Is Uber REALLY Taking 50% From Drivers?!

Many people have shared Uber or Lyft taking over 30, 40, 50% or even more in screenshots from the total fare versus what is paid to drivers. Sergio and Chris both have seen this in their rides at times also. BUT what is Uber's real take rate when compared to rides overall a driver might take. See what Sergio's real take rate was for over 700 rides when crunching the numbers.

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[larrynunley]

The fact remains that Uber used to pay 75% of total take and now it averages 48%, I used to average 250 a day and 150 miles, now it’s 130 to 150 a day and 260 miles, Uber has screwed the drivers every time

[paultuttle]

You must be paid by uber bro. Every single one of my trips is 40-50% uber take. Period. I go over every ride every day.

[Thehandsomeliberal]

In other words...
Driving for base fare is not worth it. If you're not being offered some sort of bonus, surge or promotion, you shouldn't be driving.

[reconfiguredworld]

The truth is they're taking 70 to 80%! I have talked to many passengers about this and compared to my This is current at the end of December 2022

[rsalehi]

The rideshare business needs to be truly an open free market.
A big tech like Google can easily take over this industry by connecting the rider to the driver.
Let the market decide what each is willing to pay or provide the service for.
It is not Uber's (not-so-smart AI platform) place to dictate the fare.

[frank.]

What they are doing now is reducing the rate of the ride by the amount of the bonus so the ride ends up being what it should be without any bonus. We are living this shell game Uber is playing.

[Go-T.]

Judging by the tax forms they sent me at the end of the year they're taking between 30 and 40% and they don't have any overhead we have all the overhead car maintenance fuel and insurance etc

[Square_Peg]

I don't drive anymore unless there is some really nice incentive, but I think the main problem is that what they take isn't consistent. They have muddied the waters and there are rides where they take 75%. I had one like that once during a big surge where the passenger paid over $40 and Uber gave me $12. They need to raise rates and make it plainly clear what they are taking. The entire system needs reworked. If they need to make $10 per ride to turn a profit then charge the rider a flat $10 Uber fee and give the driver 100% of the fare. The system sucks for everyone right now.

[DroneSurf]

Uber pays me only $32 for a 47-mile ride driving an SUV (2023 Highlander). The rider showed me he had to pay Uber $78. This is not a fair business for the driver.

[larrynunley]

Also the fact remains CEO gives himself a 14 mill raise and the lead attorney 5 mill raise and the rest of execs a big raise,

[rs]

If Uber is taking 80% of the cut and can't make a profit, THEN THEY SHOULD NOT BE RUNNING A BUSINESS. There's ABSOLUTELY no way overhead is that expensive. Taxi companies have made profits with less than 20% of a cut.

[lovebeamer]

UBER'S ABSOLUTELY TAKING 50%....WHEN YOUR RIDER TELL/SHOWS YOU THEY'RE PAYING $108. FOR THE RIDE & I'M ENDING WITH $54.00 (WITH A SURGE) .... THAT'S 50% ALL DAY, EVERY DAY!! OR $66. FOR THE RIDER & $26. FOR THE DRIVER.. THE PROOFS IN THE NUMBER!!! I'M NOT ONLY A DRIVER, I'M A SHARE HOLDER AS WELL... I'm clear from both ends, , ,

[Tellfacts]

I work for Lyft and they take 70% of the money and also I have been seeing rides for 3.65 cents I decline those real fast this company is disgusting how they treat the same people who make them money for a 20minute ride is 9-12dollars

[rsalehi]

The only time driving for Uber was fair was prior to Prop 22 in CA, when the driver was allowed to
1) set their own multiplier -- only paid a platform access fee per incoming offer, accepted or rejected, dubbed Driver Pass
2) see the destination address and approx total payment was displayed on the offer pop-up screen.

[pimpingkek]

Much much more than fifty percent. I'm calling them out on almost every ride. Uber wants to pay a slave wage, not a salary. They get all these drivers that burn out. Then when they look at what customers pay and what drivers get paid. It's unjust, immoral, and egregious.

[uberinfo]

During the morning and evening surge while you are dropping of a rider and uber will send you another rider real quick before you drop off that first rider and if yuo accept, you get no surge and uber charges the rider the surge rate, they are sneaky as hell that's why I shut off any incoming rides, until I finish the first ride!!!

[phillipivy]

Five years, substantialy less than minimum wage after mileage write off. It doesn't matter what percent they took. They gave me 53 cents a mile and 9 or 10 cents a minute.

[mikebaird]

How does someone with 700 rides even have a clue of what going on. Talk to the guys that have thousands of rides.

[fairusecafe]

It's not a perception. If drivers are only taking 50 percent of what a rider pays then is 50 percent. Period. Forget this spreadsheet stuff you're talking about. It used to be 25 percent now is 50 percent. That is for both Uber and Lyft in my city

[bleeone]

The algorithms cap every driver’s earnings over time. Full Stop. The longer you drive, the more data paints a picture of how little you are willing to accept to continue… and you’ll get just a little bit more.