Hyderabad Among Top 6 Cities with Highest Number of Uber Rides

Hyderabad: In 2024, Indians travelled more than ever before, setting new benchmarks and continually reshaping urban mobility. Hyderabad figured in the top six cities that had the highest number of Uber rides along with Delhi NCR, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Pune and Kolkata. It also figured in the top five fastest cities.

Collectively, Uber trips spanned 9.2 billion km last year. If someone were to cover this distance at a constant speed of 120 km/h, the maximum allowed on India's national expressways, it would take 8,752 years to complete.

Among products, Uber Auto and Uber Go were most favoured, with the former slightly edging out its four-wheeled counterpart. This reflects a shift from traditional street-hailing to app-based bookings for autorickshaws.

While Delhi-NCR had the overall highest number of trips, Mumbai beat the national capital in terms of the most late-night trips booked. Residents of Bengaluru used Uber for work commute, the most among all cities. It had the highest number of office-hour trips booked.

The report ‘How India Ubered in 2024’ said most trips were booked between 6PM and 7PM. Friday was the most popular day of the week. December has seen the highest number of rides in a single month. October 9, the festive period of Durga Puja and Navratri, saw the highest number of trips booked in a single day. Uber Bus saw 4,32,000 first-time users experience the ease of booking a seat on a mass transit product through an app Indians traveled 170 million kilometers in EVs through the year, spending a total of 8.5 million hours, helping contain carbon emissions and building a greener future. Uber Courier was most used to send packages during the lunch hour of 1PM. One user booked as many as 2,900 deliveries during 2024, the report said.