"I’m a rideshare driver on the weekends. The price you are charged is not even close to the amount the drivers are paid per ride. In my experience, rideshare companies, on average, keep 55% of the fare. If the app tells you there are 10 drivers nearby, but no one accepts your ride request, it’s because the pay quoted is too low and no one wants it. Sometimes as a result, the area will suddenly develop a massive surge so that riders get overcharged and drivers get paid what the ride should have paid to begin with."