Deliveroo Singapore sees surge in rider applications amidst ‘circuit breaker' period

A thousand new riders were added to the platform fleet in Q1 2020.

Deliveroo said it received nearly 5,000 rider applications in Q1 2020, up 30% from application numbers in Q4 2019, the company said.

The delivery platform said it added approximately 1,000 riders in the month of April alone, taking the firm’s total rider fleet from 6,000 in Q1 to more than 7,000.

Since January, 700 new restaurants have joined Deliveroo, with another 200 expected to be added in the next two weeks.

With consumers having been unable to dine in at restaurants, Deliveroo’s data has shown an overall increase in orders compared to the weeks before.

Per Deliveroo’s 2019 Annual Rider Survey, nearly three-quarters (72%) ride part-time with Deliveroo and have at least one other income source aside from riding with the platform.