The 2026 Annual Gig Mobility Report:
A Deep Dive Into the Rideshare and Delivery Industry
Read how driver pay and behavior, customer pricing, and platform unit economics have evolved in 2025 and what’s ahead in the future.
Gig Mobility is Rapidly Evolving
In 2025, the dynamics between riders, drivers, and platforms changed. Customer prices climbed, platform fees grew faster than driver pay, tipping behavior diverged across rideshare and delivery, and premium ride types surged.
This year’s report breaks down how those shifts played out, and what they signal for the road ahead.
Rideshare Prices Rose Faster Than Driver Earnings
Rideshare customers paid nearly 10% more in 2025, and platform fees per trip jumped over 33%. But driver gross pay per trip and per hour increased just 3.6% and 4.1%. The gap between what riders pay and what drivers earn widened significantly.
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Rideshare Tips Hit Record Highs While Delivery Tips Near All-Time Lows
Rideshare drivers saw tips reach an all-time high of $1.58 per trip in 2025. On the delivery side, tips per trip slipped to $4.16 in Q4 2025, near the lowest level on record. As rider and customer behavior continues to shift, the gap between rideshare and delivery tipping is growing.
Rideshare Bonus Pay Hit a Three-Year High
Average rideshare bonus pay per quarter rose 32.9% year-over-year, climbing from $238.97 in Q4 2024 to $317.65 in Q4 2025.
As platforms compete for driver supply with different incentives, bonuses are playing a bigger role in total earnings.
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Consumers Are Pushing Back on Price
Price sensitivity is rising across gig mobility with over 60% of consumers say they reduced rideshare usage due to pricing in 2025, up 16.6% from the year prior.
Nearly half would switch away from delivery apps if fees increased.
And when it comes to autonomous rideshare, over 50% say they would only ride if it costs less or wouldn’t use it at all.
Customer prices rose faster than driver earnings in 2025. Both riders and drivers are feeling the pressure, even as platforms improve their financial performance.
Delivery Drivers Still Depend on Tips
For rideshare drivers, base pay makes up the vast majority of earnings.
For delivery drivers, tips account for roughly half of all pay per trip. This reliance on customer generosity creates uncertainty and makes it harder for delivery drivers to predict stable income.
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Driver Hourly Pay Barely Moved in 2025
Across major delivery and rideshare platforms, hourly earnings were largely flat year over year. Small gains on some platforms were offset by slight declines on others. For drivers working more hours to keep up, the math isn’t getting easier.
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Amazon Flex drivers
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Grubhub drivers
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DoorDash drivers
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Uber drivers
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La concentración de pedidos entre los principales comerciantes, como McDonald's y Walmart, revela dónde las plataformas están ganando el gasto de los consumidores.
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The gap between what riders pay and what drivers earn is growing. Platform economics are shifting. And autonomous vehicles are starting to reshape the market.
Our full report gives you the complete picture of where gig mobility stands today and where it’s heading.
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In our full report, you’ll learn:
- Year-over-year pricing, pay, and platform fee trends
- Consumer price sensitivity across rideshare, delivery, and AVs
- Tipping and bonus trends by platform
- Premium ride type adoption
- Early impact of autonomous vehicles on driver activity and pay
- And much more…