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Do Most Uber Riders Tip Their Drivers?
As an Uber driver, you can expect your passengers to rate you on your driving, customer service, and vehicle cleanliness, but what you shouldn't expect is a tip.
According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, only 16% of Uber rides result in a tip. That's because around 60 percent of riders never tip. And those who sometimes tip only do so a quarter of the time. Far fewer riders make a point of always tipping their driver: only one passenger out of every 100 tips on every ride.
Lilly Kenyon, the head of operations at RideGuru, a rideshare-focused website, says automated pay methods allow passengers to take a different approach to Uber drivers than taxi drivers. "If you're handing over cash, you have to hear the driver grumble, or mumble that you didn't tip," she said. "This way [with rideshares], you literally leave the car and they don't even know if you're tipping or not."
Experts say that part of the reason for a dearth of tips can be traced to Uber's origins. Until June 2017, Uber enforced a rule against tipping, which alleviated the responsibility for passengers. Uber now allows passengers to tip through the Uber app, but the wording is rather non-committal, stating that tips are not expected or required.
Some tipping tidbits:
- Tipping is not expected in certain countries, like China and Switzerland, and might even be considered insulting in some nations, such as Japan.
- A 2017 survey found that 59 percent of Republicans usually tip more than 15 percent, compared with 46 percent of Democrats.
- On average, women tip 4 percent more than men (20 percent vs. 16 percent), according to a 2018 survey.
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![Only 1% of Uber riders tip their driver after every ride.]()
Only 1% of Uber riders tip their driver after every ride.
Discussion Comments
Always tip for whatever service unless the service was just outright bad or uncomfortable for whatever reason. You will feel better for helping someone trying to make a living to exist in his/her world.
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