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> Even Uber, which according to the same random well-SEO'd source, has 93 million monthly platform consumers[1], which means only 28% of Americans use Uber. Lo
by Hermitian909 3y ago
> Even Uber, which according to the same random well-SEO'd source, has 93 million monthly platform consumers[1], which means only 28% of Americans use Uber.
Looking at month to month stats like this seems like a poor proxy for "likeable". Something like Uber tends to have a core set of heavy users with a long tail of more infrequent users.
I and most people I know use Uber every few months and often in spurts e.g. I travel a few times a year and don't rent a car at my destination. My uber use spikes during this time but is otherwise close to zero.
Similarly, some people seem take a "uber in an emergency approach" to the service. This is something I certainly appreciate about the service as well.
None of this actually tells us how "liked" the service is though.
- ghaff 3y agoMy usage probably breaks into use it pretty much daily or at least close, use it/consider using it in spurts, and basically never use it. I suspect my never use it (or at least once in a blue moon) bucket would make me seem like an alien in some demographics. Uber/Lyft is probably my main thing in the middle bucket. I mostly only use on fairly occasional trips by plane and not frequently even then.
- Zetice 3y agoFor sure, but I think the point stands. 93 million is a huge number, but it's not even a third of "Americans". I don't think there's any measurement you could use that would show Uber used by even half of Americans.