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by Macha 2511 days ago
Free now (Formerly mytaxi/hailo) has 70 million passengers and 100k drivers: https://www.daimler.com/products/services/mobility-services/...

This compares to Uber at 90 million passengers and 3.9m drivers: https://expandedramblings.com/index.php/uber-statistics/

Now unfortunately it's hard to assess Free Now's methodology as they're not a public company (they're owned by BMW and Daimler) so we only have their marketing claims to go on.

Also the majorly divergent passenger:driver ratio is likely down to mytaxi operating primarily in markets where taxi drivers are licensed and Uber's disruption not tolerated. This means they're pulling from a smaller pool that is more likely comprised of full time drivers.