Uber Is Now the Most Popular Taxi App in 108 Countries, Data Show
The ride-hailing startup is well on its way to global domination.
A user scans for an available vehicle using the Uber Technologies Inc.'s app on an Apple Inc. iPhone 6 smartphone in this arranged photograph in London, U.K., on Thursday, May 14, 2015.
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As the battle for the world's ride-hailing customers heats up, here's one statistic to consider: Uber is now the most used taxi app in 108 countries.
That's according to analytics provider SimilarWeb, which tracked the reach and usage of ride-hailing apps in 171 countries on Android devices. The map below shows that Uber, indicated in dark blue, is the most dominant player in broad swaths of the globe, including all of North America and much of Europe, Africa, and South America.