Is It Worth It To Drive Uber In 2025?

Is it worth it to drive Uber in 2025? Join RSG contributor Chris as he shares his answer to the question if driving rideshare is worth it and some pros and cons of driving, what you need to know and a couple strategies to make driving Uber more profitable

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About The RideShare Guy:

I'm Harry, the founder of The Rideshare Guy. I started driving for Uber and Lyft in 2015 and eventually quit my day job as an aerospace engineer to run The Rideshare Guy full time.

These days, I'm a trusted media expert on all things rideshare and have a number of contributors across the country who are all driving for Uber and Lyft and other gig companies like Instacart, Doordash, and Postmates.

The RideShare Guy has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, CNBC, NPR, 60 Minutes on CBS TV, The Washington Post, Wired, Forbes, SFGate, and hundreds more.

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[Therideshareguy]

What questions do you have about Uber?

[christopherpena]

It’s not worth driving for Uber or Lyft on a full-time basis. They send you further and further for rides that pay you less and less.

[topofthegreen]

You have to be a fool to be driving right now, you are not making money, you are a charity.

[Ben-qmzq]

These guys keep suggesting that you can choose better rides in order to make more money. That's totally false bs! Oh sure, you might get a better fare in 15 minutes but thats only because Uber is calculating your hourly pay that THEY CONTROL through the ALGORITHMS! YOU WILL NEVER MAKE MORE THAN WHAT THE ALGORITHMS ALLOW! Usually 20-25hrly, including your stolen tips and tolls! The only thing you can try to control is your fuel/energy output! No need to take longer fares. You'll eventually get the same pay if you hang out locally but save fuel costs. However, longer fares may tip better, but Uber will just add your tips to the algorithm pay. You still WILL NOT MAKE MORE THAN THE ALGO PAYS! PERIOD! 💯 FACTS

[chicagokarachi]

Why i feel this is a paid advertisement ?

[malcomgrant]

He got paid by uber, come on man you and veteran drivers note that the market has changed drastically

[daniloluque]

How much did Uber pay you for making this video sir?

[TomFalcon-kwrg]

I rent a car from Uber Hertz rental. I drove 7days over 70 hours and what i make is rental car cost and gas cost. Meaning free labor . It means being Slave. No, you wont make money. Even you follow what this video says. Y'all will lose more money than you had.

[GuyVLouis]

I hate Uber. Today, I drove 16.9 miles to pick up a passenger and then drove him 3.2 miles for a total of 19.1 miles, and they paid me $6.75. Definitely not worth it

[BenjaminKaiExperience]

Havent broke $100/day yet this year in the Los Angeles market. Currently at $22 in 6 hrs. on a Tues night. This may be my last week driving, which sucks. I enjoy it. 7K rides, 2+yrs.

Im lookin for full time work.

[zachl]

The fact that you said "yes" at all is wild bro.

[ibkamarakamara]

Worst job you can possible get.. no control over anything. I’ll rather W2s all day long knowing how much my income will be at the end of the day plus I’m not killing my car and losing money to deliver someone’s food for 2
$2 driving 10 miles.

[Ben-qmzq]

You showed $2258 when my weekly hasn't exceeded 1k in 3 months and that was just once. It's been so slow that i just get tired of driving. I cant be expecting to drive 12-15 hours a day 7 days a week! Uber simply isn't paying 😒

[museramos]

I am not sure if it is me or everyone else. But there is no money in Los Angeles. After new year, I get online from 3 pm to midnight, and I only make less than $150. It takes over 30 minutes before getting a request. I reached out to Uber, they said it’s everywhere. I have 5 star, 73% AR, and 8+ years of experience. And never had such a slow and painful month

[romankuilan]

I stopped doing Uber Connect a long time ago. You get about 40% less than if it was a rider, and you don't know what you are carrying. In NJ, we get no information with Uber until we start the trip, so you may be delivering a package for free

[jayfromcali]

In the last 3 months it's been hard to make it driving full time😢... I'm going in debt 😞

[rogerpenske]

It’s just fun money for me. I’ve noticed a huge drop in individual ride income over the last month alone. WAAAAYYY too many insulting fares. Anything less than $7 is operating at a loss. Unfortunately, like in trucking, since we’re all independent contractors, there are always people who do not understand this principal, and will work for less than nothing. More than half of the operators, I can guarantee you, are in a race to the bottom.and that hurts us all.

[Disstasteful]

So far so good. I live close to the airport & major hotels. I'm making more so far this year

[TroyRandall-ch]

Been driving on and off for 6 years. Shouldn’t take 10 hours a day 7 days a week to make enough money to make a living. Uber employs very shady, not straightforward tactics. I put about 1500 miles a week on my car and I can assure you it’s not worth it. Uber knows if we don’t like it, there’s another fool coming along to take our spot.

[Rideshareguy]

It’s not worth driving full-time anymore