Bangalore, 8 January 2025: At the outset of new year Uber India has released highlights of its annual data report – How India Ubered – outlining the key trends from how Indians travelled during 2024.
The comprehensive data analysis reveals interesting trends, including the cities with the highest Uber usage, the total distance covered by Uber rides, trends in intercity travel, the prevalence of late-night trips in some cities, and various rider preferences. The report underscores the growing importance of ridesharing in India and highlights Uber’s commitment to fostering sustainable urban mobility.
In 2024, Indians Ubered more than ever before, setting new benchmarks and travel trends shaping mobility in the country. Collectively, Uber trips spanned a staggering 9.2 billion kilometers in 2024. To put this into perspective, if someone were to cover this distance at a constant speed of 120 km/h (the maximum allowed on India’s National Expressways) it would take 8,752 years to complete. That’s about as many years humans took to reach from the Neolithic age to gen AI.
The riders of Kochi were loved most by drivers during the year, with the city having the highest average rider rating of 4.90 out of 5. As many as 95.8% of the trips rated in Kochi saw drivers giving their riders a full 5-star rating. Chandigarh had the second-highest average rider rating at 4.816, followed by Pune marginally behind at 4.815.
Among individual products, Uber Auto and Uber Go were most favored, with the former slightly edging out its four-wheeled counterpart. This growth also reflects a shift from traditional street-hailing to app-based bookings for autorickshaws.
The cities leading in Uber trips for 2024 were Delhi-NCR, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, and Kolkata.
While Delhi-NCR did have the overall highest number of trips, Mumbai beat the national capital in terms of the most late-night trips booked, and indulged in weekend travel the most. Residents of Bangalore used Uber for their work commute the most among all cities, and had the highest number of office-hour trips booked.