Even "People" did not expect that the impact of the article "Takeaway Riders, Trapped in the System" (hereinafter referred to as "Riders") on September 8 could be so huge. On the day of the release, it successfully broke the circle and swiped the screen, and reaching the top became the hottest topic. Internet hotspots tend to come and go quickly, but this time, it lasted for several days, and the popularity continued. According to Meituan's "Rider Employment Report for the First Half of 2020", the total number of riders reached 2.952 million; while the number of riders displayed on the official website of Ele.me Hummingbird is about 6 million. Based on this calculation, out of 1,000 Chinese, only about 4 are takeaway riders.
No matter the number or proportion, the takeaway riders are not large, and they are not enough to make the article "Rider" so widely spread. It is the Fax List huge group of takeaway users that promotes the dissemination of the circle. In 2019, the number of domestic users reached 400 million, supporting a market size of 660 billion yuan. 1. The intelligent system allows the rider to run faster and more dangerously The most impressive thing in the article "Rider" is this sentence - "delivering food is racing against death, competing with traffic police, and making friends with red lights.
I believe that many people are shocked by this sentence. When sitting in the office or at home urging orders, users understand that the riders are working hard, but few people understand their true status. Many users even believe that riders make a special trip to deliver their orders every time. But this is unrealistic. With an average of 50 orders per day, if only one order is sent each time, it will take nearly 24 hours according to Meituan’s current 28-minute standard. Food delivery platforms have long understood this truth.