drivers serve the growing user base.

Uber processed $68.9 billion in gross bookings from its ridesharing business in Q1 – Q3 2024.

Continue reading to find the latest data on Uber in 2024.

To begin with, here’s a quick overview of the statistics you’re about to read:

• Key Uber Stats
• Uber Monthly Active Users
• Uber Gross Mobility Bookings
• Uber Trips
• Uber Mobility Revenue
• What Is Uber’s Share of the US Rideshare Market?
• Uber US Users
• How Many Uber Drivers Are There?
• Uber Membership
• How Many People Work at Uber?

Key Uber Stats

• Uber has 161 million active users.
• Uber processed $60.23 billion worth of bookings in Q1-Q3 2024.
• 2.87 billion trips were completed through Uber in Q3 2024 alone.
• Uber has a 76% share of the US rideshare market.
• Uber currently has 30,400 employees.

Uber Monthly Active Users

Uber defines monthly active platform consumers (MAPCs) as the number of unique customers who complete a ride or receive a meal delivery through Uber at least once a month. The monthly average is calculated on a quarterly basis.

As of September 2024, Uber had 161 million monthly active platform consumers. Compared to a year ago (Q3 2023), the number of monthly users has increased by 13.38%.

We’ve charted the growth in Uber’s monthly active platform consumers since Q1 2016:

Source: Uber

Uber Gross Mobility Bookings

Uber defines the mobility segment of its business as any service which links customers to “mobility drivers”. Essentially, the term refers to the ride-hailing part of Uber’s model.

Uber processed $21 billion in gross mobility bookings in Q3 2024.

Bookings across all Uber segments totaled $40.97 billion in Q3 2024, meaning rideshares accounted for 51.26% of the total gross transaction value.

Below is a table showing Uber’s gross mobility bookings since 2017:

Source: Uber

Uber Trips

Uber had 2.87 billion trips in Q3 2024.

(“Trips” refers to any completed ride or delivery organized through the platform.)

Uber crossed the 1 billion quarterly trips milestone at the end of 2017.

Here’s a table with the number of quarterly trips on Uber since 2016:

Source: Uber

Uber Mobility Revenue

Uber takes a “service fee” cut from each ride booked through the platform.

The mobility (ridesharing) segment of the business generated $18.18 billion in revenue in the first 9 months of 2024. In Q3 2024, Uber’s mobility revenue amounted to $6.41 billion.

Here’s a table showing Uber’s annual revenue from the mobility segment since 2016:

Source: Uber

What Is Uber’s Share of the US Rideshare Market?

In March 2024, Uber had a 76% market share of the US ride-hailing market. Uber’s market share peaked as high as 91% in 2015 and has declined ever since.

We’ve charted Uber’s market share in the US since 2015:

Sources: Second Measure, Vox

Uber US Users

As of 2024, Uber has 58.6 million users in the US who use the app for transportation services, up from 54.4 million in 2023.

Here’s a detailed breakdown of Uber users in the US since 2019:

Source: eMarketer

How Many Uber Drivers Are There?

In Q3 2024, Uber had 7.8 million drivers and couriers on the platform who earned $18 billion during the quarter on the platform. The driver pool has increased by 14.7% from 6.8 million drivers and couriers in Q3 2023.

Here’s a detailed breakdown of Uber drivers and couriers since Q1 2023:

Source: Uber

Uber Membership

Uber offers paid subscription memberships (Uber One, Uber Pass, Rides Pass, and Eats Pass) which offer benefits on rides and deliveries.

As of Q3 2024, Uber had over 25 million members.

Source: Uber

How Many People Work at Uber?

According to the latest company update, Uber has 30,400 employees around the world. 17,500 Uber employees (57.57%) are based outside of the United States.

The median base salary of Uber employees on an H1-B visa is $174,000.

Sources: Uber, H1B Salary Database

Conclusion

You’ve reached the end of my list of Uber stats for 2024.

Hopefully, you now have a better understanding of Uber’s ride-sharing business. It will be interesting to follow whether Uber will stay dominant in the ridesharing market and how it will handle increasing regulation challenges.