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Jaw-dropping Uber facts every taxi app owners need to know

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Uber has always been motivating new entrepreneurs to kick off online taxi booking business. In fact, many entrepreneurs are actually following the Uber business model and Uber business processes. But there are a lot of other things about Uber which all entrepreneurs should know before buying Uber clone script.  

 

  • Uber was launched as UberCab in 2009.
  • In 2011, Uber expanded its service to New-York.
  • The same year, Uber went internationally and launched its service in Paris, France.
  • In 2012, Uber introduced UberX service for more than 4 passengers.
  • The same year, Uber started working in London.
  • 2013 was a good year for Uber. In that year, Uber became available in China, Latin America, Russia, Middle East, India, and Africa.
  • In 2014, Uber launches UberPool.
  • In the year 2016, Uber accepted their defeat in the Chinese market and sold shares to Didi Chuxing.
  • In 2017, Uber launched Uber Freight.
  • In 2019, Uber bought Careem and went public.
  • Lyft, Didi, Ola, Go-Jek are the major competitors of the Uber.
  • In 2016, Uber had 45 million users. Whereas, in 2018, that number reached $91 million.
  • Currently, Uber is enjoying more than a billion users.
  • More than 15 million users are using Uber’s food delivery service, UberEats.
  • Uber’s UberEats is having 29% of the share in global food delivery segment.
  • In 2018, the Uber app was downloaded for 155 million times.
  • Currently, there are more than 4 million drivers are registered with Uber.
  • Till date, Uber has paid $78 billion to its drivers.
  • Uber operates an average of 17 million trips per day.
  • Till date, more than 10 billion Uber rides have been taken.
  • Uber is available in 700 cities across 65 countries.
  • Uber completes an average of 15 million trips daily.
  • Uber’s share in US car-sharing market is around 87%.
  • $62 billion is the Uber’s valuation.
  • Uber has raised $21 billion till date.
  • In the year 2024, Uber’s revenue was $495 million which reached $11.270 billion in 2018.

 

 

 

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