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  "title": "Gig Economy Statistics 2026: Gig Workers, Earnings and Platform Data",
  "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/gig-economy-statistics/",
  "updated": "2026-11-04",
  "licence": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data-licence/",
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      "source_title": "Contingent and Alternative Employment Arrangements, July 2023 (USDL-24-2311 news release)",
      "source_url": "https://www.bls.gov/news.release/conemp.nr0.htm",
      "source_published": "8 November 2024",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/gig/bls-gig-economy-2026-11-04.csv",
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      "source_type": "Official",
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      "source_title": "Economic Well-Being of US Households in 2024: Employment and Gig Work",
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      "source_published": "May 2025 (page updated 28 October 2025)",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/gig/shed-gig-economy-2026-11-04.csv",
      "sample": "Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking (SHED) 2024, US adults age 18 and over. Gig activity in the month before the survey. Short-term and platform task results use the half-sample asked the new CWS-based questions.",
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      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/gig-economy-statistics/#stat-gig-shed-ends-meet"
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      "place": "United States",
      "data_year": "2021",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
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      "source_title": "The State of Gig Work in 2021",
      "source_url": "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2021/12/08/the-state-of-gig-work-in-2021/",
      "source_published": "8 December 2021",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/gig/pew-gig-economy-2026-11-04.csv",
      "sample": "10,348 US adults on the American Trends Panel, surveyed 23 to 29 August 2021. Online gig platforms only (ride-hailing, delivery, shopping, household tasks).",
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      "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1792789/000179278926000013/dash-20251231.htm",
      "source_published": "February 2026",
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      "publisher": "DoorDash, Inc.",
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      "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1792789/000179278926000013/dash-20251231.htm",
      "source_published": "February 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/gig/dash-gig-economy-2026-11-04.csv",
      "sample": "Company-reported figures for people who completed deliveries on DoorDash marketplaces in 2025, all countries.",
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      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
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      "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1792789/000179278926000013/dash-20251231.htm",
      "source_published": "February 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/gig/dash-gig-economy-2026-11-04.csv",
      "sample": "Company-reported figures for people who completed deliveries on DoorDash marketplaces in 2025, all countries.",
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      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/gig-economy-statistics/#stat-gig-dash-avg"
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      "source_type": "Filing",
      "publisher": "Uber Technologies, Inc.",
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      "source_url": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260204947622/en/Uber-Announces-Results-for-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2025",
      "source_published": "4 February 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/gig/uber-gig-economy-2026-11-04.csv",
      "sample": "Company-reported operating metrics. Trips are completed Mobility and Delivery trips on the Uber platform, all markets.",
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      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
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      "source_published": "4 February 2026",
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      "source_published": "4 February 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/gig/uber-gig-economy-2026-11-04.csv",
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      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
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      "place": "Great Britain",
      "data_year": "2017",
      "source_type": "Official",
      "publisher": "UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy",
      "source_title": "The characteristics of those in the gig economy (final report, NatCen and BEIS)",
      "source_url": "https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5aa69800e5274a3e391e38fa/The_characteristics_of_those_in_the_gig_economy.pdf",
      "source_published": "February 2018",
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      "sample": "NatCen Panel survey of adults in Great Britain, summer 2017, with a YouGov Omnibus follow-up. Gig work in the previous 12 months. 95% confidence interval for the 4.4% headline is 3.2% to 6.0%.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/gig-economy-statistics/#stat-gig-beis-share"
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      "data_year": "2017",
      "source_type": "Official",
      "publisher": "UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy",
      "source_title": "The characteristics of those in the gig economy (final report, NatCen and BEIS)",
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      "source_published": "February 2018",
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      "sample": "NatCen Panel survey of adults in Great Britain, summer 2017, with a YouGov Omnibus follow-up. Gig work in the previous 12 months. 95% confidence interval for the 4.4% headline is 3.2% to 6.0%.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/gig-economy-statistics/#stat-gig-beis-number"
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      "sentence": "42% of gig workers in Great Britain had done courier work in the previous 12 months in 2017, according to the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.",
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      "place": "Great Britain",
      "data_year": "2017",
      "source_type": "Official",
      "publisher": "UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy",
      "source_title": "The characteristics of those in the gig economy (final report, NatCen and BEIS)",
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      "source_published": "February 2018",
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      "sample": "NatCen Panel survey of adults in Great Britain, summer 2017, with a YouGov Omnibus follow-up. Gig work in the previous 12 months. 95% confidence interval for the 4.4% headline is 3.2% to 6.0%.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/gig-economy-statistics/#stat-gig-beis-courier"
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      "place": "Great Britain",
      "data_year": "2017",
      "source_type": "Official",
      "publisher": "UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy",
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      "source_published": "February 2018",
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      "sample": "NatCen Panel survey of adults in Great Britain, summer 2017, with a YouGov Omnibus follow-up. Gig work in the previous 12 months. 95% confidence interval for the 4.4% headline is 3.2% to 6.0%.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/gig-economy-statistics/#stat-gig-beis-young"
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      "place": "Great Britain",
      "data_year": "2017",
      "source_type": "Official",
      "publisher": "UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy",
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      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
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      "data_year": "2017",
      "source_type": "Official",
      "publisher": "UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy",
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      "source_published": "February 2018",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/gig/beis-gig-economy-2026-11-04.csv",
      "sample": "NatCen Panel survey of adults in Great Britain, summer 2017, with a YouGov Omnibus follow-up. Gig work in the previous 12 months. 95% confidence interval for the 4.4% headline is 3.2% to 6.0%.",
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      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/gig-economy-statistics/#stat-gig-beis-main"
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      "unit": "%",
      "place": "United Kingdom",
      "data_year": "2023",
      "source_type": "Official",
      "publisher": "UK Department for Business and Trade",
      "source_title": "Employment status in the UK 2023: survey",
      "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employment-status-in-the-uk-2023-survey-and-qualitative-research/employment-status-in-the-uk-2023-survey",
      "source_published": "27 May 2025",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/gig/dbt-gig-economy-2026-11-04.csv",
      "sample": "8,767 UK adults age 18 to 64 on the NatCen Opinion Panel, fieldwork 18 May to 18 June 2023. 6.4% panel response rate.",
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      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "UK Department for Business and Trade",
      "source_title": "Employment status in the UK 2023: survey",
      "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employment-status-in-the-uk-2023-survey-and-qualitative-research/employment-status-in-the-uk-2023-survey",
      "source_published": "27 May 2025",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/gig/dbt-gig-economy-2026-11-04.csv",
      "sample": "8,767 UK adults age 18 to 64 on the NatCen Opinion Panel, fieldwork 18 May to 18 June 2023. 6.4% panel response rate.",
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